Miami-Dade was the first police department to be granted an FAA permit for drone flying in 2011. Since then another 81 such permits have been granted. Yet, the Miami-Dade Police Department has yet to use their drones. Now, the future of their unmanned eyes-in-the-sky is looking even bleaker as lawmakers slowly work through limiting their applications. [Read more…]
Florida Cops Misusing Citizen’s Private Information
Patrol officers have laptops in their vehicles these days. And they aren’t using them to play solitaire or update Facebook (at least not that we know of). But in addition to using them for “official business”, it turns out many are accessing citizen’s private information with no justifiable cause. [Read more…]
Cops With Tasers Now Have Cameras
USA Today featured a story this week regarding the use of Tasers in police work. It wasn’t the typical questionable use of force story that we most often see associated with these tools for law enforcement. No, instead, it discussed the use of cameras as attachments on the weapons. [Read more…]
Florida Faces Lawsuit Over Red Light Cameras
A Florida attorney has filed suit against the state and the city of West Palm Beach alleging the new red light cameras are unconstitutional, both at the state and federal level. According to the Sun Sentinel, he states that the cameras and the procedures used in regards to them flip the tenet of “innocent until proven guilty” to “guilty until proven innocent”. [Read more…]