politics David Clarke, America's other death-camp sheriff, resigns Rob Beschizza

Science Scientists claim 100% accurate way to tell pot from hemp: lasers Xeni Jardin

I have a very valid registration Police impersonator arrested Rob Beschizza

police Chicago PD's predictive policing tool has been shut down after 8 years of catastrophically bad results Cory Doctorow

Gadgets A company that makes spy-tech for cops threatened to sue Vice for publishing its sales literature (because Iran!) Cory Doctorow

privacy New York Times analyzes a leaked set of location data from a private broker, sounds the alarm Cory Doctorow

Weird Alaska man arrested for $400,000 of heroin and meth stuffed in rotten goat guts Xeni Jardin

crime Owner of taco chain also meth lord, say cops Rob Beschizza

privacy The top FBI lawyer who tried to force Apple to backdoor its crypto now says working crypto is essential to public safety and national security Cory Doctorow

mistakes Man pretending to be cop arrested by actual cop Rob Beschizza

#standedatnarita No trains or buses from Narita to Tokyo after the category 3 typhoon = chaos for thousands Sean Bonner

DIY Nothing wrong with duct-taped contraption stopped by cops on motorway Rob Beschizza

Police Blotter Florida cop accused of false drugs arrests held on $1 million bond Mark Frauenfelder

jeffrey epstein Jeffrey Epstein gave dirty money to cops, but also Harvard, Ohio State, science & technology institutions Xeni Jardin

gwot Big Tech is deleting evidence needed to prosecute war crimes, and governments want them to do more of it Cory Doctorow

common nuisance Chair-tosser turns herself in to police Mark Frauenfelder

Idiots Cops are looking for this woman who threw a chair off a highrise balcony Mark Frauenfelder

kramer vs kramer NYPD demands Google Waze stop telling us where the cops are Jason Weisberger

News 9.5 tons of cocaine and 11 Russian sailors seized by cops in Cape Verde Xeni Jardin

crime Whitey Bulger's family, lacking a sense of irony, file lawsuit over his 2018 murder Seamus Bellamy