BERLIN (Reuters) – German police deployed the first facial recognition cameras at a main railway station in Berlin on Tuesday, testing new technology that could help track and arrest crime and terrorism suspects. “We want to test how good the technology really is,” police spokesman Jens Schobranski said of the six-month pilot [...]
The Vancouver Police Department is implementing a city-wide “predictive policing” system that uses machine learning to prevent break-ins by predicting where they will occur before they happen — the first of its kind in Canada. The system analyzes historical records of break-ins around the city and generates predictions about where [...]
A flood of post-9/11 money and advances in computing have given rise to an arsenal of new tools for law enforcement. The emerging focus isn’t on weapons or armaments, but on data. Axon, the Arizona-based police giant that started by making Tasers, wants to use its body cameras as the front-end to an automated, cloud-based […]
HAMPTON, Va. – The City of Hampton, the Hampton Police Division, Newport News Sheriff’s Office, York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office and Hampton University held a joint conference Monday morning at Hampton University. They announced the adoption of new advanced crime-fighting, community communications, and student safety and information [...]
CHICAGO — Chicago police say the new technology, combined with more than 1000 officers on the street each day, made this Memorial Day a bit safer than last. Chicago police say all hands were on deck this holiday weekend and that the strategic decision support center, now in three districts, helped keep crime down. The […]
Milwaukee police will have real-time access to location data of juveniles wearing court-ordered GPS monitoring devices under a new agreement with Milwaukee County. The move comes as officials push to address crime on multiple fronts with a particular focus on auto thefts and carjackings. City and county officials will announce the partnership [...]
ARVADA, Colo. — A new type of GPS technology is promising to change police work in a big way in Colorado. The Arvada Police Department has become the first and so far only law enforcement agency in the state to use GPS darts to track suspect vehicles. The darts are deployed from squad cars, serving […]
A group of bipartisan U.S. senators introduced a bill Wednesday that seeks to create a National Criminal Justice Commission, which would both review and suggest reforms at the state and federal level. The proposed commission also would examine tribal systems, the Washington Post reports. It draws inspiration from a 1965 commission created by [...]
Brooklyn, N.Y., has one of the most innovative courts in the country — not just for its approach toward defendants but also for its success in reducing recidivism. It doesn’t feel like a courthouse, or at least not any you’ve ever seen before. At the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, the hallways are […]
State legislators are considering a new form of technology for criminal offenders in South Dakota who must have alcohol tests twice daily. State Attorney General Marty Jackley has asked lawmakers to allow portable breath testers. The legislation, SB 29, is one step away from final passage. The House of Representatives is scheduled to consider [...]
