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Technology

St. Louis Police Chief Pushes for Drone Use

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson is pushing forward with plans for a drone and wants to create what he calls an information center.

October 10, 2013

Technology

Report: FBI Using Drones for 7 Years

The FBI has spent more than $3 million to operate a fleet of small drone aircraft in domestic investigations, according to a report released Thursday by a federal watchdog agency.

September 26, 2013

Technology

Colo. Town Considers Drone Hunting Bounties

The tiny plains town of Deer Trail, Colo., is considering issuing hunting permits for government drones and offering bounties for debris from a shot-down government drone.

August 25, 2013

Technology

On-Body Video: The Future of Policing Arrives

The rules of the game may be changing. Forward-looking agencies embrace new technology at about the same time as the rest of society. That seems to be the case with on-body video systems.

July 7, 2013

Technology

Ala. College Deploys Drones to Monitor Campus

Officials at the University of Alabama Huntsville have announced that the school will deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to monitor the campus. The UAVs will use small spotlights or infrared cameras, along with video surveillance cameras to scan campus grounds.

May 14, 2013

Technology

Senators Urge Update of Privacy Laws for Police Drones

A budding commercial drone industry is poised to put mostly small, unmanned aircraft to countless uses, from monitoring crops to acting as lookouts for police SWAT teams.

March 19, 2013

Special Units

ACLU Questions Police Agencies About Militarization

The ACLU will request information about SWAT teams, such as how often and for what reasons they're deployed, what types of weapons they use, how often citizens are injured during SWAT raids, and how they're funded.

March 5, 2013

Technology

Seattle Grounds Police Drone Program

Saying police need to stay focused on "community building," Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has pulled the plug on the department’s controversial drone program even before it got off the ground.

February 7, 2013

Technology

States Propose Limiting Police Drones

Lawmakers in at least 11 states are looking at plans to restrict the use of drones over their skies amid concerns the unmanned aerial vehicles could be exploited to spy on Americans.

February 4, 2013

Technology

21st Century Surveillance

Revolutionary progress in the world of technology has enabled numerous changes in the techniques police officers use to identify, track, and make cases against suspects.

December 19, 2012

Technology

Calif. Sheriff's Drone Nixed After Privacy Uproar

Outcry from privacy advocates prompted county supervisors to postpone or possibly scrap plans to purchase a surveillance drone for the Alameda County (Calif.) Sheriff's Office.

December 5, 2012

Technology

Use of Drones by Seattle Police Strikes a Nerve

The vocal opposition against the drones came into sharp focus two weeks ago during a public meeting in Seattle when members of the Seattle Police Department were shouted down with chants of "No drones!"

November 5, 2012