Internal Memo Directs Prosecutors to Investigate State and Local Efforts to Obstruct Immigration Enforcement According to a memo written by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove that was distributed across the Justice Department earlier this week, leadership is...
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Police Departments Further Embracing AI Technology in Day-to-Day Activity
Joliet Police Department Announces AI Program Will Write Police Reports The City Counsel of Joliet announced that it had entered into a multi-year agreement with an artificial intelligence company that will provide the city’s police department with access to a series...
Artificial Intelligence Surveillance Technology Continues to Lead to False Arrests
Investigation Uncovers Police Relying Solely on Facial Recognition Software As we have previously covered, law enforcement agencies across the country have begun to utilize emerging and sophisticated technology in their investigations, sometimes to catastrophic effect...
Reform Needed for Federal Asset Forfeiture
Justice Department Suspends Controversial DEA Civil Asset Forfeiture Program Last month it was announced that the Department of Justice was shutting down the DEA’s controversial practice of targeting airline passengers for “consensual encounters” at airports, in which...
Police Arrest Canadian Duo Along I-80 for Trafficking Cocaine
Search Reveals Over $40 Million of Cocaine in Vehicle Illinois State Police brought felony charges against 27-year-old Vanshpreet Singh and 36-year-old Manpreet Singh, both from Canada, after recovering over $40 million of cocaine during a traffic stop. Police pulled...
iPhone Update Helps Locks Out Law Enforcement
Inactivity Reboot Feature Makes iPhone More Secure Police agencies suddenly issued alarms recently when they noticed that suddenly iPhones in their possession were quietly rebooting on their own, frustrating law enforcement who had previously seized the phone and...
Illinois Law Enforcement Agencies Embracing Use of Drones
Chicago Police Department Looking to Expand Drone Fleet Last year the Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) purchased its first five drones and hired three pilots, but the CPD is trying to find the funding to purchase more, saying that drones are, “the future of...