The panel will consider the economic impact of donoes and how they can be used to assits law enforcemnet in search and rescue and traffic issues.

Gary Meyer will moderate the discussion and he believes the forum will provide a lot of needed information on the subject.

"They are only aware of the stories the news carries which usually deal with warfare, but they're not aware of the incredible range of opportunity they present with search and rescue, avalanches, traffic and media.  It's just an effective use of resources.  Instead of sending 3 to 4 cars, a drone will fly by over instead of 3 to 4 cars and it will do a much better job about giving you an idea of the situation."

The City Club discussion called "Drones at Home" is this Thursday at St. Charles starting at 11:30 a.m.