The NYPD would have to get a warrant to launch drones under a bill being introduced in the City Council on Wednesday.
The restriction on cops is part of a measure drafted by Council member Dan Garodnick (D-Manhattan) that would ban the aerial gizmos entirely for regular folks.
Garodnick said his measure — one of two aimed at the increasingly popular fliers — was intended to clarify administrative rules for the tech marvels.
“Technology has gotten ahead of our regulations,” Garodnick told The Post. “There are significant privacy concerns, and drones change people’s reasonable expectation of what is private. There’s a legitimate law-enforcement purpose here which we will carve out.”
Recent FAA reports have named the city’s airports as the most common sites for near-misses nationally between airplanes and unmanned drones.
Council member Paul Vallone (D-Queens) is proposing his own bill to restrict drones rather than banning them, by imposing no-fly zones near airports, sports stadiums or certain city landmarks.