Do you text while driving? Despite the warnings, embarrassment and potential to rear-end someone (or worse) — about 23 per cent of NSW motorists admit to checking a text or taking a call while driving, according to 2011 research from Newspoll and insurance firm Bingle. Little wonder that NSW cops caught 796 motorists talking or texting on their phones during ‘Operation Compliance’ on Wednesday. More »
On a cold, dark night on the mean streets of the UK, an undercover police officer was radioed and informed that a potential suspect was close by. Keen to do the right thing, he set off in hot pursuit. Twenty fraught minutes later, he learned he’d been chasing… himself. More »
Accredited Journalist Carlos Miller was arrested while covering the Occupy Miami eviction, following orders by Miami-Dade police’s Major Nancy Pérez. Then they deleted his footage, which is illegal and may lead to a federal lawsuit. More »
Evangeline Marrero Lucca, 37 years old and devoted Chicken McNuggets fan, got tasered at a McDonald’s drive-thru by police officers. She cut into the car line and then refused to move and wait her turn when instructed to do so. More »
I know next to nothing about guns but I know about the Glock. Chances are you do too. It’s become a part of the American fabric, as closely associated to the US of A as AK-47s are to terrorists, muskets were to colonials and light sabers to Jedis. More »
The NYPD is in hot water with civil rights groups over its controversial Stop-and-Frisk policy. But NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly has a solution — handheld weapons scanners that see guns under clothing! Fourth Amendment? What’s that? More »
It’s not the first crowd control tool to use sound waves, but Raytheon’s patent for a new type of riot shield that produces low frequency sound waves to disrupt the respiratory tract and hinder breathing, sounds a little scary. More »
Paranoid about future unrest after this summer’s riots in the UK, the British went and developed a laser rifle which can project a wall of light and temporarily blind a pack of rioters. More »
While the behaviour of riot police may not have become any more sophisticated since they were cracking skulls during the ’60s, their equipment has. More »
Aussie Aussie Aussie! Apparently the Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV) you see here is imported to the States from Australia — you may know it as the Holden Statesman. Police cars of the very near future will be smart to the point of being scary. Equipped with eight cameras, voice commands, incredibly intelligent software and LTE radios, you’re not going to get away with a damn thing. More »
