Just because you can’t see them when you pull onto the roadway doesn’t mean you’re safe. Drones operated by the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office are watching and looking for traffic violations.
Sheriff deputies say their fleet of drones is primarily utilized to catch people driving without seatbelts or using an electronic device while at the wheel.
But the new tool has sparked concern about how surveillance data collected passively by local law enforcement could violate the right to privacy or potentially be used for harm.
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