How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

New research from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law suggests that public sentiment associated with “tough on crime” politics may be tied to increases in the number of people admitted to state prison...

A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.

404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs. Here is how you can do that too.

While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.

Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.

The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true.

404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.

Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight.

By Hunter Parnell, Published on 01/01/25

In a polarized America, surveillance company Flock Safety has inadvertently turned political foes into frenemies.

'It wasn't me. The agent did it.' AI agents can use a computer like a ghost or just like you. A digital forensics expert on proving whether you or the AI touched the file.

Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plate...

“I fear for the day when a visitor's National Park experience is interrupted by being pulled over and held at gunpoint because a license plate reader misread their plate.”

DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown