Cops Are Now Using AI to Generate Police Reports
Axon, the public safety contractor that popularized the Taser, has launched a new product that is less actively terrifying but still vaguely concerning: an AI-powered software program that lets cops…
What is the ‘police Bill of Rights’ and why is its repeal a win for social justice?
Something exceptional happened on Saturday: U.S. lawmakers in Maryland moved to repeal the state’s police Bill of Rights. The repeal came as part of a larger police reform package that…
Stephen Colbert blasts Trump’s plan to deploy secret police throughout the U.S.
[embedded content] This year is already frightening enough, but if there’s anything 2020 has taught us, it’s that things can always get worse. In an unfathomably terrifying development, unidentified federal…
Police use facial-recognition tech to arrest another innocent man
Let’s say it together: Facial-recognition technology is a dangerous, biased mess. We are reminded of this obvious fact again with the news Friday that an innocent man, despite not looking…
Google workers demand company stop selling tech to police
Over 1,600 Google workers have signed an open letter demanding the company stop selling its technology to police. Addressed to CEO Sundar Pichai, the petition references ongoing protests against racism…
What is LRAD? The ‘sound cannon’ used by police, explained
Many police departments have the devices on hand. Should protestors be worried?
Ford heats police cars to 133 degrees to break down coronavirus
Ford’s baking its police SUVs to fight the coronavirus outbreak. The manufacturer has developed a software update that turns the car’s heating system all the way up so that any…