Let police use radar device with limits: Your Say

A radar device that can detect movement, or "see" through walls, and is used by at least 50 law enforcement agencies has raised privacy concerns. Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

What are people scared of? If the authorities are looking for someone, they would like to know they won't get ambushed if they enter.

Only people with stuff to hide or criminals don't like this!

— Reginald Nobles

It's amazing authorities would even think that this was OK. The courts have already determined that using thermal imaging on a home without a warrant is illegal. But we are dealing with the new militarized police who see all Americans as potential criminals. Things have gotten pretty sick in this "land of the free" where those who are supposed to uphold the Constitution figure out how they can violate it.

— Matt Beer

These devices are needed by police and should be court approved on a case-by-case basis.

— Wayne Leslie

Law enforcement should get a search warrant based on probable cause. To use this device to "see" inside someone's home is the same as entering without a warrant.

— William Jones

I see no problem. This device is nothing more than a tool that can be used either lawfully or unlawfully. If you are worried about police using a tool unlawfully, then you had better start with their weapons.

— Galen Van Kooten

I am glad the police have this technology. Although as is the case with all of this stuff, I hope police are prosecuted to the fullest extent available if they are found to use it in any way that is not legal.

— Bruce Paluzzi

The only way to salvage privacy is passing laws. Future technology will include the ability to actually see through walls, not just detect movement.

— Roberto Bella

This type of search is an intrusion into a house. If it is allowed, then it has set a new precedent and makes the next form of intrusion that much easier to allow in court. It should be stopped now.

— Robert Harwell

Letter to the editor:

Excuse me Supreme Court and other critics, but it seems crazy to me to restrict law enforcement's use of see-through-your-walls technology and other high-tech sensors that an ordinary citizen can use ("Senators press Holder on radar that sees inside homes").

The Range-R device shows up on the Web, and I suspect a determined person can buy it. Yes, let's protect privacy to the extent we can.

But if I can do it, let my police do it, too.

Jack James; Vilas, N.C.