Police

Surprise! Police are allegedly abusing facial recognition software 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- May 17, 2019
We searched our stock photos site for Woody Harrelson, and this is all that came up. Hopefully the police systems are better WE’VE WRITTEN BEFORE about the myriad problems that facial recognition software has, and why enthusiastic adoption without checks might be a bit of an issue. But who doesn’t love an easy answer? And
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if police worked closely with academic experts, they’d be less gung-ho about stop and search 0
- BUSINESS
- May 7, 2019
It has been a busy few days in the fierce debate about addressing the knife crime problem in England and Wales. London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick unveiled year-on-year declines in knife crime and homicides in the capital for the year ended March, and claimed it was thanks to more police stop and search. Just
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Gavin Williamson sacking: Police inquiry call over Huawei leak 0
- BUSINESS
- May 2, 2019
Image copyright EPA There have been calls for a police inquiry after Gavin Williamson was sacked as defence secretary over a National Security Council meeting leak. Opposition MPs said there should be an investigation into whether the Official Secrets Act had been breached. Mr Williamson has strenuously denied he was involved in disclosing plans to
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Anger at rape victims being asked to hand phones to police 0
- BUSINESS
- April 29, 2019
Image copyright Getty Images There has been strong criticism of a move to get rape victims to hand over their phones to police – or risk prosecutions not going ahead. Consent forms asking for permission to access information including emails, messages and photographs are being rolled out across England and Wales. Prosecutors say the form
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Police outnumber protesters only to disappear when more activists swarm area 0
- BUSINESS
- April 20, 2019
The majority of climate change protesters at Oxford Circus in London have finally been moved on by police officers – only to go to Hyde Park instead, where thousands are celebrating an international cannabis day. Popularised in the US, 420 is a day that sees cannabis smokers celebrate the drug and it seems several protesters have decided
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Derry police blame dissident republicans for journalist’s death | UK news 0
- BUSINESS
- April 19, 2019
Police in Northern Ireland are blaming dissident republicans for the death of a journalist during shooting and rioting in Derry on Thursday night. Lyra McKee, 29, who made her name writing about growing up gay in Belfast, and published investigative pieces with BuzzFeed and the Atlantic, died after being shot during a night of clashes
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