crime NYPD Commissioner "troubled" by news of cop arrested for running an international heroin ring Mark Frauenfelder
police New Orleans Police used predictive policing without telling the city's elected officials Seamus Bellamy
privacy Seattle spends five years failing to come up with a privacy policy for its $3.6m surveillance network, then spends $150k ripping it out Cory Doctorow
surveillance Motherboard files legal complaint against London police to force it to explain why an officer bought creepy, potential illegal stalkerware Cory Doctorow
privacy Chinese transit cops deploy face-recognition glasses to spot indebted people, oppressed ethnic/religious minorities and criminals Cory Doctorow
police Tennessee sheriff who ordered deputies to kill driver of slow-moving car and gloated over his corpse faces excessive force lawsuit Cory Doctorow
corruption Elite Baltimore police unit robbed with impunity, sold guns and drugs, loaned guns and armor to civilians sent to commit robberies Cory Doctorow
police Wichita cop who pulled the trigger in the first fatal swatting is being sued by the victim's family Cory Doctorow
corruption New York cops furious that the union has reduced the number of "get out of jail free" cards they can give to their pals Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Amazon's useless "transparency reports" won't disclose whether they're handing data from always-on Alexa mics to governments Cory Doctorow
police New York City's Right to Know Act requires cops to record people's explicit consent to warrantless stop-and-frisks Cory Doctorow
corruption A detailed look at how US police forces collude with spy agencies to cover up the origin of evidence in criminal cases Cory Doctorow
police Hoaxer with a history of fake bomb threats SWATs and murders a random bystander over a $1.50 Call of Duty bet Cory Doctorow
surveillance When Las Vegas cops put on bodycams, they used 37% less force and generated 30% fewer complaints Cory Doctorow
