Spy Plane

RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of community advocates challenging the city of Baltimore’s Aerial Investigation Research program, which used planes with high-tech cameras to track movements related to serious crimes. The city is not continuing with the program, but it cannot use any of the data it had collected because accessing the data is a search and its “warrantless operation” violates the Fourth Amendment. 

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