Drones In Criminal Surveillance
On the other hand, law enforcement may feel one of two ways about using drones in their criminal surveillance. One, a feeling of safety can come from law enforcement because with the use of drones they are kept at a further distance from harm’s way. Second, law enforcement may not like the usage of drone during criminal surveillance because that creates less jobs, as well as enable law enforcement to become desensitized.
Society is concerned that civil rights will still be intact when drones are used in criminal surveillance. Using drones in criminal surveillance may lead to identifying any illegal activities, but should only be used for finding probable cause to investigate and not as a tool to perform illegal searches. All drones used in …show more content…
The reason the U.S. government has to look at all possibilities is because rules, regulations, and possible violations have to be taken into account in order to pin point how new technology, such as drones, can be used without violating citizen’s rights. Thus far themes/rules have been brought to light; “1. Usage Limits—police use with warrant only, 2. Data Retention, 3. Policies decided by public representative, 4. Abuse Prevention and Accountability, 5. Weapons forbidden, and the target with these rules is towards law enforcement” (Choi-Fitzpatrick, 2014). Citizens have the right to be cautious about accepting new technology for surveillance because it does pertain to their privacy and their rights. Everyone should be guarded from meddling eyes of the government and law enforcement, but there still needs to be an increased amount of conversation about what level of privacy will be expected when society have deployed drones for purposes announced (Choi-Fitzpatrick, 2014). Individual thoughts turn into what citizens do or say on the matter, which turns to how the individuals form in society and reactions as a whole society. Mainly each individual’s perception of drone usage in criminal surveillance, along with careful planning on the structure for the usage of drones in criminal surveillance will derive from cultural backgrounds and a huge portion of media
Society is concerned that civil rights will still be intact when drones are used in criminal surveillance. Using drones in criminal surveillance may lead to identifying any illegal activities, but should only be used for finding probable cause to investigate and not as a tool to perform illegal searches. All drones used in …show more content…
The reason the U.S. government has to look at all possibilities is because rules, regulations, and possible violations have to be taken into account in order to pin point how new technology, such as drones, can be used without violating citizen’s rights. Thus far themes/rules have been brought to light; “1. Usage Limits—police use with warrant only, 2. Data Retention, 3. Policies decided by public representative, 4. Abuse Prevention and Accountability, 5. Weapons forbidden, and the target with these rules is towards law enforcement” (Choi-Fitzpatrick, 2014). Citizens have the right to be cautious about accepting new technology for surveillance because it does pertain to their privacy and their rights. Everyone should be guarded from meddling eyes of the government and law enforcement, but there still needs to be an increased amount of conversation about what level of privacy will be expected when society have deployed drones for purposes announced (Choi-Fitzpatrick, 2014). Individual thoughts turn into what citizens do or say on the matter, which turns to how the individuals form in society and reactions as a whole society. Mainly each individual’s perception of drone usage in criminal surveillance, along with careful planning on the structure for the usage of drones in criminal surveillance will derive from cultural backgrounds and a huge portion of media