Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Drones

Indiana State University has elected to refer all Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)/Drones inquiries to the ISU Public Safety Department.

A request to operate UAVs on property owned or controlled by ISU by anyone not affiliated with an academic mission or sponsorship of the University, will have the following guidelines:

• The ISU Public Safety Department is charged with granting or denying approval for the operation of UAVs on the property of ISU.
• Requests must be made at least 2 business day prior to the operation of the UAVs.
• Requests are to be made through the Office of the Chief at 812-237-7829 or to the Operations Captain at 812-237-4015.
• All UAVs must be flown in accordance with state statute and current FAA regulations including licensing and registrations.
• Specific and written dates/times will be supplied to the Public Safety Department at least 2 business day prior to all flying sessions.
• Flying of UAVs will be limited to daylight hours.
• Flying near Residence Halls, Classroom Buildings or indoors is restricted and must be specifically approved.

• Any operation of UAVs indoors must be subject to and in accordance with individual facility use protocols.  The Building Coordinator should be notified.

• Blanket approvals for academic and University sponsorship requests are available through the ISU Public Safety Department.

  All flight operators will wear reflective vests during flight operations.

  For all flight operations, it will be the responsibility of the UAV flight operators to gain permission for use of specific University owned locations from property managers.

• The Drone Flight Request Form can be found by clicking the following link pdf/Drone Flight Request Form.pdf

Once granted, ISU Public Safety may make campus notifications through ISU Connect Email delivery and or “ISU Today” Announcements

Violators of this procedure may be subject to trespass or referral to the university disciplinary process.