I think this is kind of an issue that might become big in the future.

In my Law class we were discussing what instances evidence obtained during a search and seizure was legally obtained. In one of our examples, we had a case where a local police force was using a Drone (similar to the Predetor Drones you hear quite often on your news station) to search people's houses from the air via inferred vision. In this case the police found that a suspect was growing marijuana in his house and the search via the drone was enough for the police to get a search warrant, seize the pot, and arrest the suspect.

The main question that we disscused is...
 
"Whether or not the use of Drones in the air constituted a search."

If it was, then the marijuana would be thrown out, as the police used an illegal way to obtain evidence (fruit from the poisonous tree). Of course the class was divided as we couldn't come up with a clear cut answer. So I wished to ask this question to vizzed users...

What do you think of local and state police forces using Drones to search people's homes? Or the use of Drones' by local or state police forces in general?

I'm with Janus on this one.  We have rights and the government doesn't have a right to spy on me, check up on what I'm doing, or peek in every now and then with technology to see what's happening in the confines of my home and property.  If they use drones to protect, say, the Superbowl or large events, that's fine.

Using drones over neighborhoods and private property is against the constitution and illegal.  If we let them do that, we'll lose our other rights.  It's the first step on a slippery slope.