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The core question arises: is it legal for police officers to interfere with your security cameras? To answer this, we must consider the concept of curtilage, which refers to the area immediately surrounding a home that is afforded protection under the Fourth Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that this area has the same constitutional protections as the inside of a home, making any unwarranted police action there potentially unlawful.