Hacker News with Generative AI: Police

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 42 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 55 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 66 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 77 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 99 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 99 days ago | 8 comments

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

530 points by costco 129 days ago | 334 comments

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