Tag Archive | Police

Is It the End of the Road for Speed Traps?

“Politicians, driver advocacy groups and even the police are trying to outlaw speed traps, not only because they’re annoying, but because when speed limits are too low, roads become more — not less — dangerous.”

Read the story at Time.com. . .

Report: Data from Every AT&T Call, Including Caller Location, Available to Law Enforcement

“For at least six years, law enforcement officials working on a counternarcotics program have had routine access, using subpoenas, to an enormous AT&T database that contains the records of decades of Americans’ phone calls — parallel to but covering a far longer time than the National Security Agency’s hotly disputed collection of phone call logs.”

Read the story at NYTimes.com. . .

Probe Launched into NYPD Muslim Spying

“As the AP has diligently reported over the last year, the NYPD has been carrying out a sprawling and invasive surveillance program since 9/11 on New York and New Jersey’s Muslim communities, including — as was revealed this week — designating entire mosques as terror organizations. In response (and, it’s worth noting, just in time to garner some mayoral race leverage), New York’s Comptroller John Liu has launched a new probe, auditing the 3,000-plus surveillance cameras installed by the NYPD.”

Read the story at Salon.com. . .