[Newsbot]

Title: Device to detect grow op violates privacy: court
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: WDHIII
Date: 2009-08-22 09:38:49
Canadian

[leewgrant]

$1:

The province's top court says police use of a digital recording amp-metre without judicial authorization, to determine if there is a marijuana grow operation in a home, violates the homeowner's privacy rights.

So a measure designed to determine whether not there is a crime being commited violates privacy? To me it's just the police using a new investigative tool.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

leewgrant leewgrant:

$1:

The province's top court says police use of a digital recording amp-metre without judicial authorization, to determine if there is a marijuana grow operation in a home, violates the homeowner's privacy rights.

So a measure designed to determine whether not there is a crime being commited violates privacy? To me it's just the police using a new investigative tool.

Only if it's WITHOUT judicial authorization. Just like any other criminal investigation.
Personally, I'd rather see 'em using some sort of chemical sniffer to sniff out meth labs.