>>Yes that is the argument I heard when I complained - but what "probable cause" was there to take infrared pictures of the inside of my house to begin with? They were just flying around looking inside everyones home. That sounds like illegal search with no probable cause to me.
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>It is not illegal seach. They just wanted to check that the heat signature was not coming from a grow op. When a heat signature like yours is found, the police must act. Your computers etc were generating enough heat for your home to be considered suspect. (Probable cause) You might be able to get compensation for the door and frame as you were not guilty of an offense. Here's a bit of an explanation of FLIR. http://www.woyano.com/view/2141/modern-grow-op-detection.

Neat argument - you didn't try to hide, that's why it's legal. Doesn't matter what you do, it's whether you invest an honest effort to hide it :).