Monthly Archives: February 2024
Police Transparency a Must
If you think of police as part of the community, you realize that there is a social contract that requires trust of law enforcement among community members. How is such trust achieved? Many experts believe the key is in transparency. Practical Implications More than four in ten Americans report a declining perception of police… Read More »
Justice vs. Black Box Technologies
More and more these days, law enforcement depends on artificial intelligence (AI) in the pursuit of criminals or in making determinations on how to move forward with investigations, or even with how to determine the best punishments for convicted individuals. What’s also more common is the fact that AI algorithms are increasingly complex and/or… Read More »
Can I Live Stream a Police Interaction?
We’ve all seen countless videos of police manhandling citizens who were allegedly involved in criminal activity. Such chronicles, generally recorded by concerned bystanders, have alerted the public to the unnecessary use of force by officers across the country. Beyond simply videotaping arrests and other police interactions with the public, is it legal to actually… Read More »
A Trend That’s Dangerous: Swatting
A recent trend is raising alarm bells among citizens and police alike: swatting. According to the FBI Las Vegas Field Office, swatting is actually a type of harassment that involves deceiving providers of emergency services so that they send special response teams to an address under the impression that an emergency is under way…. Read More »
Double Jeopardy
The Fifth Amendment has a clause protecting against being prosecuted a second time following an acquittal or a plea bargain for a crime, or, essentially, more than one punishment for the same offense. But there is a caveat here: state and federal governments may, indeed, prosecute separately for the same crime, and even two… Read More »
