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Is this a new restriction on existing practices, or legislation that enables more functionality with police drones as long as it doesn't include weapons or faci

Is this a new restriction on existing practices, or legislation that enables more functionality with police drones as long as it doesn't include weapons or facial recognition? I get an entirely different vibe from every other discussion on this legislation than from the headline of this post.

Kon-Peki 3y ago
As you can see from the text (signed by the governor today; effective immediately), this is a new restriction. All underlined text is newly added to the law. Text with a strikethrough is removed from the law. The law also adds many new data reporting obligations, and empowers the Attorney General to investigate (with teeth) violations.
starttoaster 3y ago
Police departments in the US basically don’t require legislation to add new functionality to their policing mechanisms, they require laws to tell them what they cannot do. So more the former than the latter. But it doesn’t really matter with this for the average citizen, most likely. They’ll only ever use the drones for big busts. Most cops just sit in traffic until they get bored and chase down random beater cars that were going 5 over the speed limit, or pulled slightly too far forward at a stop sign that had shrubs blocking the left and right view.
- RajT88 3y ago
  > Most cops just sit in traffic until they get bored and chase down random beater cars that were going 5 over the speed limit, or pulled slightly too far forward at a stop sign that had shrubs blocking the left and right view. That's also problematic!
  - chasd00 3y ago
    not really, break the law get a ticket, that's how things are suppose to work. The problematic thing is the laws are rarely enforced.
    - RajT88 3y ago
      > The problematic thing is the laws are rarely enforced. You're almost right. In the post I was replying to is a description on who typically gets those laws enforced against them.

Kon-Peki 3y ago

As you can see from the text (signed by the governor today; effective immediately), this is a new restriction. All underlined text is newly added to the law. Text with a strikethrough is removed from the law. The law also adds many new data reporting obligations, and empowers the Attorney General to investigate (with teeth) violations.

starttoaster 3y ago

Police departments in the US basically don’t require legislation to add new functionality to their policing mechanisms, they require laws to tell them what they cannot do. So more the former than the latter. But it doesn’t really matter with this for the average citizen, most likely. They’ll only ever use the drones for big busts. Most cops just sit in traffic until they get bored and chase down random beater cars that were going 5 over the speed limit, or pulled slightly too far forward at a stop sign that had shrubs blocking the left and right view.

RajT88 3y ago
> Most cops just sit in traffic until they get bored and chase down random beater cars that were going 5 over the speed limit, or pulled slightly too far forward at a stop sign that had shrubs blocking the left and right view. That's also problematic!
- chasd00 3y ago
  not really, break the law get a ticket, that's how things are suppose to work. The problematic thing is the laws are rarely enforced.
  - RajT88 3y ago
    > The problematic thing is the laws are rarely enforced. You're almost right. In the post I was replying to is a description on who typically gets those laws enforced against them.