Officers need warrants to use aircraft, zoom lenses to surveil areas around homes, Alaska court says

 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…