The New York City Police Department is working on implementing a high-tech, anti-terrorism system that will track every vehicle that comes into Manhattan. The new security system is called “Operation Sentinel.” Operation Sentinel will use radiation sensors and surveillance cameras to monitor and track every vehicle that enters lower Manhattan. Every moving vehicle that drives […]
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Microsoft has developed a small computer tool that police can use to easily pull forensic data from computers used in crimes. The device is called COFEE ( Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor ) and it is a USB “thumb drive” that has been tested by a small group of law-enforcement agencies since June 2007. COFEE […]
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Last Wednesday the FBI made a public request for new laws that would give federal police increased powers to monitor “illegal activity” on the internet. The request from FBI Director Robert Mueller came during a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing. It seems to go beyond the current plan to monitor traffic on federal-government networks. […]
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The US federal government will start collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency. The DNA samples will be collected with a cheek swab. Congress has also granted federal law enforcement agencies the power to collect DNA samples from foreigners who are detained for any reason, even if they have not […]
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According to a Reuters report, the Miami police department could be the first to use a new spy-in-the-sky technology to monitor people and fight crime. The new spy technology is the creation of Honeywell International and uses a pilotless flying drone that can hover, “stare” at and video record people using infrared sensors. The Miami […]