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Cameras often clear police officers falsely accused of misconduct

May 25, 2018

The revelation this week that a Texas woman had falsely accused a state trooper of sexually assaulting her during a traffic stop is the latest of several in the last two years alone in which video footage was critical to clearing a police officer...

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Florida police officer takes homeless man’s dog to vet, pays for bill

May 24, 2018

A Florida police officer was praised earlier this month for helping a homeless man who needed to take his dog to the vet. Officer Bart Wester with the Tampa Police Department noticed the homeless man, who has not been identified, asking for money...

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FEW RULES GOVERN POLICE USE OF FACIAL-RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY

May 23, 2018

THEY CALL AMAZON the everything store—and Tuesday, the world learned about one of its lesser-known but provocative products. Police departments pay the company to use facial-recognition technology, which Amazon says can “identify persons of...

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Jeff Sessions Wants Police to Use Stop and Frisk Without Reasonable Suspicion

May 22, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has claimed that the settlement of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Illinois against the Chicago Police Department resulted in approximately 236 additional victims killed and over 1,100 additional shootings in 2016...

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Tucson officer’s belt stops bullet in ‘way too close a call’

May 21, 2018

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Tucson police say an officer narrowly escaped injury during a domestic violence incident when a bullet hit the officer’s belt. Sgt. Pete Dugan says the officer was one of two responding to a call at a home Friday...

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Law enforcement, doctors explain life-saving qualities of smart watches

May 18, 2018

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Law enforcement and medical professionals say the smart watch you wear every day could save your life. This past Saturday afternoon, the search for a missing Fort Campbell soldier was reaching 24 hours on Kentucky Lake. From...

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Tucson police host ‘press conference’ to weigh in on the ‘Yanny or Laurel’ debate

May 17, 2018

Tucson police are trying to put the ‘yanny or laurel’ debate to rest through an “investigation.” In a fake press conference posted to the department’s Twitter on Wednesday, Sgt. Pete Dugan said that the department...

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Police praise high school students for ‘best senior prank’

May 16, 2018

(Meredith) – A group of high school students in Wisconsin pulled off their senior prank so well that even police officers were impressed. The Cumberland Police Department posted images of what appeared to be a car that crashed into a local high...

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Judge Temporarily Halts Release of Police Body Camera Videos

May 15, 2018

A state appellate judge issued a temporary order on Monday blocking the New York Police Department from releasing video from officers’ body cameras to the public. The order, by Justice Rosalyn H. Richter of the Appellate Division in Manhattan...

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OPINION: Police need to learn difference between soliciting and canvassing

May 14, 2018

OPINION: Police need to learn difference between soliciting and canvassing Let’s be clear. Canvassing is not soliciting. Still, many remain confused over the difference between the two, including the Phoenix Police Department. My canvasser, a...

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Real-Time Facial Recognition Is Available, But Will U.S. Police Buy It?

May 10, 2018

You’ve seen it in the movies for years: Security cameras find a face in a crowd, and — Enhance! — a computer comes up with a name. In real life, facial recognition was too error-prone to work that quickly, especially with live video...

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If you’re stopped by the NYPD an officer will now give you a business card in case you want the bodycam footage

May 9, 2018

Starting this month, if you get stopped by a police officer in New York City and are not arrested, you may be handed a business card that will explain how to request officers’ body camera footage of the stop. It’s all part of the...

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