The Fatal Flaw of 911(themarshallproject.org)
41 points by plunge | 56 comments
A Marshall Project Q&A about a new book arguing that routing 911 calls to police by default endangers people in mental health crises.
#policing on Hacker News
16 stories tagged policing, newest first.
A Cop's Case for Flock(worksinprogress.co)
6 points by skadamat | 6 comments
A Works in Progress essay by a police officer arguing in favor of Flock Safety's automated license plate reader cameras.
Driver Ticketed for No Insurance Just Because Flock (YC 2017) Said She Didn't(techdirt.com)
48 points by HotGarbage | 9 comments
Techdirt article about a driver ticketed for having no insurance, though she was insured, because a Flock license plate reader flagged her incorrectly.
The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country(theatlantic.com)
10 points by andsoitis | 1 comments
Atlantic Ideas article by Henry Grabar arguing that crime is declining across US cities, even those with understaffed police departments.
One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days(jezebel.com)
201 points by HotGarbage | 91 comments
Jezebel/Splinter article about Lindsey Isaacs, who was jailed for 13 days in Palm Beach, Florida after police relied on Flock camera data despite mismatched vehicle evidence.
Texas police department ordered to close for failing to provide public benefit(dallasnews.com)
30 points by Danhale93 | 10 comments
Dallas Morning News article reporting that Trinidad, Texas, about 70 miles southeast of Dallas, was ordered to close its police department for failing to benefit the public.
Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit(newyorker.com)
503 points by pseudolus | 386 comments
New Yorker essay examining Flock, the company with 130,000 surveillance cameras across U.S. streets, and its framing of privacy as a trade-off for safety.
License plate reader searches should require a warrant(andrewpwheeler.com)
573 points by apwheele | 341 comments
Blog post by criminologist Andrew Wheeler arguing that searches of license plate reader data should require a warrant, citing his expert work in Schmidt v. City of Norfolk.
Flock Credibility Lost as It Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, Police, & Public(aclu.org)
395 points by StatsAreFun | 120 comments
ACLU commentary arguing that Flock Safety, maker of automated license plate reader cameras, has repeatedly misled city councils, police departments, and the public.
LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire(techcrunch.com)
412 points by forks | 333 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that the LAPD let its contract with surveillance company Flock expire, citing serious concerns over civil liberties and privacy.
Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evidence' in multiple cases(news.sky.com)
335 points by austinallegro | 164 comments
Sky News story about a Derbyshire police officer investigated for allegedly using AI to create evidence in multiple cases; the page returned Access Denied.
Police used AI facial recognition to wrongly arrest TN woman for crimes in ND(cnn.com)
379 points by ourmandave | 163 comments
CNN news article about a Tennessee woman, Angela Lipps, wrongly arrested via AI facial recognition for crimes in North Dakota, a state she says she never visited.
Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI facial recognition(grandforksherald.com)
616 points by rectang | 316 comments
Grand Forks Herald news article on Angela Lipps, jailed nearly six months after Fargo police misidentified her via AI facial recognition in a bank fraud case.
ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood(computer.rip)
451 points by kogir | 358 comments
Computers Are Bad newsletter post by J. B. Crawford examining ShotSpotter's acoustic gunfire sensors after a leaked sensor-location spreadsheet, and the secrecy surrounding them.
Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do(thewhyaxis.substack.com)
332 points by wahnfrieden | 135 comments
Substack post by Christopher Ingraham arguing that US police civil asset forfeiture seizures exceed the value of property stolen by burglars.
Police relied on Clearview AI and put the wrong person in jail(nytimes.com)
419 points by danso | 108 comments
New York Times article about police relying on Clearview AI facial recognition that led to the wrongful jailing of an innocent person.