Being trespassed from public land is another area drone pilots should know their rights.
People in a park will often protest (if asked to leave) that it is public land. This does not mean that they have a right to be on it at all times - they do not. If the place closes at a certain time and someone is present after that time, they can then be considered to be trespassing. If a visitor misbehaves at any time and refuses to leave when asked to do so by someone with a right to do so (usually the landowner or a representative) then the visitor becomes a trespasser because they no longer have the landowner’s permission to be there, even if they entered legally.
I would strongly argue that flying a drone in accordance with the DC regs would and couldn’t be regarded as misbehaving regardless of council policy. This is of course all dependant on how much one values ones own rights and the rule of law and how far one is prepared to go to stand up for them.
It’s actually also a difficult order to carry out as being a civil matter and with no laws being broken the police are powerless to intervene on the councils behalf. This then puts the council in the awkward position of how to eject that person from their land without getting physical (that then opens up another can or worms) the only time the police could possibly get involved is if you’ve broken either section 61 or 62 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and flying a drone within the regulations certainly doesn’t do that.