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SEC. 15. From and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful to employ any part of the Army of the United States, as a posse comitatus, or otherwise, for the purpose of executing the laws, except in such cases and under such circumstances as such employment of said force may be expressly authorized by the Constitution or by act of Congress; and no money appropriated by this act shall be used to pay any of the expenses incurred in the employment of any troops in violation of this section And any person willfully violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding two years or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Yet the money confiscated still goes to the LE agencies in these cases......
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For now, the use of drones for high-risk operations is exceedingly rare. The Federal Aviation Administration - which controls the national airspace - requires the few police departments with drones to seek emergency authorization if they want to deploy one in an actual operation. Because of concerns about safety, it only occasionally grants permission........I am curious if this was permission granted.
........Such technology could allow police to record the activities of the public below with high-resolution, infrared and thermal-imaging cameras.This would go past what is considered "In Plain View" And would be an illegal search, IMO
One manufacturer already advertises one of its small systems as ideal for "urban monitoring." The military, often a first user of technologies that migrate to civilian life, is about to deploy a system in Afghanistan that will be able to scan an area the size of a small town. And the most sophisticated robotics use artificial intelligence to seek out and record certain kinds of suspicious activity.This also concerns me as it might not be covered in a warrant, granted in a particular case. This would border on Illegal searches.
But when drones come to perch in numbers over American communities, they will drive fresh debates about the boundaries of privacy. The sheer power of some of the cameras that can be mounted on them is likely to bring fresh search-and-seizure cases before the courts, and concern about the technology's potential misuse could unsettle the public.
"Drones raise the prospect of much more pervasive surveillance," said Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. "We are not against them, absolutely. They can be a valuable tool in certain kinds of operations. But what we don't want to see is their pervasive use to watch over the American people."Again concern is raised IF the technology mentioned above IS used From take-off to landing then Many homes would be searched illegally.
Now I Just know someone is thinking "Well if you aren't breaking the law, Why worry?" To those that think /believe that.... How would you feel if the LEO's were allowed to pick your locks walk in, and search your house without a warrant ANYTIME they wanted? This technology borders on just that. I'm sure to a sharp enough analyst, your Gun safe would give off a different heat signature than say.... your refrigerator. However in this case they don't even have to come inside your house OR ask your permission to look. I also see sharp Lawyers getting off some really crooked crooks off on technicalities caused by this technology. Now to all the law abiding citizens THAT should give you concern.
