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Salon.com August 8, 2000 Anthony York |
Do not pass Go Are the Philadelphia police using high bail to keep an activist leader away from the Democratic Convention? |
Salon.com August 14, 2000 Jesse Walker |
War on protesters The militarization of police strategies on display this convention season has cops fighting demonstrators, not crime. |
Salon.com August 16, 2000 Anthony York |
Calm before the storm? Tuesday's protests were mostly peaceful, but Wednesday's action against police brutality could get ugly. |
Salon.com September 27, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
Prague dissent The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold their annual meeting in the Czech Republic -- a country that exemplifies growing European inequality. |
Reason December 2001 |
Guarding the Home Front Will civil liberties be a casualty in the War on Terrorism? A panel of experts discuss which civil liberties they think are most at risk in what has been called America's first 21st century war... |
Salon.com July 14, 2000 Howard Altman |
Ready to rumble Police violence rocks Philadelphia as anxious protesters prepare to descend on the city for the Republican National Convention. |
Reason October 2002 Kopel & Krause |
Face the Facts Facial recognition technology's troubled past -- and troubling future |
Salon.com August 15, 2000 Anthony York |
Protest diary Police tactics get bellicose and protesters shrill on the first day of demonstrations in Los Angeles. |
Salon.com April 20, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
Free trade, closed talks As authorities build a wall around the FTAA summit in Quebec City, anti-globalization protesters are hoping to infiltrate the discussion... |
Reason June 2002 Jesse Walker |
Policing Dissent Political spying rears its ugly head in Denver... |
Salon.com January 20, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
Thousands protest Bush's Inauguration Demonstrators lining the parade route give the new presidential limo an unwelcome splash on its way to the White House... |
Salon.com July 30, 2000 Anthony York |
GOP-looza So far, the convention protests resemble a rock show with particularly tight security more than they do the riots in Seattle. |
Popular Mechanics January 2008 Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Watching the Watchers: Why Surveillance Is a Two-Way Street If governments and businesses can keep an eye on us in public spaces, we ought to be able to look back. |
Reason January 2002 Michael W. Lynch |
Battlefield Conversions Reason talks with three ex-warriors who now fight against the War on Drugs... |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Gene Callahan & William Anderson |
The Roots of Racial Profiling Why are police targeting minorities for traffic stops? |
Popular Mechanics June 2006 Brad Reagan |
Public Defenders Protecting America's cities, ports, borders and airports requires new technology and new tactics. |
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Sweet & Cass |
How to Fight Crime in Real Time New York City's Real Time Crime Center enables officers to extract information from integrated databases and send it immediately to investigators in the field. Displays are tailored to the situation at hand. |
ifeminists August 9, 2006 McCormick & Sacks |
Brett Myers Case Obscures an Important Truth About Domestic Violence Arrests In many domestic violence cases the men arrested deserve the open mind and support which the Philadelphia Phillies mistakenly extended Brett Myers. Spousal abuse arrests are often dubious, in part because of misguided domestic violence laws and law enforcement policies. |
Wired May 2005 Noah Shachtman |
Spycam Force Chicago's street cops have a new kind of backup: a point-and-click surveillance network tied to a citywide crime-fighting database. |
Reason November 2003 Jesse Walker |
Intelligence Failure Long faulted by civil libertarians as too weak a restraint, New York City's "Handschu guidelines" against harrassing police surveillance were relaxed in March. It didn't take long for police to begin taking advantage of their new harrassment powers to intimidate anti-war protestors. |
IEEE Spectrum June 2006 John Blau |
Securing the World Cup At the FIFA world championships in Germany, those responsible for ensuring the public's safety will have a few high-tech tricks up their sleeves. |
IDB America June 2004 Charo Quesada |
The People's Police Why the residents of Bogota have come to love their police force, after years of suspicion and resentment. |
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010 Susan Berfield |
Bill Bratton, Globocop He tamed crime in New York and Los Angeles. Next stop... Kabul? |
Salon.com July 22, 2000 Alicia Montgomery |
Republicans and other reasons to riot Philadelphia and the GOP brace for a storm of protests. Plus, Copping a feel for protest action... I went to Philly, and all I got was this lousy beating... |
Salon.com August 17, 2000 Anthony York |
The cops become the issue More civil than disobedient, the marches against police brutality were as scripted as the action inside the Staples Center. |
Popular Mechanics November 28, 2006 Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
SWAT Overkill: The Danger of a Paramilitary Police Force This guest editorial from a law professor and instapundit.com blogger argues that overaggressive tactics and surplus military gear have turned some police units into a dangerous menace. |
Reason July 2001 Evan McElravy |
Enemies of Trade The FTAA protesters in Quebec were misguided. So was the police-state response to them... |
BusinessWeek September 18, 2006 Einhorn & Elgin |
Helping Big Brother Go High Tech Cisco, Oracle, and other U.S. companies are supplying China's police with software and gear that can be used to keep tabs on criminals and dissidents. |
National Defense June 2004 Pappalardo & Erwin |
Security Beat Law enforcement agencies, using grant money from the federal government, increasingly are investing in robots to prepare for domestic threats. |
Job Journal November 30, 2003 Julia Hollister |
Homeland Security From patrolling our vast shorelines to keeping vigil on high-profile landmarks and facilities, homeland security has become a growth industry offering an array of employment opportunities. |
Reason December 2001 Sam MacDonald |
What Are We Marchin' For? Anti-war protesters offer everything -- but an alternative... |
CIO February 15, 2004 Richard Pastore |
Taking IT to the Street How the Chicago Police Department used technology to fight crime and become the first Grand CIO Enterprise Value Award winner. |
Wired April 24, 2007 Vince Beiser |
One Database Under the Law Within the next few years the Justice Department will build an unprecedented network of databases from the FBI, the DEA, the ATF, the Bureau of Prisons, and the US Marshals Service. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
What Cops And Other Law Enforcement Officials Think About #CrimingWhileWhite The viral flood of responses under the hashtag #CrimingWhileWhite purport to tell of times crimes (ranging from the petty to the serious with everything in-between) that were ignored or forgiven by law enforcement. |
BusinessWeek April 28, 2011 Greeley & Gaouette |
Untangling Dictators' Webs The State Dept. is funding tools to help online activists abroad. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 John McHale |
Lockheed Martin Applies Surveillance Technology to Keep Marines Safe in Iraq Lockheed Martin experts, together with the Chicago and Los Angeles police departments, are employing counter-insurgency (COIN) surveillance technology to support urban operations conducted by the U.S. Marine Corps in Iraq. |
Reason February 2008 Radley Balko |
House of Death Feds shield snitches. |
Job Journal October 28, 2007 |
Career Snapshot: Police Officer Police officers can be sure of steady demand for their courage and dedication. |
Fast Company Sarah Kessler |
Facebook, Twitter Would Be Forced To Report Terrorist Activity Under Proposed Bill Efforts in Washington have put a spotlight on the debate around the role of technology companies in aiding law enforcement's investigation of terrorist activity. |
National Defense November 2012 Valerie Insinna |
License Plate Reader Technology Sparks Lawsuit The American Civil Liberties Union sued two departments, including Homeland Security, 38 states and the District of Columbia in September over documents related to the federal government's use of automatic license plate readers. |
Fast Company March 15, 2007 J.J. Brazil |
Mission: Impossible? The FBI is battling to transform itself in an age of technology and terrorism. It may be the toughest, most important change effort of our time. |
InternetNews April 7, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft System Tracks Pedophiles Launched in Canada and developed with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the system will eventually go global to nab child predators. |
ifeminists February 1, 2006 Matthew Reed |
How to Fight Back Against Pat-Downs by Airport Security Screeners You must use 911 and *677 to call the police first and get them on your side... The second the security screener goes over your breasts or genital area with their hands after wanding you... If the local police don't arrest the screeners... etc. |
PC World March 2002 Kim Zetter |
Snoopware: New Technologies, Laws Threaten Privacy The FBI's 'Magic Lantern' keystroke logger could help catch terrorists, but at what cost to your fundamental rights? |
National Defense June 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Law Enforcement Takes to Boats Around Vital Waterways There is a nationwide trend to place more law enforcement into boats. Coordination among U.S. Coast Guard personnel, state police, first responders and local cops is essential to enhancing security on the nation's waterways. |
InternetNews April 17, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Microsoft Talks Data Tools for Law Enforcement Taking a page from its business intelligence and enterprise collaboration tools, Microsoft releases a suite of data-sharing and analysis software for law enforcement agencies |
InternetNews May 10, 2005 Tim Gray |
Teen Held For Allegedly Swiping Code Reports say stolen Cisco source code was used to infiltrate military computers. |
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Kerry Capell |
Animal-Rights Activism Turns Rabid Attacks on drug companies and university labs have Britain's $8 billion biomedical research industry under siege. But will the government's latest plan to combat extremists be enough? |
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Give Police a Seat at the Homeland Security Policy Table, Says Sheriff Police departments have a lot to contribute to the international fight against terrorism and should be able to participate in big picture strategy discussions that shape U.S. diplomacy and international relations. |
CIO June 1, 2001 Tracy Mayor |
Break Glass, Pull Handle, Call FBI If you're the victim of a security breach or a virus attack, get the feds on your side... |