Officers need warrants to use aircraft, zoom lenses to surveil areas around homes, Alaska court says
The Alaska Supreme Court ruling dates to a case in 2012 in which troopers used aircraft to surveil a property where marijuana was suspected to be growing in a greenhouse.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Alaska law enforcement officers must obtain a warrant before using aircraft to scope out the area around a person’s home with binoculars or cameras with zoom lenses, the state’s h…