Hacker News with Generative AI: Police

Judge rules that police can bar high IQ scores (1999) (nytimes.com)
A Federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a man who was barred from the New London police force because he scored too high on an intelligence test.

Law, Police, Intelligence Testing, Civil Rights

10 points by ubutler 4 days ago | 1 comments

Milwaukee police considering trading mugshots for facial recognition tech (jsonline.com)
Milwaukee police are mulling a trade: 2.5 million mugshots for free use of facial recognition technology.

Police, Facial Recognition, Privacy, Technology, Milwaukee

94 points by Teever 6 days ago | 23 comments

Police algorithm said Lina was at 'medium' risk. Then she was killed (bbc.co.uk)
In January, Lina went to the police.

Police, Algorithm, Violence, Crime, Social Justice

22 points by mmarian 17 days ago | 12 comments

Police algorithm said Lina was at 'medium' risk. Then she was killed (bbc.com)
In January, Lina went to the police.

Police, Algorithms, Crime, Violence, Public Safety

7 points by defrost 17 days ago | 1 comments

Met Police gets first permanent facial recognition cameras in London (lbc.co.uk)
Police are setting up London's first permanent facial recognition cameras, despite privacy fears.

Surveillance, Facial Recognition, London, Police

9 points by pseudolus 44 days ago | 0 comments

Putin's Police State Increasingly a State Without Enough Police (jamestown.org)
The Russian Federation faces an increasingly serious shortage of police despite having more police per capita than any other major country—almost twice as many per capita as the European Union and two and a half times more than the United States.

Russia, Police, Law Enforcement, Politics, Crime

36 points by nafnlj 46 days ago | 5 comments

Police-Induced Confessions, 2.0: Risk Factors and Recommendations (psycnet.apa.org)

Police, Confessions, Risk Factors, Law Enforcement, Psychology

64 points by amadeuspagel 47 days ago | 56 comments

Ben Horowitz donates Cybertruck fleet to the Las Vegas police (techcrunch.com)
Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz has donated a fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, the department has confirmed to TechCrunch.

Technology, Police, Tesla, Philanthropy

17 points by impish9208 66 days ago | 4 comments

Compensation Data for Every NYC Police Officer (cityofnewyork.us)

Police, Public Data, Transparency, Compensation

5 points by gigalord 87 days ago | 1 comments

The Zizians (2020) (zizians.info)
Attendants of the 2019 CFAR alumni reunion were shocked to arrive at Camp Meeker only to be turned away by police. The venue was occupied by five masked protesters in black robes. Surrounding them were several police cruisers, SWAT, and a helicopter. The figures who were reportedly there to protest had made themselves seem too sinister, and the police response was based on the procedure for dealing with a mass shooting.

Protests, Police, Security, Conspiracy Theories, Events

75 points by sd9 95 days ago | 7 comments

NYPD records longest no-shooting streak in 30 Years (abc7ny.com)
New York City went five days this week without a person shot -- the longest the NYPD has not recorded a shooting victim in at least 30 years -- but the streak is over.

Crime, Statistics, Police

21 points by timbourcier 96 days ago | 15 comments

Police illegally sell restricted weapons, supplying crime (cbsnews.com)
Police across the U.S. are illegally selling firearms, CBS News investigation finds

Police, Crime, Gun Control, Law Enforcement

106 points by throw0101d 151 days ago | 160 comments

2007 Boston Mooninite Panic (wikipedia.org)
On the morning of January 31, 2007, the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards depicting the Mooninites, characters from the Adult Swim animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), leading to a massive panic.

Boston, Police, Misinformation, Panic

201 points by black6 164 days ago | 128 comments

Spanish police arrest ex-fraud chief after €20M found in walls of his house (theguardian.com)
Spain has arrested one of its top police officers after €20m (£17m) was found hidden in the walls of his house, as part of an investigation into the country’s largest-ever cocaine bust.

Spain, Crime, Fraud, Police

108 points by c420 175 days ago | 126 comments

Spain's PM orders 10k troops and police to Valencia (bbc.com)
Spain's prime minister has ordered 5,000 more troops and 5,000 police officers and civil guards to the Valencia region as residents criticise local authorities over their response to catastrophic flooding.

Spain, Flooding, Disaster Response, Military, Police

5 points by perihelions 186 days ago | 1 comments

'Nearly unusable': Calif. police majorly push back on Tesla cop cars (sfgate.com)
Are Teslas “the patrol cars of the future”? Northern California police say no.

Police, California, Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Law Enforcement

41 points by bookofjoe 207 days ago | 60 comments

'Nearly unusable': Calif. police majorly push back on Tesla cop cars (sfgate.com)
Are Teslas “the patrol cars of the future”? Northern California police say no.

Police, Tesla, California, Law Enforcement, Technology

22 points by jayantbhawal 208 days ago | 8 comments

Another police raid in Germany (torproject.org)
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Germany, Police, Privacy

530 points by costco 238 days ago | 334 comments

Las Vegas police could boycott working NFL games over new facial ID policy (reviewjournal.com)