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In the 2011 CBS show Person of Interest, reclusive computer scientist Harold Finch builds an artificial intelligence system called “the Machine” that compiles and analyzes troves of data to predict murders. Finch and his henchman, John, then chase down the perpetrator and prevent the crime. Public security officials in the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang, […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent five hours testifying to the Senate, defending the social network from charges of aiding ‘Russian meddling’ and even revealing a few trade secrets in the process. The marathon session on Tuesday involved members of the Senate Judiciary and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation committees. While the internet trolled Zuckerberg […]
Enlarge / Modeled after London’s “Ring of Steel,” the NYPD opened its coordination center in 2008. As seen in 2010, cops monitor feeds from over 1,159 CCTV cameras with the number increasing to 3,000 as the program expands. (credit: Timothy Fadek/Corbis via Getty Images) The following is an excerpt from Andrew Ferguson’s 2017 book, The […]
Associated Press/James MacPherson DAPL developer picks up the tab for North Dakota’s policing costs — and it ain’t cheap. Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners wired the state $ 15 million Thursday to help cover law enforcement expenses associated with the protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline. The funds will help alleviate the more than $ 22 […]
US Air Force Photo The U.S. will take over the Baltic air policing mission next month in an effort to guard airspace over Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, U.S. European Command said Wednesday. Air Force F-15C Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, will lead the next NATO Baltic Air Policing rotation at Šiauliai Air […]
Every Wednesday, we’re debating hot topics in the lead-up to our next TV show, Third Rail With OZY, launching on PBS this fall. Last week we asked, “Do you have any suggestions — no matter how wacky — that could eliminate racial bias in policing?” We suggested robots as police officers. You answered with wit, […]
OZY’s next TV show, Third Rail With OZY, is launching on PBS this fall! To kick things off, we’re shelving anything PC and launching debates. Nothing is off-limits, and we’ll go where most fear to tread. Each Wednesday, we’ll post a provocative question, with a focus on topics that might make it onto the show. […]
Citing a spike in violent crime, Attorney General Jeff Sessions called for more proactive policing and a crackdown on gangs, guns, drugs and illegal immigration. He also endorsed the practice of asset forfeiture, slammed by critics as policing for profit. Sessions outlined the Trump administration’s crime-fighting strategy in a speech to the National District Attorneys […]
BBC The Met: Policing London on BBC1 In last night’s episode we followed veteran officer Paul Molyneux, in the final weeks before he retired. He was currently in plain clothes, scouring the Borough of Ealing for known burglars, robbers, drug dealers and violent offenders. The purpose of the mission, it seemed, was to make this […]
Tim Boyle/Getty Images On the last day of 2016, a solemn procession made its way across Chicago. Hundreds of mourners and their supporters marched together, carrying 762 wooden crosses — one for each victim of the year’s terrible homicide toll. Had the marchers ended the demonstration by planting those crosses at the site of each […]
