Emancipate NC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove is continuing to raise concerns about the constitutional implications of new police surveillance technology in a recent Public News Service story titled “NC police department tracker tech raises constitutional questions.”
In the article, Blagrove explains that attaching a tracking device to a person’s vehicle constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment and may violate protections against unreasonable searches and seizures if deployed without proper safeguards.
“The Raleigh Police Department requires much more extensive training and oversight before it can be given the broad authority to potentially violate someone’s constitutional rights by unilaterally deciding to deploy a tracking device on a person suspected of a crime,” she said.
The story highlights growing concerns among civil rights advocates about how emerging surveillance tools are used and the need for clear accountability and constitutional protections.