one_classy_broad t1_jdghod5 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 5:47 AM

I just watched a Dateline episode where the cops air tagged or placed a GPS monitor on the car of a person of interest... my first question was is that legal?

Turns out he did it anyway, but still...

_no_pants t1_jdhc5u0 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 12:17 PM

Pretty sure it is legal and if you find it and destroy you have to pay for the equipment.

[deleted] t1_jdgsz3q wrote on March 24, 2023 at 8:23 AM

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singingquest t1_jdhxgy4 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:55 PM

Not a lawyer, but if the cops had a valid search warrant, then yeah that’s probably legal. Even if they didn’t have a search warrant, it might still be legal. That would maybe depend on things like whether the person of interest was only being tracked in public places, whether the cops themselves physically planted the airtag on the person of interest or his possessions, etc.