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Anaheim Police to employ facial recognition software in pursuit of criminals

05/12/202005/08/2020 Jesse Collins

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Following a year and a half of pilot testing, city officials are prepared to invest in the technology. Anaheim city officials are moving ahead with investments into facial recognition software for police use. The technology has undergone an 18-month pilot test phase, and the city wants to equip officers with its benefits. The software allows police to compare criminal suspects against databases of mugshots. A new report from Anaheim city staff detailed the cost, features and use for the facial recognition software. The city will be paying $35,000 per year…

U.S. regulations surrounding mobile phone tracking are drawn in

09/11/201509/10/2015 Julie Campbell

New guidance has been issued with regards to the use of various forms of tracking technology. According to new guidance that has been released by the United States Justice Department, if federal agencies want to use mobile phone tracking technology, they will now need to obtain search warrants in order to do so legally. Until now, various agencies – including the FBI – did not require a warrant to use this tracking technology. This made it possible for cell-site simulators to be used for mobile phone tracking within an area…

U.S. courts wrestle with legality of using mobile device location data to track criminals

08/25/201108/25/2011 Jesse Collins

Congress and courts across the country are working to understand the balance between a criminal’s right to privacy and the need of law enforcement to be able to locate criminals, as they debate over the use of global positioning systems (GPS), which are a technology commonly found in most new mobile phones and other devices, for tracking criminals. In Maryland, U.S. District Judge Susan K. Gauvey, has denied federal authorities a warrant that they were seeking in order to locate a suspect through the use of the GPS data in…