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A photo shows a video surveillance camera in focus. A person in a light blue sweater is walking down a street in the background.
Closing Argument June 7
How AI-Powered Police Forces Watch Your Every Move
Artificial intelligence is changing how police investigate crimes — and monitor citizens — as regulators struggle to keep pace.
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A detective sits in a CCTV control room, reviewing multiple videos captured by different surveillance cameras.
Closing Argument January 13, 2024
More Police Are Using Your Cameras for Video Evidence
Police “nerve centers” are blurring the line between public and private surveillance.
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A photo shows hands holding a mobile phone, with a pictures of Hoan Ton-That, a multi-racial man wearing a white outfit on the screen.
Closing Argument April 8, 2023
What Happens When Your Social Media Photos End Up in the Hands of Police
Law enforcement agencies, from police departments to ICE, are using facial recognition, sometimes leading to wrongful arrests.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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News February 10, 2015
Our Body-Cams, Ourselves
Now that police are always on, who gets to watch?
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Feature December 3, 2014
The Pentagon Finally Details its Weapons-for-Cops Giveaway
Bellying up to the arsenal.
By Shawn Musgrave, and
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