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The Amazon logo in Santa Monica, Calif. Amazon Web Services has government contracts that show its influence is far beyond the Post Office. (Reed Saxon/AP)
Courts & Law

ACLU: Amazon shouldn’t sell face-recognition tech to police

"This raises very real questions about the ability to remain anonymous in public spaces."

8 years ago

In this video, Amazon's Ranju Das demonstrates real-time facial recognition to an audience. It shows video from a traffic cam that he said was provided by the city of Orlando, where police have been trying the technology out.
(Amazon Web Services Korea via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR)
NPR
Community

Orlando Police testing Amazon’s real-time facial recognition

There are no laws explicitly barring law enforcement from using real-time facial recognition, and the constitutionality has not been tested by higher courts.

8 years ago

Graterford Prison and SCI Phoenix Project
in Pennsylvania (https://goo.gl/maps/2iMTaZiqphH2)
Courts & Law

As Graterford inmates move to new prison, prospect of sharing cells worries some

Officials with Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections say more men will be doubling up in single cells at Phoenix, a 3,830-bed facility.

8 years ago

Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, New Jersey (Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/QBnmSjENV1r)
Courts & Law

Justice Department opens investigation into abuse at N.J. women’s prison

The N.J. Department of Corrections announced it was cooperating with a federal investigation into conditions inside the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility.

8 years ago

Police patrol car with flashing lights and siren on
Health

Delaware program pairs counselors, cops to help suspects with mental illness

The program is funded by a $73,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.

8 years ago

In this Wednesday, April 18, 2018 photo, Rashon Nelson, (left), and Donte Robinson, (right), listen to a reporter's question during an interview with The Associated Press in Philadelphia. Their arrests at a local Starbucks quickly became a viral video and galvanized people around the country who saw the incident as modern-day racism. In the week since, Nelson and Robinson have met with Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson and are pushing for lasting changes to ensure that what happened to them doesn't happen to future patrons. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Tribune
Community

Uptick in 911 calls for Starbucks’ manager

In the first four and a half months of 2018, 17 911 calls were placed from the Starbucks location.

8 years ago

A man who was carrying an AR-15 assault rifle, such as this one, around several neighborhoods in Montgomery County was arrested by Abington police Thursday. Police say they were alerted by family of the unidentified man that he night pose a danger to himself or others. (ActionSports/Bigstock)
Community

Man with AR-15 wandering Montco neighborhoods in custody

The man, who police did not identify, is undergoing an involuntary mental health exam.

8 years ago

The Philadelphia Police and Fire Honor Guard fire a rifle salute in honor of fallen officers and firefighters.
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Community

Philly honors fallen police officers, firefighters

The Philadelphia Police and Fire Departments honored those who died in the line of duty with a service Wednesday

8 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross (center) and deputies at City Council hearing (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Racist graffiti found in Philadelphia police station

Area is secured, so the culprit likely to be a member of the force or support staff, police commissioner says.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross says language in the note left taped over a work station's trash can was
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Philly police chief’s apology over Starbucks arrests met with demands to fix what went wrong

Commissioner Richard Ross apologizes after previously defending police for their handling of the incident.

8 years ago

Listen 3:32
Police Commissioner Richard Ross says the officers who arrested two African-American men inside a Center City Starbucks last week did
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

As fallout over Starbucks arrests continues, Philly police chief stands by cops

Arresting officers 'may have gone according to policy, they may have followed the law, but they didn't have to do this,' says legal expert.

8 years ago

Listen 3:38
Pennsylvania has concealed carry permit reciprocity with 29 states . The state Attorney General's hopes to clarify rules for gun owners with a new website. (Seth Perlman/AP Photo, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania launches concealed-carry website to clarify rules for gun owners

The state Attorney General’s office has launched a web ...

8 years ago

Courts & Law

Philly mayor: Starbucks arrests ‘exemplify what racial discrimination looks like in 2018’

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross says the police officers who arrested two black men at a Starbucks in Center City "did absolutely nothing wrong."

8 years ago

Route I-81 near Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Courts & Law

For cops who want to help ICE crack down on illegal immigration, Pennsylvania is a free-for-all

Without guidelines or oversight, some officers are using traffic stops to question Hispanics and turn over undocumented immigrants to ICE.

8 years ago

Listen 5:35
Police in Princeton, N.J. closed Nassau Street between Washington and Witherspoon streets after a person with a gun entered the Panera restaurant there. (Dana Difilippo/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Man killed in Panera standoff was armed with what turned out to be BB gun

New Jersey officials have released surveillance footage in last month's shooting death of an armed man inside the Panera Bread restaurant, near Princeton University's campus.

8 years ago

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