Domestic Drones – The Rise of The Flying Machines: Is Big Brother Watching You? PROFESSOR LEWIS LANGHAM, JR.386 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)..................... 70 II. Government Agencies Currently Use UAVs Despite Unclear Guidelines Currently in Place with Likely Legal Implications. ....... 71 III. The States Take Varying Stances on Surveillance Drone Usage, and Some State Legislatures Allow their Law Enforcement Agencies to Use Surveillance UAVs................................................................ 76 IV. Law Enforcement’s Use of UAVs Implicates the Fourth Amendment....................................................................................... 78 A. Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit the use of a UAV to conduct aerial surveillance? ................................................................................................ 79
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Professor Lewis Langham Jr. has expertise and teaches in the areas of Criminal Procedure, Evidence and Trial Skills. Before joining WMU-Cooley in 2007, Professor Langham served as deputy legal counsel and policy adviser for the office of Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm. He assisted the governor's legal counsel on legal issues related to criminal justice, prisons, homeland security, and civil rights. He also served as a liaison between the governor and various interest groups, and advised the governor on all policy or departmental issues related to the Michigan State Police, Department of Corrections, Homeland Security, Military & Veterans Affairs, and Civil Rights. Professor Langham formerly worked as an assistant public defender in the Washtenaw County Office of Public Defender in Ann Arbor, Mich. He also worked as a solo practitioner in Southfield, Michigan, focusing on criminal defense, estate planning, and divorce. Before he entered the legal profession, Professor Langham was a career law enforcement officer. He served 25 years with the Michigan State Police, beginning as a uniformed road trooper and moving up through the department as a Detective Specialist in the Criminal Investigation Division, Narcotics Section; a Detective Sergeant, Southeastern Criminal Investigation Division, Diversion Unit; a Detective Lieutenant, Oakland County Narcotics Enforcement Team; and Detective Lieutenant, Tobacco Products Tax Fraud Team. He was also the liaison to the United States Secret Service where he handled Presidential and Dignitary Protection Detail Assignments. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, Washtenaw County Bar Association, Oakland County Bar Association, D. Augustus Straker Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the Michigan State Police Command Officers Association. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 2014, and to United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, in June 2002.
