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Justice Lab May 24, 2018
Your Home is Your...Snitch?
When your appliances work as police informants.
By Daniel Zwerdling
Justice Lab March 27, 2017
Happiness is a Warm Phaser
The search for the truly nonlethal weapon.
By Robin Washington
John Linder, a policing pollster, has worked on and off with the New York Police Department since the early 1990s. He is developing a plan to change CompStat, the city's crime-tracking tool.
Q&A January 29, 2017
Can Pollsters Drive Down Crime?
The NYPD’s public opinion guru thinks so.
By Simone Weichselbaum
Feature October 6, 2016
This Machine Could Prevent Gun Violence — If Only Cops Used It
A system that can link gun crimes through shell casings is hobbled by skepticism and lack of manpower.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
News February 10, 2015
Our Body-Cams, Ourselves
Now that police are always on, who gets to watch?
By Clare Sestanovich
Feature December 3, 2014
The Pentagon Finally Details its Weapons-for-Cops Giveaway
Bellying up to the arsenal.
By Shawn Musgrave, Tom Meagher and Gabriel Dance
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