How Police Officers are Turning to Smartphones on the Beat
Jul 12, 2018
Police are making use of smartphone technology to improve their own work as never before. In New York City, that means a slew of new iPhone apps.
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Secret Policing: How Local Authorities Surveil Americans
Face-recognition technology, fingerprint scans, gang databases, license plate readers, communication between local and federal authorities...All week here on The Takeaway, we’re looking at police technologies — and how these new technologies are changing our relationship to privacy in the name of public safety.
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Authorities are Tracking Your Cellphone: It's Not Just 'Bad Guys'
Jul 12, 2018How are authorities tracking the general public's cell phones? -
How Police Use the Only Thing You Can't Change: Your DNA
Jul 11, 2018We continue our police series by looking at the way authorities throughout the country are using our DNA for their criminal investigations. -
"All this time went by and I'm still in a database": Questions Arise Regarding Police Gang Databases
Jul 11, 2018As we look into New York Police Department's gang database, we speak with someone who says he is included, but does not deserve to be on it. -
"This is focused — precision policing at its best": Chief Explains NYPD's Gang Database
Jul 10, 2018Our series on policing turns to New York Police Department's so-called "gang database." We are joined by an NYPD chief who discusses the database's specifics. -
How Officials Use Face Recognition Technology to Track You Down
Jul 9, 2018With Amazon falling under criticism for selling their face recognition technology to law enforcement, we speak with a developer who refuses to sell his technology to authorities. -
What Does the Surveillance State Look Like?
Jun 25, 2018An investigation from The Intercept brings the physical infrastructure of the National Security Administration's surveillance state into sharper relief. -
Secret Policing: How Local Authorities Surveil Americans
Jun 25, 2018We look at the history of policing in the U.S. and seek to understand how 21st Century policing practices have been so secretive.
