If LEOs have sufficient reason to think someone is committing a crime, they can go to a judge and obtain a search warrant to search their home.
I've always thought it strange that some courts have said that while law enforcement couldn't come into your house to spy on you without a search warrant, they could do so from the air or by a zoom camera from afar.
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Alaska Court Rules Police Must Obtain Warrant to Surveil Houses Using Zoom Lenses, Aircraft
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A good ruling that leftists will simply ignore.
I consider the area above my home a personal ADIZ.. drones would be targets and I’m surrounded by trees on the side of a mountain and a good rifle scope is limited to about 70 yards.
Then I go to town and I’m probably filmed numerous times in both directions not to mention the stores.
Good ruling - though I would like the author to use the word “telephoto” instead of zoom. A zoom lens has a variable focal length, but isn’t necessarily a high-magnification telephoto lens.
I have a 500 mm f/4 telephoto lens that is NOT a zoom, but rather, a fixed focal length. Ditto for my telescopes, though they do make zoom eyepieces.
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Leftist will ignore it. They will surveillance you with drones and zoom lense off the record.
I have heard the military has developed ways to “see” you through the walls of your home, if they so wish to do so.
The method has something to do with observing the heat mass image of your body, which may be seen in one color, against the immediate surrounding atmosphere in that room, that is manifested as a cooler tone or color. This was originally used to locate terrorists in their homes
I heard about this years ago, after Osama Bin Laden had only “died” about four times.
This is contrary to the long standing plain view doctrine. If law enforcement can see evidence of illegal activity from a public space and it is in plain view, no warrant is necessary. We are to be safe in our homes and other places where we have a reasonable expectation of privacy (except NOT boats). So if you are growing marijuana in a field and it can be seen by a law enforcement airplane, no warrant is necessary. (If you live on a boat, police can come on and search everywhere without a warrant! I think this dates from pirate days.)
Oh, for crying out loud. they need to get a warrant. It only takes a few minutes to type it up. It can be signed electronically. The cops are lazy, they are cheating the system.
...and now with drones, they park one outside of your window and get a good look inside, if conditions are right.
I guess cops should be required to close their eyes when driving past my house, then.
Please don’t, kind sirs.