Tag: Surveillance
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Hochul Wants More Police Surveillance. Legislators Want Boundaries.
Legislators are taking aim at a host of police surveillance tools, from undercover social media accounts to facial recognition to aerial drones.
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The State Police Are Watching Your Social Media
The New York State Police bought social media monitoring programs that have violated platforms’ policies and been used to surveil Black Lives Matter protesters.
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The State Police Want to Crack Your Phone
The Israeli firm Cellebrite offers tools that unlock data, trawl search histories, and perform facial recognition. The New York State Police are in the market.
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Inside DC Police’s Sprawling Network of Surveillance
Recently revealed documents provide a first-of-its-kind look into the invasive eye of Washington police.
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The State Police Sent You a Friend Request
Twice this year, Kathy Hochul has ordered a State Police-run fusion center to beef up its social media monitoring. Documents show that analysts create fake accounts to do that work.
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Eric Adams Wants Weapons Detectors in the Subway. Would That Bring Safety or ‘Absolute Chaos’?
“Expect delays, expect secondary screening, expect frustration and expect to miss your train from time to time.”
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Kathy Hochul Is Ready to Spend Millions on New Police Surveillance
New York state legislators have just days to question phone hacking, forensics, and fusion centers before the budget passes.
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More Kids and Overwhelmingly Black: New Records Show Concerning Trends in DC Gang Database
The D.C. Council wants answers about the Metropolitan Police Department’s growing, secretive gang database.
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‘Rage Induced Policing’: Hacked Documents Reveal DC Police’s Aggressive Robbery Crackdowns
Internal emails and their attachments show that a roving Metropolitan Police Department unit attempted to suppress robberies in 2012 and 2013 by stopping and frisking and surveilling residents of Black neighborhoods.
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Hacked Emails Give Unfiltered View Into the Washington, DC, Police Gang Database
The emails reveal how the Metropolitan Police Department’s gang database is connected to other flawed tough-on-crime initiatives.
Chris Gelardi 