Tag: Law enforcement technology
AP, Sony reach deal for new still and video cameras
NEW YORK (AP) - The Associated Press says it has reached a deal with Sony Electronics to exclusively equip its photojournalists with new video...
German police chief quits in scandal over far-right threats
BERLIN (AP) - A German state's police chief stepped down Tuesday over a scandal involving a left-wing lawmaker who received threatening emails after someone...
Germany seizes server hosting pilfered U.S. police files
BOSTON (AP) - At the behest of the U.S. government, German authorities have seized a computer server that hosted a huge cache of files...
Value of police body cameras limited by lack of transparency
In the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Atlanta last week, officers' body cameras captured about 40 minutes of...
Microsoft joins Amazon, IBM in pausing face scans for police
Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves...
Amazon bans police use of its face recognition for a year
NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to step back...
Amazon bans police use of its face recognition for a year
NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon on Wednesday banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to...
London police deploy face scan tech, stirring privacy fears
LONDON (AP) - London police started using facial recognition cameras on Tuesday to automatically scan for wanted people, as authorities adopt the technology that...
UK police use of facial recognition tests public’s tolerance
LONDON (AP) - When British police used facial recognition cameras to monitor crowds arriving for a soccer match in Wales, some fans protested by...
Why some cities and states balk at face recognition tech
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Police departments around the U.S. are asking citizens to trust them to use facial recognition software as another handy tool...
