Vivian Ho reports:
The San Jose Police Department has become the first Bay Area law enforcement agency to acquire a drone, department officials confirmed Wednesday, but guidelines for its use have not been developed.
Department officials got the unmanned aircraft in January for just under $7,000 in federal grant money for the purpose of aiding the department bomb squad in assessing threats, police spokesman Officer Albert Morales told The Chronicle on Wednesday.
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Deploying devices or technologies before developing and implementing policies with safeguards creates significant potential for abuse, as civil liberties groups have repeatedly pointed out.
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