Oregon Bill Expanding Police Use of Drones Without Warrants Alarms Civil Rights Advocates

Oregon Bill Expanding Police Use of Drones Without Warrants Alarms Civil Rights Advocates

Despite concerns over privacy and civil rights violations, lawmakers are backing an effort to reduce legal hurdles for police surveillance via drones. by Abe Asher A new bill moving through the Oregon Legislature would make it easier for law enforcement agencies to use drones without a warrant—and it has civil rights advocates alarmed.  “This is just another example of an unnecessary and really excessive expansion of law enforcement authority,” …