KGAB 650AM » police drones http://kgab.com KGAB, Your source for Cheyenne news and talk Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:36:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Should Police Departments Be Allowed to Use Unmanned Drones? — Survey of the Day http://kgab.com/should-police-departments-be-allowed-to-use-unmanned-drones-survey-of-the-day/ http://kgab.com/should-police-departments-be-allowed-to-use-unmanned-drones-survey-of-the-day/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:00:04 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=144203 Recently, Congress directed the FAA to revise its safety regulations on unmanned aircraft, clearing the way for more domestic use of drones. This would mean, among other things, that local police departments would be freer to use drones for surveillance.

While having a movable eye in the sky would clearly aid the cops in some of their duties, it also presents civil-liberties issues.  According to a new survey of 1,006 adults from the Associated Press-National Constitution Center , the public is split on whether police departments should have this new tool.

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