The use of drones in our communities has contributed to a vast amount of contradictions between law enforcement agencies and its citizens. Today’s technological advances have allowed society as a whole to advance tremendously, however these technological advances bring drawbacks as well. The use of drones has advanced drastically in which lawmakers struggle to come up with a law that promotes technological advances without effecting the rights of citizens like the fourth Amendment. Local law enforcement authorities have begun utilizing drones to better monitor the community, surveying the community as a whole. However, such actions lead us as citizens to ask whether our privacy right are being effected.
Drones have started a trend in the recent …show more content…
As most law enforcement personal are required a warrant prior to search and seize one’s personal property, technically speaking drones have the capacity to search an area with video footage of an individual’s domain without a warrant. But now this does not necessarily mean that any evidence of contraband found by the drone can be used against someone in court, in order for the evidence to be taken into account a warrant must have been issued. There are exceptions in court depending on how severe the extent of the crime is though. With this said, there has been an initial push to ban the whole concept of police utilizing drones as part of an effort to prevent corruption except in situations of counter-terrorism. For example, “a Florida Senate committee approved a bill that will require search warrants for most police use of drones” (“Lawmakers,” 2013). For the most part, law makers are requiring that there be a valid reason for police to use drones within communities. Law makers hold the responsibility to ensure that our rights as citizens are met taking into account, “Lawmakers have said some of their constituents feared the police would use drones to spy on legitimate and peaceful political gatherings,” because of the drones capacity to survey without detection (“Lawmakers,” 2013). As citizens, we are granted certain rights which …show more content…
We are all entitled to protection from the fourth amendment, and the use of drones potentially builds on to what limitations are to be made within congress. Lastly, drones are an efficient asset to potentially life-threatening scenarios, but there are obvious concerns to what extent law enforcement personal actually make as opposed to our legal aspect, and our rights as citizens of the United
Drones have started a trend in the recent …show more content…
As most law enforcement personal are required a warrant prior to search and seize one’s personal property, technically speaking drones have the capacity to search an area with video footage of an individual’s domain without a warrant. But now this does not necessarily mean that any evidence of contraband found by the drone can be used against someone in court, in order for the evidence to be taken into account a warrant must have been issued. There are exceptions in court depending on how severe the extent of the crime is though. With this said, there has been an initial push to ban the whole concept of police utilizing drones as part of an effort to prevent corruption except in situations of counter-terrorism. For example, “a Florida Senate committee approved a bill that will require search warrants for most police use of drones” (“Lawmakers,” 2013). For the most part, law makers are requiring that there be a valid reason for police to use drones within communities. Law makers hold the responsibility to ensure that our rights as citizens are met taking into account, “Lawmakers have said some of their constituents feared the police would use drones to spy on legitimate and peaceful political gatherings,” because of the drones capacity to survey without detection (“Lawmakers,” 2013). As citizens, we are granted certain rights which …show more content…
We are all entitled to protection from the fourth amendment, and the use of drones potentially builds on to what limitations are to be made within congress. Lastly, drones are an efficient asset to potentially life-threatening scenarios, but there are obvious concerns to what extent law enforcement personal actually make as opposed to our legal aspect, and our rights as citizens of the United