David Lawrence was a Harvard Law student when an on-campus shooting involving a police officer sparked intense controversy over police conduct. Realizing that most policing…
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More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey |
In Brief Posted: 8:57 AM PDT · August 28, 2026 The growing backlash against surveillance companies like Flock may have reached a tipping point. A…
Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others |
Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group blamed for high-profile hacks against big tech…
Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code
Vehicle surveillance giant Flock Safety has told the public for years that its technology “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.” It has now built a…
Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works |
Surveillance technology startup Flock announced a series of new policies and tools on Thursday, claiming they will help curb abuse of its automated license plate…
British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted
The Think Family Database holds records on close to half a million people who live in the city of Bristol, England. For many years, few…
Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US
A Florida man was wrongfully arrested for attempting to illegally lure a child after police relied on a face-recognition match that was inaccurate, according to…
Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents |
Cybercriminals have allegedly stolen a large amount of sensitive internal documents from the Los Angeles Police Department and leaked the data online. The stolen data…
A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters |
When I speak to Blake Resnick, he’s walking around his drone startup’s newest office space in Seattle: a cavernous 50,000-square-foot facility that, Resnick estimates, won’t…
Lancaster Police Department Launches Drone as a First Responder Program to Strengthen Public Safety
Strategically deployed drones enhance response times, situational awareness, and officer and community safety /PRNewswire/ — The City of Lancaster and the Lancaster Police Department (LPD)…