police technology
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Awesome, Now Police Are Using Automated Drones
Police drones are already a dystopian horror story straight out of the pages of 1984, but now they’re even beginning to think for themselves.
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Boston Bans Police Forces From Using Facial Recognition
It’s official, as of today, Boston’s become the second-largest US community to ban police use of facial recognition technology, thanks to a unanimous vote by more than a dozen city council people. The move follows similar bans by the neighbouring cities Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge a few months back, along with San Francisco and other…
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New Report Finds US Police Have Used Tasers In A Staggering Number Of Killings
Axon (the company formerly known as Taser) claims that their stun guns have only directly killed 24 people, and that those deaths were due to falls or fires related to the strikes, not because of shocks to the body. But a new investigative report by Reuters found 1005 cases in the United States where a…
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Baltimore Cop Plays Himself By Seemingly Planting Drugs In Front Of Body Cam
Yesterday, Baltimore news outlets shared footage from a January drug bust where an officer appeared to record himself planting drugs he would later say belonged to a suspect. The video, posted by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, is staggering.