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Why is the police involved in this? In Norway this task and authority is given to The Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom), that deal with everything regar
by punnerud 5y ago
Why is the police involved in this? In Norway this task and authority is given to The Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom), that deal with everything regarding the radio spectrum. They have more power to enter people’s homes than the police. Only if they can not enter they can ask for backup from the police.
- kevingadd 5y agoGenerally speaking only US law enforcement has the right to enter a home, and they usually need a warrant to do it (or "probable cause") The relevant regulatory agency in this case would likely be the FCC, and they are not law enforcement. Law enforcement matters they would delegate to the courts and the police or the FBI
- jdavis703 5y agoFCC field agents have the authority to enter many sites for inspections and can issue orders or gather evidence used for fines [0]. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time until these field agents are turned in to full police, as the federal government already has hundreds of law enforcement organizations [1] 0: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_law_enforcement_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_law_enforcement_in_t... 1: https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/public_enforcement_overview.pdf https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/public_enforcement_o...
- rambambram 5y agoProbably because they wanted an opportunity to shoot some dogs (sorry, I watched too much HN this weekend). Edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28339867 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28339867
- punnerud 5y agoI have a 40min time limit each day exclusively for HN, shared between iPhone and Mac