Cowles v. State

According to the court's decision today, the government may use hidden cameras to monitor workers without obtaining a search warrant, so long as the workers do not have private offices. This decision permits deeply intrusive police surveillance of individuals who have-and deserve-every reasonable expectation of privacy. Although the Alaska Constitution's search and seizure protection is "broader in seope than that guaranteed in the federal Constitution," 1 the court's decision defines Alaskans' constitutional protections more narrowly than has any decision of the United States Supreme Court.…