Surveillance
The strategy: A technology-driven approach to policing
Agencies can capitalize on innovations to save money and repair fractured community relationships
Two sheriff’s offices share what they look for in departmental tech purchases to get the best buy
Planes circling above the city increased the agency’s arrest rate by 5% over 3 months, researchers found
Local police hailed the cameras as a game-changer, saying the images helped to identify suspects of violent crimes
The first step to applying and implementing the lessons learned of any after-action report is to read the report, which unfortunately rarely happens
A letter to U.S. lawmakers said the tech giant “has sunset its general purpose facial recognition and analysis software products”
Following a lawsuit by a state trooper, some state officials want an investigation, while others dispute the suit
A federal lawsuit alleges the trooper was retaliated against for calling out illegal practices by an intelligence-gathering center run by the state police
The program will collect images of the city to aid investigations, which activists argue infringes on citizen’s First and Fourth Amendment rights
International first responders have used drones for observation, sharing messages with the public and even decontamination
Police in Daytona Beach and Elizabeth have been using drones with automated messages designed to disperse crowds while maintaining social distancing
The program will collect images of the city to aid investigations and will pay for research to study if the program impacts the city’s crime rate
Maine is one of two states with a legal provision that allows police departments to conceal any use with surveillance technology
Mayor Bill de Blasio says the cameras are part of ongoing measures to increase NYPD’s visibility into those neighborhoods in light of recent anti-Semitic attacks
Learn how livestreaming drone footage gives first responders better benefits beyond visibility
Officials praise the technology’s effectiveness while researchers raise surveillance concerns
Rather than ban it all together, legislators are taking a piecemeal approach to regulation through several bills
Community groups opposed the policy, saying software identification is unreliable and racially tinged
Police would use private funding with the goal of decreasing officer call response time
Officers have increasingly turned to the footage to help crack cases, as frequently as 20 times a month
The city became the first in the country to ban the technology
The gunfire led to a standoff with police, who eventually arrested six suspects
The department announced last month that it was disbanding a unit that tracked the everyday lives of Muslims
A special New York Police Department unit that sparked controversy by tracking the daily lives of Muslims has been disbanded
The system, known as wide-area surveillance, is something of a time machine — the entire city is filmed and recorded in real time
U.S. District Judge William Martini ruled last month that the NYPD’s activities were part of a lawful effort to prevent terrorism
“Criticism drives a more responsible and better government,” Alejandro Mayorkas said
City commission is planning a wide-ranging series of forums to examine both the impact of police surveillance programs in local communities and allegations of continued ethnic profiling within those programs
Civil rights advocates said they were troubled by the dismissal of a federal lawsuit that challenged broad surveillance of Muslims by the NYPD
Intelligence unit didn’t discriminate against Muslims with far-reaching surveillance aimed at identifying “budding terrorist conspiracies” at mosques
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The NYPD has quietly installed about 200 temporary surveillance cameras in midtown Manhattan
