Cops With Drones: Technology Vs. Civil LibertiesYouTube In February, Reason TV covered an Alameda County, California public protection committee meeting in which Sheriff Gregory Ahern announced that he planned on using a laptop-sized drone (he prefers to call it an unmanned aerial system) for search and rescue. Its mission specific to search areas for lost children or elderly or Alzheimers patients to search an area that it would be very difficult for our personnel to get to, said Sheriff Ahern. Residents and civil liberties advocates are skeptical that drone use would remain so narrowly defined for very long. At the meeting, Linda Lye of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California took issue with the sheriffs submitted draft of a privacy policy. She said its not specific enough about what the sheriff can and cannot do with drones. Full text continues at the YouTube post. For additional information visit Reason TV. 