The Miami Beach police department is sick and tired of the college and high school students coming to town for Spring break and bringing drugs and alcohol with them. So, they’ve devised a plan, Operation Intercept, to stop the flow of drugs. First, the Police Chief orders random check points on all the highways leading into town. Each check point will have a drug dog that will go around the outside of the vehicle and alert the handler if there is a “hit.” Second, to help stop the flow of drugs entering the city via the waterways and ports, the Chief has ordered the use of drones. He instructs his officers to conduct drone “flights” in the areas where the drug dealers often use speedboats for drug trafficking. As expected, Operation Intercept is successful. The Department makes a number of arrests based upon both the traffic stops and the drones. Discuss whether drug dogs at the traffic stops and the drones are constitutional under the 4th Amendment. Solution Answer:- Fourth Amendment understanding (taken from book):- The United State Constirution, in Fourth Amendment, is part of Bill of Rights, protects people or prohibits from unreasonable searches and seizer by government and it requires any search warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. But it doesn’t give guarantee against searches and seizer but only those that are deemed unreasonable under the law. Case Evaluation:- Operation Intercept carried by The Miami Police Department is to stop the flow of drugs to city during Spring. This is of good intent that will not only help to control drug flow but will help to keep control on unwanted environment in city and will maintain harmony and peace in city while people enjoying their summer alongwith city continue to reap benefits from tourism activities. Dogs sniffing at patrolling point is correct as per 4th Amendment as it is only taking not more than two minutes of tourist time but helping to keep control on unreasonable drug flow in the city. Moreover, patrolling is like paying toll money that helps government to pass on benefits to people in way of providing better infrastructure (and here by patrolling returns are in form of peace and harmony during their summer vacation tour). Drones flying only captures images of external environment and it is not interfering on people privacy hence it is correct as per 4th Amendment as it is not searching on people.The images are helping police department to check speed of boat that could bring unlawful flow of drugs..