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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 12:12:07 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

Close to 75% of all police drone use in Minnesota is to survey accidents and officer training. That’s an expensive training toy–but also one that can very easily cross the line into surveillance. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/police-are-using-drones-more-and-spending-more-them
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1. Police are Using Drones More and Spending More For Them
  
  from Matthew Guariglia and Beryl Lipton
  
  Police in Minnesota are buying and flying more drones than ever before, according to an annual report recently released by the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). Minnesotan law enforcement flew their drones without a warrant 4,326 times in 2023, racking up a state-wide expense of over $...
- Tavian C. Lirette (tavian_c_lirette@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 18:06:39 JST Tavian C. Lirette
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  @eff With questions having been on the rise about the intentions of the police force for a while now, their use of drones will absolutely not help matters.
  
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