(DOWNLOAD) "Is It Hot in Here? the Eighth Circuit's Reduction of Fourth Amendment Protections in the Home: United States V. Kattaria." by Missouri Law Review # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Is It Hot in Here? the Eighth Circuit's Reduction of Fourth Amendment Protections in the Home: United States V. Kattaria.
- Author : Missouri Law Review
- Release Date : January 22, 2008
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 320 KB
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I. INTRODUCTION Several years ago, the United States military developed thermal imaging technology for targeting and reconnaissance purposes which law enforcement agencies subsequently adopted as a means of conducting surveillance in support of counter-narcotics efforts. (2) Police use thermal imaging devices in counter-narcotics operations by scanning buildings and homes in order to determine higher heat emissions from buildings. (3) These higher than normal thermal readings of homes act as indicators of possible marijuana grow operations due to the high output of heat from the indoor lamps commonly used for such activities. (4)