Beast Technologies and InfrastructureBritish Councils Using Fleets of Drones To Snoop on Residents Posted on December 18, 2025 by Administrator More than 60 local councils across the UK now have staff who are certified to operated unmanned aerial vehicles. A dozen more councils have approached the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for “guidance” on drone regulations. The true number of city, borough and district councils that have trained drone pilots may be significantly larger than official data suggest, because the CAA’s data only records pilots who disclose that their employer sponsored their training.