The gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump flew a drone above the site of the shooting ahead of time

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0xj5w3nx7yo

So Thomas+Matthew+Crooks was able to scout out the area with a drone.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-shooter-flew-drone-venue-hours-attempted-assassination-source-sa-rcna162817

Yet, for some reason, police and security didn't think that it was necessary to have their own advance drones covering the area. WTH?

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-gunman-flew-drone-over-rally-site-hours-before-attempted-assassination-2d0e2e1a

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/20/thomas-matthew-crooks-drone-trump-