Category: Law Enforcement technology
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Article: Police back bill saying video evidence not always true
EVERYONE is concerned about crime. That’s no secret. It’s debatable whether or not there is more crime today than in the past, but people generally feel more unsafe today; perhaps because they see and hear more media coverage about crime. Most people are not tracing the trend though and do not perceive that criminals today…
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Prove innocence of innocent – Times Union
There is reason for the public to shudder at the high number of wrongful convictions coming out of the state’s judicial system, even if they are not your hands gripping the steel uprights of a prison cell. It means that real perpetrators are free to commit more crimes. “The consequences are too grave for not using available,…
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Cellphone tracking: Police must obtain warrants, N.J. court says – CSMonitor.com
Highlighting once again America’s struggle with government surveillance and personal privacy in the digital age, the New Jersey Supreme Court announced “a new rule of law” on Thursday, forbidding police to obtain a suspect’s cellphone data without a warrant. The decision comes in the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s leak of government secrets that revealed massive…
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New Ford Police Interceptor technology to protect Boys in Blue
Ford is adding new technology to its Police Interceptors to raise security levels for constables working in squad cars – especially late at night – removing the threat of surreptitious approach from behind.Combining existing elements of driver assistance technology, the system uses the rearview camera, cross traffic monitoring and parking assistance to create a rear…