The average American spent 2.5 months on their phone in 2024(pcmag.com)

149 points by elorant 1 year ago | 170 comments

FBI Raids Home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan(axios.com)

194 points by jaboutboul 1 year ago | 140 comments

The pope moves to police AI(axios.com)

16 points by giuliomagnifico 6 months ago | 4 comments

Small Kansas newspaper says co-owner, 98, collapsed and died after police raid(cbsnews.com)

101 points by uptown 3 years ago | 10 comments

FBI Response to Minnesota Fraud Allegations(axios.com)

8 points by Geonode 10 months ago | 0 comments

Armed police swarm student after AI mistakes bag of Doritos for a weapon(dexerto.com)

567 points by antongribok 1 year ago | 350 comments

Dexerto news article about armed police confronting a student after an AI weapon-detection system mistook a bag of Doritos for a gun.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country(theatlantic.com)

10 points by andsoitis 28 days ago | 1 comments

Atlantic Ideas article by Henry Grabar arguing that crime is declining across US cities, even those with understaffed police departments.

Nevada Court Shuts Down Police Use of Federal Loophole for Civil Forfeiture(ij.org)

388 points by greyface- 1 year ago | 215 comments

Institute for Justice press release on a Nevada court ruling that police illegally used federal agents to evade state protections when seizing Stephen Lara's savings.

Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop(theintercept.com)

464 points by tdeck 1 day ago | 126 comments

Intercept opinion piece on Eugene, Oregon police quoting a local news outlet a $2.5M fee for public records about an officer accused of misconduct.

Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules(arstechnica.com)

496 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 343 comments

Ars Technica article on a court ruling that suspects can refuse to give police their phone passcodes, noting conflicting case law that may reach the Supreme Court.

Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used(texasobserver.org)

330 points by nobody9999 9 months ago | 93 comments

Texas Observer investigation into Texas police agencies spending millions on phone-tracking software and refusing to disclose how they use it.