A 1383 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Sets forth certain standards to be followed by law enforcement agencies and fire departments when utilizing drones.

This New Jersey bill sets standards for how law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and emergency management offices can use drones. It generally requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant before conducting drone surveillance, with exceptions for search and rescue operations (like missing persons or Amber Alerts), written consent from property owners, or urgent situations where obtaining a warrant would be unreasonable. The bill also mandates that any drone recordings unrelated to investigations be deleted within 14 days, requires strict data protection, annual drone inspections, and prohibits drones from being equipped with weapons designed to harm people.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
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