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...
Read moreA 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...
Read moreTHEY 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...
Read moreAttorney 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...
Read moreTUCSON, 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...
Read moreNASHVILLE, 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...
Read moreTucson 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...
Read more(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...
Read moreA 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...
Read moreOPINION: 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...
Read moreYou’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...
Read moreStarting 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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