Last week The Verge reported on an incident involving a man from Detroit who was wrongly arrested for shoplifting back in 2019. The article said that the Detroit police department had used facial recognition technology to help catch the "offender.
" Charges were dropped, but the man is now suing the police department. It's a terrible situation for all involved, but it does bring up an important topic to debate. . thephoblographer.com
Police in Iceland have fallen foul of the apparent universal unpopularity of AI images after one force vowed to stop using the computer-generated pictures. [Read More]
A press photographer from London had all of his gear stolen last week and says British police did nothing despite getting the exact location of the cameras and a picture of the thief. [Read More]
We're used to seeing photos of police standing in front of criminal stashes of drugs and guns so when officers in Oregon posted pictures of themselves standing in front of thousands of Lego boxes, it caught the internet's attention. [Read More]
A police tech company that makes body cams and tasers has released a new futuristic product that has some people unnerved: an AI camera that generates police reports from audio. [Read More]
A livestreaming photographer has been acquitted by a jury for interfering with police's response to a mass shooting.
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Earlier this year, Arizona governor Doug Ducey signed HB 2319, a law that would make it illegal to record or photograph police within eight feet of them. It's being challenged, and the results will have nationwide implications. [Read More]
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has joined with the Arizona Broadcasters Association and the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (along with eight other media organizations) to file a lawsuit against Arizona's law that restricts the recording of police. [Read More]