Have drones over Moree stopped youth crime? - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Now, the technology us trickling down into law enforcement applications, in north-western NSW of all places.

Moree has been struggling with crime and a New South Wales government says a trial which has seen drones take to the skies over the town had an immediate impact in improving community safety.

With the program to potentially be expanded to other towns, some community leaders and legal experts say the practice raises privacy and surveillance concerns.

Legal experts are calling for new legislation to be drafted as an Australian-first drone trial is expanded.(Supplied: NSW Police)