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Public Defender Asks Baltimore PD to Suspend Aerial Spying
An Ohio company, funded by a private police donor, has used a Cessna airplane to conduct about 300 hours of aerial surveillance over Baltimore since January. This came as a surprise to the mayor and city council. Police said the secretive program may have crime-fighting potential.