“Few protections are as essential to individual liberty as the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Framers made that right explicit in the Bill of Rights following their experience with the indignities and invasions of privacy wrought by ‘general warrants and warrantless searches that had so alienated the colonists and had […]
From guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel Blog. Since October 1, 2017, Massachusetts vehicle inspection sticker stations have each been required to purchase five cameras to record vehicles in real-time. The new system called ‘Mass Vehicle Check‘ (MVC) requires inspectors and stations to spend between $5,710.00 – $8.141.00 dollars on government-approved surveillance gear. Forcing vehicle inspection stations to pay […]
Sunday December 30, 2018. While most of us will be in the midst of holiday season preparations, for the NMA it will mark a momentous occasion for another reason. On that date─unless this notice just jinxed it─we will be publishing Issue #520, marking ten years of uninterrupted home delivery of weekly NMA e-newsletters. The range […]
April 29, 2018 • ACLU,
Automatic Traffic Enforcement,
Drone,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
ILLINOIS,
LEGISLATION,
LOS ANGELES,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
PRIVACY,
SAFETY,
Technology,
TRAFFIC STOP Traffic stops are often one of the most dangerous situations for law enforcement (not to mention for motorists as many recent events have proven). The unknown can escalate a situation beyond safe. Police departments are now turning to drones to help alleviate some of the danger involved. Under tight regulations, drones can indeed become a […]
April 22, 2018 • CALIFORNIA,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
GEORGIA,
MASS TRANSIT,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEWSLETTER,
Ridesharing,
TOLLING,
TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
WASHINGTON,
WASHINGTON D.C. The math is simple. More cars on the streets equals more traffic congestion. Ridesharing companies such as Lyft and Uber have tipped that delicate balance between street traffic and transit alternatives. Many city officials are finally taking notice. In a recent Boston survey of 944 rideshare users over four weeks in late 2017, nearly six […]
