The policy dates to a 2019 settlement after the county’s cash bail system was found to exacerbate poverty while not “meaningfully” promoting public safety.

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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.