UK.gov ploughs cash into creaky police technology £100m funding for unified IT systems, biometrics, data exploitation Security02 Aug 2018 | 18
London's top cop isn't expecting facial recog tech to result in 'lots of arrests' Anyway, it's only a trial – and it's what the public would want! Science04 Jul 2018 | 53
Foot lose: Idiot perv's shoe-mounted upskirt vid camera explodes Scumbag combusts his own leg with instant karma creepshot fail Bootnotes29 Jun 2018 | 79
Uncle Sam is shocked, SHOCKED to find dark-web bazaars trading drugs, weapons, etc Feds bust shady people doing shady things on shady sites Security27 Jun 2018 | 34
Lack of governance on new police tech leaves 'worrying vacuum' – Brit biometrics commish Anxieties linger for facial and voice recog Legal06 Jun 2018 | 7
Just a third of Brit cops are equipped to fight crime that is 'cyber' Bad news if you've been defrauded online Security05 Jun 2018 | 22
Trio indicted after police SWAT prank call leads to cops killing bloke Three men charged over 2017 hoax hostage situation that had a tragic end Security24 May 2018 | 63
London's Met Police: We won't use facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival But cops' trial of controversial tech will continue Security24 May 2018 | 45
Zero arrests, 2 correct matches, no criminals: London cops' facial recog tech slammed False positive rate of 98% doesn't count, say police, because 'checks and balances' Security15 May 2018 | 122
Hacking charge dropped against Nova Scotia teen who slurped public records from the web Police opt to end charade over document download row Security07 May 2018 | 64
Cutting custody snaps too costly for cash-strapped cops – UK.gov Home Office admits national and local databases don't talk to each other, so everything is manual Databases19 Apr 2018 | 46
'Housemate from hell' catches 24 new charges after alleged nightmare cyberstalking spree Masshole 'targeted women, families, friends with abuse' Personal Tech10 Apr 2018 | 32
Privacy activists to UK plod: Wanna slurp folks' phone records? Come back with a warrant Lack of regulation and records risks abuse, says charity Security28 Mar 2018 | 31
Brit police forces spend peanuts on cybercrime training £1.3m over three years? Get with the times, plod Security20 Mar 2018 | 23
Suspected drug dealer who refused to poo for 46 DAYS released... on bail Still on bunger strike Bootnotes07 Mar 2018 | 114
UK peers: Is this what you call governance of facial recog tech? A 'few scattered papers'! Green Party's Jenny Jones calls for immediate ban Legal03 Mar 2018 | 62
Cali cops' Clue caper: Apple technicans, in an iPhone repair lab, with the 1,600 silent 911 calls Mystery solved... behind closed doors Personal Tech23 Feb 2018 | 32
Yorkshire cops have begun using on-the-spot fingerprint scanners Civil rights groups slam trial as 'breathtakingly invasive' Legal12 Feb 2018 | 223
No sh*t, Sherlock! Bloke suspected of swallowing drug stash keeps colon schtum for 22 DAYS Cops frustrated by lack of movement in the case Bootnotes09 Feb 2018 | 121
South Wales cops crow about facial recognition arrests on social media Cams on in Cardiff as activists decry 'infringement' of rights Legal05 Feb 2018 | 88
Bigmouth ex-coppers who fed media MP pr0nz story face privacy probe Bob Quick, Neil Lewis referred to UK data watchdog by 'disappointed' Met Police Legal21 Dec 2017 | 64
Facebook: Who needs millennials? The cops love us more than ever! Social network says police, government requests for data and takedowns booming Legal19 Dec 2017 | 35
The eagle has been grounded: Dutch anti-drone squadron retired Handling proves to be too talon order Science12 Dec 2017 | 29
Facebook, Twitter, Google cleared in Dallas shooting lawsuit Judge says social networks not to blame for cop killings Legal05 Dec 2017 | 13
Brit moron tried buying a car bomb on dark web, posted it to his address. Now he's screwed Wannabe terror teen found guilty, faces sentencing Security09 Nov 2017 | 188
Advisory body to 'reconsider' ethics of hanging onto 'mugshots' UK DNA Database Ethics Group's final annual report Databases31 Oct 2017 | 9
UK.gov: Use police body cams to grill suspects at scene of crime Home Office proposals seek ways to justify £20m+ spend Legal26 Oct 2017 | 37
Let's make the coppers wear cameras! That'll make the ba... Oh. No sodding difference Large-scale randomised US trial: 'Recalibrate’ expectations Science23 Oct 2017 | 75
SCARY SPICE: Pumpkin air freshener sparks school evacuation Four fall ill after Fall's favorite artificial flavoring overwhelms Bootnotes07 Oct 2017 | 48
Cops shut 28k sites flogging knock-off footie kits and other tat Warn Joe Public: they'll nick your ID and ruin your credit Security25 Sep 2017 | 30
Manchester plod still running 1,500 Windows XP machines Issue 'endemic' across public sector, shriek experts Security20 Sep 2017 | 95
Cops' use of biometric images 'gone far beyond custody purposes' Lord Scriven says UK.gov response 'not worth the paper it is printed on' Legal13 Sep 2017 | 53
Deputy AG Rosenstein calls for law to require encryption backdoors If you won't open up conversations, we'll make it a law, says Sessions' #2 Legal31 Aug 2017 | 88
Northern Ireland cops hired cybersecurity biz to ID critics on Twitter Anonymous trolls censured force's management Legal30 Aug 2017 | 5
Kiwi prankster 'oinks' down cops' radio and sings Old MacDonald Can someone lend them some direction-finding gear? Bootnotes29 Aug 2017 | 43
London cops urged to scrap use of 'biased' facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival Year-on-year deployment isn’t really a trial, say privacy groups Legal17 Aug 2017 | 18
Police camera inaction? Civil liberties group questions forces' £23m body-cam spend Report says UK cops need to prove tech benefits policing Legal15 Aug 2017 | 55
London cops bust fake Cisco hardware chain More than 1,000 pieces of networking hardware seized On-Prem28 Jul 2017 | 15
Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3, 4G: Tube comms trials for emergency crews But bosses can't promise it will be fully complete on time Networks19 Jul 2017 | 12
Beware, sheep rustlers of the South West of England! Police drone spy unit gets to work +Comment Devon and Cornwall plod start using RC quadcopters Security14 Jul 2017 | 31
'Help! I'm stuck in this ATM,' writes poor bloke on a scribbled note Cops rescue trapped technician Bootnotes14 Jul 2017 | 34
Queensland Police want access to locked devices Protecting from terrorists, naturally Legal26 Jun 2017 | 20
WannaCrypt blamed for speed camera reboot frenzy in Australia No ransom demands recorded and it's hit Linux, but Police say it's ransomware Security25 Jun 2017 | 48
I fought Ohm's Law and the law won: Drone crash takes out power to Silicon Valley homes 1,600 PG&E customers hit by gizmo prang Personal Tech09 Jun 2017 | 77
Police anti-ransomware warning is hotlinked to 'ransomware.pdf' This (probably) isn't a spear phishing attack but we were too afraid to verify Security17 May 2017 | 65
It's been a few days, so what fresh trouble has Uber got into now? In West Philadelphia the DoJ raised, an objection to how they kept the cops in a haze On-Prem08 May 2017 | 22
We are 'heroes,' says police chief whose force frisked a photographer Brit plod used Terrorism Act to collar snapper. Hello, 2005 Bootnotes05 May 2017 | 110
Greater Manchester cops fined after victim interview vids lost in post Were they unencrypted? You bet they were Security04 May 2017 | 37
Drone complaints to cops are up twelvefold in three years Irate Britons moan about idiots buzzing over their back gardens – and more Personal Tech03 Apr 2017 | 37
Coppers 'persistently' breach data protection laws with police tech Staff association warns that systems 'increasingly' being used for personal reasons Security22 Mar 2017 | 72
Police Scotland and Accenture were at odds over ill-fated IT project i6 Audit uncovers rows over what was required, deliverable On-Prem09 Mar 2017 | 31
Facebook shopped BBC hacks to National Crime Agency over child abuse images probe +Comment PR 101: How not to head off an embarrassing investigation Security07 Mar 2017 | 110
COP BLOCKED: Uber app thwarted arrests of its drivers by fooling police with 'ghost cars' Ride-sharing tech bros accused of shady behavior shocker On-Prem03 Mar 2017 | 146
'Completely offended' Sheila calls cops over price-gouging ganja dealer Oz police go watchdog over profiteering pot-pushers Bootnotes02 Feb 2017 | 19
Ohio bloke accused of torching own home after his pacemaker rats him out to cops Snitches get stitches Bootnotes01 Feb 2017 | 41
Hey Brit Transport Police, your tech supplier has changed ownership MTI Europe swaps one private equity parent for another Channel10 Jan 2017 | 2
Top cop: Strap Wi-Fi jammers to teen web crims as punishment +Comment Chief Superintendents' Association prez opens mouth, inserts foot Security09 Jan 2017 | 144
Man jailed for 3 days after Texas cops confuse cat litter for meth Press-released their pride at taking down kingpin... Bootnotes09 Jan 2017 | 110
Body cams too fragile for Canadian Mounties – so they won't be used Kit dumped after fears over battery life and durability Security08 Dec 2016 | 31
Canadian cops cuff 11-year-old lad after Grand Theft Auto gets real Tiny tearaway will be beating up hookers next Bootnotes28 Nov 2016 | 59
London cops' tech slammed for failing abused kids – report HMIC also hits cops for shrugging off responsibility for 'streetwise' children Security25 Nov 2016 | 20