By Nicholas C. Fondacaro | Watchdog Arena
As the proliferation of law enforcement drones expands, so do the concerns about privacy, accountability, and police surveillance in general. Residents of North Dakota now have to be concerned about the use of \”non-lethal\” weapons on police drones.
In April, Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed the now controversial House Bill 1328. The stated intent of the bill is \”AN ACT to provide for limitations on the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle for surveillance.\” The bill goes on to say in Section 5:
A law enforcement agency may not authorize the use of, including granting a permit to use, an unmanned aerial vehicle armed with any lethal weapons.
Nowhere in the language of the bill are non-lethal weapons mentioned as prohibited on law enforcement drones.
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