Machine learning is helping police work out what people on the run now look like

How do police forces make artificially aged images of people who have been missing for years?

Charlie Frowd, Professor of Forensic Psychology, University of Central Lancashire • conversation
Feb. 20, 2023 ~6 min

Bias trainings for police don’t change behavior

"Our findings suggest that diversity training as it is currently practiced is unlikely to change police behavior."

Gerry Everding-WUSTL • futurity
Feb. 8, 2023 ~6 min


Six parts of your car that gather data on you

Our vehicles hold a remarkable amount of information, which can be used by digital forensic investigators in the detection of crime.

Rachael Medhurst, Course Leader and Lecturer in Cyber Security NCSA, University of South Wales • conversation
Jan. 31, 2023 ~6 min

Indian City Expands Facial Recognition Technology to Fight Crime

VOA Learning English • voa
Dec. 22, 2022 ~6 min

Confusion over Iran’s Morality Police as Women Drop Hijab

VOA Learning English • voa
Dec. 6, 2022 ~3 min

Police Facebook pages overreport Black suspects

Researchers examined close to 100,000 crime-related posts from 14,000 police Facebook pages to find disproportionate sharing of Black suspects.

Stanford • futurity
Nov. 17, 2022 ~6 min

UK police fail to meet 'legal and ethical standards' in use of facial recognition

Researchers devise an audit to test whether police deployment of facial recognition poses a threat to fundamental human rights, and analyse three instances of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 27, 2022 ~5 min

UK policing: psychological damage among officers heightened by bad working conditions

Nationwide study of over 12,000 officers suggests rates of trauma-induced disorder Complex PTSD are exacerbated by factors such as too little time and support,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 19, 2022 ~6 min


What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrant

Some US law enforcement agencies are using a commercial app that tracks people all day long via their phones – without a court order or oversight.

Anne Toomey McKenna, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond • conversation
Oct. 17, 2022 ~11 min

Changes in education requirements for cops could save lives

Mandating at least an associate degree for entry-level officers could lower the number of Black people killed by police by up to three times.

Noelle Toumey Reetz-Georgia State • futurity
Oct. 11, 2022 ~11 min

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