Officials Claim Police Drones Will Revitalize Downtown and “create a community connection”
By MassPrivateI If you are having trouble digesting the headline, just imagine how much trouble I am having trying to write about it. In what…
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Lifting the Cloak of Secrecy From NYPD Surveillance Technology
By Nathan Sheard For too long, the New York Police Department has secretly deployed cutting-edge spy tech, without notice to the public. Many of these…
Paradigm Shift: After Arresting Thousands for It, Police Dept. Claims Officers Can Now Use Cannabis
By Rachel Blevins The same substance that was once demonized as a “dangerous drug” is now being accepted in a police department where officials have…
City’s Entire Police Force Disarmed After They’re Found to Be Tied Directly to Drug Cartels
By Rachel Blevins The Mexican city of Acapulco made headlines after federal and state government forces disarmed the entire local police force and claimed the…
Will NIH’s 1 Million Person DNA Database Of Immigrant Children, Prisoners And Adults Be A Law Enforcement Goldmine?
By MassPrivateI If you thought sending your DNA to for-profit DNA companies was a bad idea, boy do I have bad news for you. The…
Murders and Rapes Increasingly Going Unsolved as Cannabis Arrests Surge—Despite Legalization
By Jack Burns One might be tempted to conclude, with over half the United States legalizing cannabis medicinally, or even recreationally, the number of marijuana…
Dozens of Charges Dropped After Deputy Seen on Video Planting Drugs on Innocent People
By John Vibes Marianna, FL – Earlier this month, Jackson County Deputy Zachary Wester was fired after an investigation revealed that he planted drugs on…
2018: The Rise of Spying Transit Police
By MassPrivateI Today’s Public Transit Police Departments offer a frightening glimpse into the future of commuter surveillance. Last year the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)…
Busted: CA Police Dept Used Self-Erasing “TigerText” Messaging App to Conceal Evidence
By Mac Slavo A police department in California has gotten busted for using a smartphone app that automatically and permanently deletes text messages, possibly (and…
City Forced To Abolish Civil Asset Forfeiture And Pay Back Victims The Millions It Stole From Them
By Rachel Blevins Philadelphia, PA – The city that has gained a reputation for the egregious civil asset forfeiture practices committed by its police department,…
Police Reveal Surveillance of Activists In Tweet About Recent Explosions, Then Commit Obstruction
By Aaron Kesel The Massachusetts State Police shared the extent of damage of the gas explosion spreading across Merrimack Valley. But in the process they also shared…
City Replaced Corrupt Cops With Mimes Who Lowered Traffic Fatalities Far Better Than Tickets
By John Vibes Despite the fact that our species has had many years to perfect how we travel in cars, fatality rates continue to rise…
Chief Pleads Guilty to Framing Innocent Black People to Make Dept Look Like They Solved Crime
By Matt Agorist Miami, FL — Biscayne Park Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano used to brag about solving 100 percent of the town’s crimes. However, this…
Paradigm Shift: Instead of Jailing People, New York Drops Thousands of Arrest Warrants for Marijuana
By Matt Agorist Manhattan, NY — As TFTP reported earlier this year, after multiple district attorneys in the state announced that they will refuse to…