https://futurism.com/police-facial-recognition-backfires-convict-murderer
Feb 2, 2025 - Police relying on AI surveillance tools to solve crimes have once again circumvented jurisprudence and nabbed an innocent man.
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https://abc7news.com/post/bay-area-police-unions-concerned-use-facial-recognition-super-bowl/18214590/
Nov 27, 2025 - Some Bay Area police unions are concerned about use of facial recognition at the Levi's Stadium for the Super Bowl.
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https://www.voaafrica.com/embed/player/Article/7600082.html?type=video&FullScreenMode=True
Nigeria is considering the introduction of state police across the country’s 36 states as part of measures to tackle militant attacks, mass kidnappings and...
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https://citizenlab.ca/2021/12/submission-to-the-toronto-police-services-boards-use-of-new-artificial-intelligence-technologies-policy/
Jan 10, 2022 - We urge the TPSB to centre precaution, substantive equality, human rights, privacy protections, transparency, and accountability on the use of AI.
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/vic-police-to-reprioritise-it-spending-use-more-real-time-data-620988
Will set up new data-driven hub in first half of 2026.
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https://www.indiatodayne.in/meghalaya/story/meghalaya-police-use-new-years-eve-heros-toast-to-promote-road-safety-1324664-2025-12-31
Dec 31, 2025 - The Ri Bhoi district police in Meghalaya have urged party hosts to serve non-alcoholic cocktails on New Year's Eve as part of their latest road safety...
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https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-hit-out-after-32945477
Nov 26, 2025 - Newcastle director Jamie Reuben says conditions were "not great" as the Toon Army left the Velodrome last night
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/13/china-police-arrest-tibetans-for-internet-phone-use
China’s government has arrested dozens of people in Tibetan areas since 2021 for politically motived phone and internet-related offenses.
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https://www.thetrace.org/2021/08/chicago-police-shotspotter-gunshot-detection-shooting-contract/
Aug 18, 2022 - The city quietly renewed its multi-million dollar contract with ShotSpotter. But a growing body of evidence suggests the technology is ineffective and...
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https://floridapolitics.com/archives/771200-byron-donalds-calls-for-restrictions-on-police-use-of-drones/
Dec 30, 2025 - Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco joined the gubernatorial candidate is raising concerns about surveillance technology.
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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/george-floyd-protests-surveillance-technology
May 29, 2020 - As protesters demonstrate in Minneapolis in response to George Floyd's death, law enforcement agencies have access to a host of surveillance tools that...
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https://www.pressclubinstitute.org/2020/06/01/journalism-groups-call-for-police-nationwide-to-halt-use-of-violence-and-arrests-against-journalists-covering-protests/
Jun 10, 2020 - The nation’s leading journalism and press freedom organizations today called on law enforcement, mayors and governors across the country to halt the...
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https://lataco.com/lapd-graded-response-model
The “graded response” model calls for police officers in regular uniforms to be deployed at protests before sending in heavily-armed officers in riot gear...
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https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/police-facial-recognition-fxcdzfjtb
Dec 3, 2025 - Live images captured by police cameras could also be run through the driving licence database as the government paves the way for nationwide use of the...
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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/11/26/st-paul-police-use-of-force-during-ice-protests-raises-press-freedom-concerns
Nov 26, 2025 - Three photojournalists hit by police munitions while covering an ICE protest Tuesday believe they were targeted by police while doing their jobs.
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https://truthout.org/articles/black-abolitionists-lead-resistance-to-trumps-use-of-federal-police-and-ice/
Sep 22, 2025 - Black-led abolitionist community defense groups are organizing against Trump’s efforts to target DC and Chicago.
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https://ecommercenews.com.au/story/victoria-police-use-auror-tech-to-tackle-organised-retail-crime
Victoria Police use Auror technology to connect retailers and law enforcement, tackling organised retail crime and leading to multiple arrests across Melbourne.
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https://2urbangirls.com/2025/02/socal-lawmaker-introduces-legislation-to-expand-police-use-of-drones/
Feb 24, 2025 - 2 Urban Girls covers news on a local, regional, state and national level!
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https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/police-confirm-two-deaths-following-10824108
Feb 19, 2026 - One woman is still in a serious condition
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https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/liberty-report-exposes-police-forces-use-of-discriminatory-data-to-predict-crime/
Mar 3, 2020 - At least 14 UK police forces have used or intend to use discriminatory computer programs to predict crime.
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https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/bbc-the-met-polices-use-of-live-facial-recognition-branded-chilling-by-campaigners/
Defending Civil Liberties, Protecting Privacy
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https://www.portland.gov/police/open-data/ppb-use-force-dashboard
The Use of Force Report is an interactive data visualization summarizing most use of force Incidents by Portland Police Bureau members. This tool is built to...
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https://www.world-today-news.com/demonstrators-block-streets-police-use-water-cannons/
Nov 29, 2025 - Demonstrators clashed with police in [City, State] on [date], as protests over [Protest Issue] escalated, resulting in the deployment of water...
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https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/cash-strapped-lincolnshire-police-forced-10547840
Oct 3, 2025 - The decision to use savings means that balancing the books for the 2026/27 financial year will become even more difficult
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https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/06/20/47873738/oregon-bill-expanding-police-use-of-drones-without-warrants-alarms-civil-rights-advocates
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https://edri.org/our-work/czech-police-use-facial-recognition-system-iure-finds-out-details/
Sep 27, 2023 - The country’s data protection authorities were not consulted in advance on the system, which is being used for biometric identification
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https://www.utahinvestigative.org/book-utah-police-manuals-can-give-law-enforcement-upper-hand-use-force-investigations/
Nov 1, 2020 - The following story was written and researched by Eric S. Peterson and Ria Agarwal of The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with the Deseret...
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https://ccla.org/our-work/criminal-justice/police-powers-accountability/
Dec 15, 2021 - CCLA fights for Canadian police brutality and accountability in Canada. Learn more about why there must always be a legal basis for police officers'...
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