Amazon urged not to sell facial recognition tool to police
"Last fall Amazon added capabilities that allow it to identify people in videos and follow their movements almost instantly."
"Last fall Amazon added capabilities that allow it to identify people in videos and follow their movements almost instantly."
"The problem for attorneys and clients is not just that prosecutors may try to admit elements of calls into evidence. It is also all the things prosecutors might learn and use to their benefit."
"A staggering 95% of the facial recognition system’s 'matches' were actually wrongly identifying innocent people."
"Rekognition is currently used by police in Orlando and Oregon’s Washington County, often using nondisclosure agreements to avoid public disclosure."
"'I was buying eggs. I don't think that's suspicious,' Ana Suda said after last week's incident with a Border Patrol agent."
"This fully electronic license, which is encoded into smartphones, will grant police officers the power to monitor citizens without even having to conduct routine traffic stops."
"Police originally tried to blame his death on asthma, but now the Jefferson Parish coroner is telling a very different tale."
"Both Operation LASER and PredPol are sponsored by the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance’s SMART Policing Initiative, which aims to use 'evidence-based, data-driven' policing strategies to try and pre-empt and prevent crime."
"A former Missouri sheriff has been charged with using an online service operated by law enforcement contractor Securus to track cell phones illegally."
"Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm has decided that the two cops responsible for this horrifying incident will not be charged."