How Much Power Should Police Tech Have?
From Two Cops One Donut by Sgt. Erik Lavigne
May 4, 2026 · 2h 41m · Season 3 · Episode 17
About this episode
The episode explores the balance of power in police technology and the ethical implications of law enforcement practices.
A cop doing 95 pulls over a rider for doing 95, and somehow thinks he’s the moral authority. That clip sets the tone for a wide-open live where we chase the hard questions: what “reasonable and prudent” really means, why small hypocrisy wrecks legitimacy, and how officers can keep ego out of enforcement without turning policing into an echo chamber. From there we jump into modern police technology, especially drone policing. We’re honest about the upside: better suspect location, fewer bad g...
People in this episode
Host: Sgt. Erik Lavigne
Topics covered
- police technology
- drone policing
- law enforcement
- ethics in policing
- hypocrisy
- ego in enforcement
Keywords
- police
- technology
- drone
- enforcement
- hypocrisy
- ego
- legitimacy
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