Tag: Electronic Surveillance

Technology

Proposed Federal Law Would Let People Know When Law Enforcement is Surveilling Them

The pending legislation does carry exceptions: while it calls for non-disclosure orders for people undergoing court-ordered surveillance, it notes that special mitigating circumstances allow law enforcement to withhold surveillance information past 180 days.

March 24, 2022

Technology

Japanese Police Install Nationwide Network of Surveillance Cameras to Protect Children

Citing concerns of increasing crimes targeting school children, the National Police Agency in Japan has begun to deploy a nationwide network of surveillance cameras along roads frequently used by children walking to and from school.

December 26, 2018

Patrol

Anonymous Amazon Employee Publishes Op-Ed Opposing Sale of Facial Recognition Tech to Police

An anonymous employee for tech giant Amazon recently posted an opinion article to Medium in which they argue that the sale of facial recognition software to police is wrong because "the product we’re selling is a flawed technology that reinforces existing bias."

October 18, 2018

Technology

Force Protection Video Equipment Receives Patent Pending Status for Design

Force Protection Video Equipment announced that it has received patent pending status from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for its proprietary design titled SHIELD HARNESS FOR MOUNTING A CAMERA.

May 24, 2018

Technology

Justice Department to Create Dedicated Cyber Unit

The Department of Justice is creating a dedicated cybersecurity unit within its Criminal Division, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell said Thursday.

December 5, 2014

Technology

Ind. Bill to Limit Electronic Surveillance by Police

House Bill 1009, authored by Rep. Eric Koch, requires law enforcement officials to establish probable cause and obtain a court order before electronically tracking the location of mobile phones or other cellular devices in real time.

March 27, 2014

Patrol

RemoteMDx TrackerPAL

SecureAlert, Inc.

RemoteMDx’s TrackerPAL keeps an eye on sex offenders on parole from a state-of-the-art monitoring system. Once the ankle system is set up, the TrackerPAL tracks the parolee’s every movement, and even limits where he or she can go. When the sex offenders move into areas they are not allowed to be in, an alarm will notify the monitoring center, which, in turn, notifies authorities. The TrackerPAL has two-way communication, and it is tamper-resistant.

July 31, 2006

Patrol

Pro Tech Monitoring GPS Offender Tracker

Pro Tech

CrimeTrax from Pro Tech Monitoring electronically links the movement of GPS-tracked offenders with reported crime incidents and notifies police and corrections officials when an offender is detected at or near a crime scene. The system offers two options: centrally warehousing crime data for comparison with GPS tracking data or integrating offender track data into existing local crime analysis systems.

August 31, 2005

Technology

Spy Gear

Since September 11, 2001, the development of new electronic surveillance techniques and equipment has been in overdrive.

September 30, 2004