>they simply use technology to automate handling with what they can see

A police dept with 500 employees can't see at 10000 places at once. So, it isn't "simply to automate".

It would be like saying that rifle is just a simple automation of how one can use a hammer to drive a nail into a victim, and thus if one is allowed to own/carry a hammer and nails then the one is allowed to own/carry a rifle.