The police needs to be given freer rein when monitoring with drones, the federal government believes

In line with a press launch, the aim is to legislate the usage of cameras mounted on drones within the police and PST’s work with the prevention and investigation of crime.

The ministry proposes that the present situations that surveillance cameras have to be fastened and remotely operated be eliminated. In addition they recommend that the situations that apply to the surveillance usually are not decided by the situation of the digital camera, however the place the individual being monitored is positioned. As well as, it’s proposed that hidden digital camera surveillance that’s not persistent or often repeated can also be lined by the Legal Process Act.

– The risk image in Norway has develop into extra critical, advanced and unpredictable. Russia’s assault on Ukraine and the battle in Gaza have created a brand new safety coverage state of affairs right here at dwelling. As well as, prison networks pose a big risk to our basic values, says Minister of Justice and Emergency Preparedness Emilie Enger Mehl (Sp).

The ministry acknowledges that the usage of covert strategies in investigations might intervene with folks’s privateness, however considers it important that the police are capable of fulfill their social mission.

– It’s essential that we guarantee that the police and PST have the required instruments to make sure security for all residents and neighborhood teams throughout the nation, says Mehl.