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Tex. Penal Code § 9.54 — Limitation on use of force by drone
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 9: JUSTIFICATION EXCLUDING CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, Texas Penal Code.
Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 9.54
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) In this section: (1) "Autonomous drone" means a drone that operates autonomously through computer software or other programming. (2) "Drone" and "law enforcement agency" have the meanings assigned by Article 2B.0253 , Code of Criminal Procedure. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the use of force, including deadly force, involving a drone is justified under this subchapter only if: (1) at the time the use of force occurred, the actor was employed by a law enforcement agency; (2) the use of force: (A) would have been justified under another provision of this subchapter; and (B) did not involve the use of deadly force by means of an autonomous drone; and (3) before the use of force occurred, the law enforcement agency employing the actor adopted and submitted to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement a policy on the agency's use of force by means of a drone, as required by Article 2B.0253 , Code of Criminal Procedure, and the use of force conformed to the requirements of that policy.
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