A short excursion into the history of the formation of legislative regulation of the use of special equipment by special services and law enforcement agencies of the USA
In the historical development, the issue related to the problem of limiting the constitutional rights of citizens in the course of using the special technical means and the need for their application to effectively protect the interests of citizens from criminal attacks in the United States is considered. The main attention is paid to the process of formation of national legislation and regulatory regulation of legal relations related to the use of special technical means by law enforcement agencies in the United States.