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4th Circuit rules Baltimore’s aerial surveillance program unconstitutional
The Baltimore Police Department violated the constitutional rights of city residents and visitors when it conducted general aerial surveillance in an effort to fight violent crime last year, a federal […]
Full 4th Circuit hears challenge to Baltimore’s aerial surveillance
Attorneys for a civil rights group and the Baltimore Police Department battled Monday at a federal appeals court over the constitutionality of BPD’s use of aerial surveillance to fight crime […]
Challenge to Baltimore’s aerial surveillance survives grounding, ACLU says
A constitutional challenge to the Baltimore Police Department’s use of aerial surveillance to fight crime last year did not end when the pilot program was grounded in October, despite what […]
Davis, ex-judge, will defend Baltimore’s aerial surveillance
The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals might hear a familiar voice as it considers whether the Baltimore Police Department’s use of aerial surveillance to fight crime in the […]
Full 4th Circuit will hear challenge to Baltimore’s aerial surveillance program
The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider whether the Baltimore Police Department’s use of aerial surveillance to fight crime in the city violated Baltimoreans’ constitutional protection against […]
4th Circuit upholds Baltimore’s aerial surveillance program
A divided federal appeals court Thursday gave the Baltimore Police Department an all-clear regarding its use of aerial surveillance to fight crime in the city, rejecting arguments that the overflights […]
4th Circuit denies expedited review of Baltimore surveillance ruling
A federal appeals court has rejected a request from civil rights groups that it expedite its consideration of their constitutional challenge to the Baltimore Police Department’s use of aerial surveillance […]
ACLU seeks expedited review of Baltimore aerial surveillance ruling
Saying time is of the essence when the Constitution is at stake, civil rights groups are urging a federal appeals court to expedite consideration of whether the Baltimore Police Department’s […]
Federal judge OKs police use of aerial surveillance in Baltimore
A federal judge on Friday gave the Baltimore Police Department an all-clear to begin using aerial surveillance to fight crime in the city, rejecting arguments that the overflights would violate […]
Baltimore police department: Aerial surveillance constitutional
The Baltimore Police Department this week defended the constitutionality of its planned use of aerial surveillance of the city, citing BPD’s compelling need to fight violent crime and saying Baltimoreans […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Stop aerial surveillance program
It has been reported that Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison agreed to support surveillance flights over Baltimore only to allow the resulting data to inform us whether the program will […]
ACLU seeks to block aerial surveillance as unconstitutional
A civil rights group is seeking a federal court order to block the Baltimore Police Department‘s planned aerial surveillance of the city, saying the crime-fighting tactic would violate Baltimoreans’ constitutional […]
