NEW YORK — Beware: The U.S. Open is a no-drone zone.

The New York Police Department warned Monday on the Grand Slam occasion’s opening day that it has a zero-tolerance coverage towards drones buzzing the match, and any seen hovering over Flushing Meadows shall be taken out instantly.

Exactly how was not specified, with NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism Rebecca Weiner saying solely that the division “will be deploying our counter-drone capabilities.” In the previous, police have taken out drawback drones by jamming their radio alerts.

In 2015, a drone buzzed the courtroom throughout a nighttime ladies’s match at Louis Armstrong Stadium and crashed into an empty part of seats. No one was injured.

Weiner warned that anybody caught flying drones this 12 months dangers attainable arrest and having their tools confiscated.

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