New Anti-Crime AI Algorithm Predicts Activities One Week Ahead With 90% Accuracy, Reveals Bias in Police Work

Medicine & Technology Jul 01, 2022

Social and data scientists assembled a new AI algorithm that could predict criminal activities in US cities one week ahead before it transpires. Read more about the technology and how it could help law enforcement in the future.

Police Now Use Automated Drones For Day-to-Day Operations

Dec 07, 2020

Take a look at how the police force uses automated drones in their day-to-day operations.

US Police Now Asking for Data from Smart Speakers

Oct 06, 2020

Law enforcement agencies across the US are reportedly filing more and more requests for access to data from Smart Speakers, raising alarm for some groups.

Police Force Responds to Protesters Using Rubber Bullets That Can Disable, Disfigure and Even Kill

Jun 03, 2020

Despite decades of studies about the harm of using rubber bullets, police departments across the country are firing rubber bullets to the crowd.

Unintentional Stops by Police Increase Criminal Behavior in Black and Latino Youths

Apr 09, 2019

Police stops may hurt the psychological wellbeing of adolescents

Kevlar: A Revolutionary Plastic

Mar 18, 2019

Here's the science behind one of the world's strongest plastics.

Hackers Get Bold Attacking Police Stations with Ransomware

Apr 14, 2015

Hackers are growing even more bold extending their ransomware attacks beyond businesses and even targeting police departments. Police departments across the United States have fallen victim to ransomware attacks that encrypt documents and demand payment in order to release their lockout.

Increase in Dump Sites Point to Crystal Meth Explosion in US

Mar 26, 2015

Crystal meth usage and manufacturing has grown exponentially, and Calhoun County, Michigan police officers are struggling to keep up.

The ‘McCrime’ of the Decade—Man Throws McChicken & Faces Time in Jail

Dec 03, 2014

A pregnant woman is in the hospital, her husband is in jail, and police report that there is McChicken residue strewn throughout the crime scene. It’s a bit hard for McDonald’s to back the claim that “they’re lovin’ it”, now isn’t it?