LAPD Allowed to Use Drones as 'First Responders' Under New Program

LAPD allowed to use drones as 'first responders' under new program

Until now, Los Angeles police have only been authorized to use drones in a narrow set of circumstances, including barricaded suspects or bomb threats.

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

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,” Michael Abrams, policy counsel at the ACLU of Oregon, said. “I really want to emphasize that it’s unnecessary: existing law permits law enforcement to use drones for…