Cops n crops

ijustgrowGREEN

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yoyo- i just watched an episode of DEA on spike, and saw that they used infared heat with a helicopter to locate and bust a large grow house. they got a search warrant AFTER they used the infared camera..... i was under the impression they needed the search warrant first. wtf? anyone know the truth about this particular subject? what are laws regarding this? thx :)
 

comptown

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Well, SCOTUS says they cannot do that. I would bet his lawyer is going to have a field day

Kyllo v. US
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
[Decided June 11, 2001]
In a 5-4 ruling on June 11, 2001, the US Supreme Court ruled that the use of thermal imaging (infrared) scanners to look at homes for evidence of crimes is unconstitutional without a warrant. The majority issued a broad decision, suggesting that other types of high-tech gear which reduce privacy in the home are also disallowed without a warrant. This decision reverses a set of flip-flopped 9th Circuit Appeals Court decisions where the 9th Circuit first found in favor of Kyllo and then, after a judge resigned, it reheard the case and decided against Kyllo.

The decision was made by an unusual coalition of justices, with Scalia writing the majority opinion, quoting from elements of the ACLU's amicus brief in favor of increased Constitutional rights and Stevens, in dissent, arguing that the Right to Privacy does not protect against scanning devices. Two of the most conservative justices, Scalia and Thomas joined with the more liberal Ginsburg, Breyer, and Souter and the liberal Stevens and moderate Kennedy joined with Rehnquist and O'Connor in dissent.
 

bleezyg420

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hahah I would love to see what them fuckers say about my op, if that was one of the best theyve seen. That was a mess!
 

dhhbomb

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really i think the show is just propaganda by the us to make everyone thing they cannot get away with anything simply propaganda
 

comptown

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really i think the show is just propaganda by the us to make everyone thing they cannot get away with anything simply propaganda
I agree with you DHH, might be BS. Also, it could have been a videotaping of a raid prior to the 2001 decision, when it was "legal" to heat search without the warrant.
 

staticbudz

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go to youtube and look up KOPBUSTERS!

Barry Cooper is a retired narcotics enforcement officer from texas who has 2 dvds... Never get busted and Never get raided and he has LOADS of information about the laws and loopholes.

KOPBUSTERS is his reality tv show where he "busts" crooked cops with illegaly obtained warrants.

He sets up a grow op in a house growing 2 small pine trees and didnt tell ANYONE... the kops were there within 24 hours to bust a grow op...

LOOK IT UP!
 

ijustgrowGREEN

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awesome guys, thank you for all the helpful info..... i was panicked for a while there, waitin for em' to show up at the door! lol ! i was also pissed becuase our government peers into and takes from our lives enough as it is ! thx for da info :)
 

SayWord

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that show was funny! i laughed when he said that was the best hes ever seen too. and when he was saying in order to grow weed indoors, growers have to use 1000w for every four plants. fuckin dumbasses
 

mindphuk

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go to youtube and look up KOPBUSTERS!

Barry Cooper is a retired narcotics enforcement officer from texas who has 2 dvds... Never get busted and Never get raided and he has LOADS of information about the laws and loopholes.

KOPBUSTERS is his reality tv show where he "busts" crooked cops with illegaly obtained warrants.

He sets up a grow op in a house growing 2 small pine trees and didnt tell ANYONE... the kops were there within 24 hours to bust a grow op...

LOOK IT UP!
He must have done something else to try to bait the cops. Many people have started grow ops all over with as much or more lighting and weren't raided in 24 hours. I can't believe they found this solely by FLIR.
 

jordisgarden

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honestly, we , i mean they will watch your house for traffic or strange shit going on, then theyll look at your electricity bill. if your having seeds, lights and hydro shit bought on a credit card and using mad electricity then that will be enough to get a warrant....do not get it twisted there are drug units whos entire careers are dedicated to finding grow ops. and if yoiur doing something big enough then they can catch you(if your unlucky or get ratted out). by the way, if your grow room is surrounded by 55 degree air and its 85 inside the grow, thats when it looks obvious. i keep my temps the same as the room around it. 69 degrees and then it shouldnt give off such a noticable heat signiture difference. im not sure this helps for real but it makes sense to my baked ass. as a matter of fact im going to go look it up now
 
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