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 […]
February 25, 2018 • COLORADO,
Digital Driver's License,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
IDAHO,
IOWA,
MARYLAND,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
Technology,
TRAFFIC STOP,
WASHINGTON D.C.,
WYOMING Many states currently allow digital proof of insurance during a traffic stop. Will a digital driver’s license or DDL be too far behind? After several years of testing, the state of Iowa will debut later in 2018 a digital driver’s license in cooperation with “augmented identity” specialists IDEMIA, a company that works with about 80 […]
February 18, 2018 • ACLU,
CALIFORNIA,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INDIANA,
NEW JERSEY,
NEWSLETTER,
OHIO,
TRAFFIC STOP,
VIRGINIA Most people’s interaction with a police officer is usually during a traffic stop. The anxiety and fear that most of us feel when stopped by a police officer makes it worse when we believe we have done nothing wrong or thought we were doing the right thing. Placed in jeopardy of receiving a ticket or […]
December 24, 2017 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
IOWA,
LOS ANGELES,
NEWSLETTER,
OHIO,
RACIAL PROFILING,
REVENUE GENERATION,
SPEED CAMERA,
Technology,
TICKET REVENUE,
TRAFFIC CAMERA,
TRAFFIC STOP,
VERMONT Next Generation Police Tools will be an ongoing feature of the Weekly NMA E-Newsletter. Check out Part 1 HERE. Dragon Cameras Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Dayton, Ohio police departments recently announced they are using “Dragon Cameras,” a handheld device that uses both a laser measuring tool and a camera to capture an image of a […]
November 19, 2017 • BODY CAMERAS,
BREATHALYZER,
civil asset forfeiture,
CIVIL FORFEITURE,
DUI,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
INDIANA,
NEBRASKA,
NEWSLETTER,
ROADBLOCK,
SAFETY,
TRAFFIC STOP,
WASHINGTON D.C.,
X-RAY SCANNER Traffic enforcement continues to go high tech beyond just the newest drone technology. Here are three recent examples of how police are using federal and state funding – some from assets seized from citizenry – to patrol motorists. Police Body Cameras In late October, results from a large study on police body cameras was released […]
