Hawaii senate debates drones
 

Drone bill aimed at protecting privacy will limit use of drones to emergency services and government agencies. Police will require a search warrant.

SB2608 SD1.DOC


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Hawaii Debates Drone Law

This week, the Hawaiian Senate advanced a bill to regulate unmanned aircraft.


Here are some of SB 2608's key provisions:

Except as provided under this part, it shall be unlawful for any law enforcement agency, state or local public agency, person, or entity to use an unmanned aircraft to gather information, including but not limited to images, photographs, or recordings.

the law enforcement agency shall destroy all information collected by the unmanned aircraft no later than thirty days after such information is collected unless the information is necessary for and relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation or pending criminal trial

any court that has issued a search warrant permitting the use of an unmanned aircraft, an extension or modification of such warrant, or denied an application for such warrant during the previous calendar year shall report to the judiciary the number, kind, and duration of search warrants or search warrant extensions applied for, granted, modified, or denied



Mickjoebill

Is this warrant condition going to apply to police officers looking out of the windows of United flights to Chicago? What about from their own helicopters? Will officers only be able to use Google Earth/Streetview after getting a warrant?

Yeah, cus they all unmanned aircraft, innit! Twerp