How Bicycle Owners Use Technology To Track Down Thieves
In Philadelphia, Lajuane Stewart’s bikes have been his economic engine to deliver Grubhub and Uber Eats. He is incensed whenever one gets...
Crime and Justice News Archive
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 27
- 2 min
Senators Seek To Limit Police Use Of Cellphone Tracking Tools
Civil rights lawyers and Democratic senators are seeking legislation to limit law enforcement agencies’ ability to buy cellphone tracking...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 16
- 1 min
New DOJ Prosecutor Group Will Focus on Cryptocurrency Crime
The Justice Department assigned more than 150 federal prosecutors to bolster law enforcement’s efforts against a rise in crime connected...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 8
- 1 min
Cold Case Of Murdered Michigan Woman Solved With Genealogy DNA
Federal and state law enforcement officials in Georgia used genealogy DNA to identify both a murder victim and her killer in a 1988...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Room Scans During Remote Tests Are Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
Remote-proctored exams that colleges began using during the pandemic lost a first legal test, a decision praised by digital privacy...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 12
- 2 min
Virginia Man Gets 12 Years in Case That Tested 'Geofence' Warrants
A Virginia man was sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison on federal bank robbery charges in a case that tested the constitutionality of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 3
- 2 min
Keyword Warrants Raise Privacy Concerns in Post-Roe America
A court in Denver may soon determine whether police can use keyword warrants to incriminate people, Slate reports. Keyword warrants may...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 7
- 2 min
AI Screening Portals Could Help Prevent School Shootings
With little progress on gun control measures in Congress, next-generation weapons detection technologies could prove to be a potential...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 1
- 2 min
Kids With Phones in School Should Have Ground Rules for Emergencies
In the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting, concerned parents are weighing whether phones are a distraction or a potential lifeline...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 19
- 2 min
Government, Communications Firms Work To Improve 911 Service
AT&T is rolling out cellphone location tracking designed to route emergency calls to 911 more quickly. The company says the new feature...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 13
- 1 min
Amid Crime Rise, More States, Cities Allow Facial Recognition Technology
Facial recognition is making a comeback as bans to thwart the technology and curb racial bias in policing are under threat amid a crime...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 10
- 2 min
Clearview Agrees to Restrict Access To Its Facial Image Database
Surveillance technology firm Clearview AI reached a settlement Monday with the Illinois American Civil Liberties Union and several other...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 21
- 1 min
'Geofence' Warrant in Gunfight Case Raises Privacy Concerns
Investigators turned to a "geofence" search warrant when they noticed people using cell phones in security footage of a gunfight at a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 10
- 2 min
Smartphone App Is Monitoring 125,000 Immigrants
Federal authorities have broadly expanded the use of a smartphone app during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure immigrants released from...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 9
- 1 min
How Technology Is Helping Police Gather Crime Evidence
Artificial intelligence (AI), automation, big data and "extended reality" are among the most significant improvements in technology that...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 2
- 1 min
Hispanic Lawmakers Concerned About Robot Dogs At Border
A group of Latino U.S. House members recently expressed "extreme concern" about a plan to dispatch robot dogs along the U.S.-Mexico...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 17
- 1 min
S.F. DA's Use of Rape-Kit DNA To Probe Other Cases Was a Shock
The San Francisco district attorney’s stunning claim that California crime labs are using DNA from sexual assault survivors to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Can 'Robot Dogs' Help Secure The U.S.-Mexican Border?
When the Department of Homeland Security announced it was training quadruped “robot dogs” to help secure the US-Mexico border, a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 8
- 2 min
Despite Criticism, NYC's Adams To Expand Use of Facial Recognition
Civil rights groups sued over the constitutionality of police using facial recognition. State legislatures are studying its efficacy. San...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 4
- 1 min
CA Police Department Combines Use of Drones, Zoom
Law enforcers in Oceanside, Ca., have begun combining the use of drones and the video conferencing app Zoom, reports Governing.com....
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