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  1. EFF: The High Crime of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke. “When law enforcement and tech salespeople pitch ALPRs to city councils, they stick to a familiar script. They trumpet the technology, which is often provided by private companies like Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions, or Axon, as an essential tool for solving high-stakes crimes, such as car jacking, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/15/the-high-crime-of-lmao-how-cops-are-treating-mass-surveillance-as-a-joke-eff/
  2. Prosecutors charge German-Ukrainian woman with aiding Russian intelligence

    BERLIN — Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office said Monday it had filed charges against a German-Ukrainian woman suspected of…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Berlin #Business #Generalnews #Indictments #Lawenforcement #Lobbying #marketingandadvertising #Militaryanddefense #russia-ukraine-war #worldnews
    europesays.com/germany/90697/

  3. #German #lawenforcement agencies are using features in #messagingapps like #WhatsApp and #Signal to #monitor #messages without breaking encryption. This method, known as #messengermonitoring, involves connecting a police-controlled computer to a suspect’s account, allowing access to messages. While successful in investigating serious crimes, the legality of this method, especially when used on innocent individuals, is being questioned. cybernews.com/privacy/police-t #tech #news #ainews

  4. #German #lawenforcement agencies are using features in #messagingapps like #WhatsApp and #Signal to #monitor #messages without breaking encryption. This method, known as #messengermonitoring, involves connecting a police-controlled computer to a suspect’s account, allowing access to messages. While successful in investigating serious crimes, the legality of this method, especially when used on innocent individuals, is being questioned. cybernews.com/privacy/police-t #tech #news #ainews

  5. #German #lawenforcement agencies are using features in #messagingapps like #WhatsApp and #Signal to #monitor #messages without breaking encryption. This method, known as #messengermonitoring, involves connecting a police-controlled computer to a suspect’s account, allowing access to messages. While successful in investigating serious crimes, the legality of this method, especially when used on innocent individuals, is being questioned. cybernews.com/privacy/police-t #tech #news #ainews

  6. #German #lawenforcement agencies are using features in #messagingapps like #WhatsApp and #Signal to #monitor #messages without breaking encryption. This method, known as #messengermonitoring, involves connecting a police-controlled computer to a suspect’s account, allowing access to messages. While successful in investigating serious crimes, the legality of this method, especially when used on innocent individuals, is being questioned. cybernews.com/privacy/police-t #tech #news #ainews

  7. #German #lawenforcement agencies are using features in #messagingapps like #WhatsApp and #Signal to #monitor #messages without breaking encryption. This method, known as #messengermonitoring, involves connecting a police-controlled computer to a suspect’s account, allowing access to messages. While successful in investigating serious crimes, the legality of this method, especially when used on innocent individuals, is being questioned. cybernews.com/privacy/police-t #tech #news #ainews

  8. ATF Probes Ransomware Gang's Claims of Major Cybersecurity Breach

    A ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a major cybersecurity breach, prompting a swift response from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The ATF is investigating the incident, but few details have been released so far.

    osintsights.com/atf-probes-ran

    #Ransomware #EmergingThreats #CybersecurityIncident #LawEnforcement #Atf

  9. Common Dreams: New Database Documents Over 100 Cases of Cops Abusing Flock Surveillance Cameras. “A new database launched Wednesday that details more than 100 cases of alleged abuse by law enforcement officers using Flock Safety’s nationwide camera network is adding fresh urgency to the growing backlash against automated license plate readers.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/13/common-dreams-new-database-documents-over-100-cases-of-cops-abusing-flock-surveillance-cameras/
  10. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: New ‘anomaly detector’ flags outlier counties in police uses of lethal force. “A new data-driven dashboard produced by the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign uses predictive modeling to pinpoint U.S. counties that have unusually high or low numbers of police use of lethal force incidents relative […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/07/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-new-anomaly-detector-flags-outlier-counties-in-police-uses-of-lethal-force/
  11. University of New Hampshire: Bystander videos are ‘fundamentally changing how the news is made’. “Just weeks before [Alex] Pretti’s death, Renee Good was shot and killed by federal agents during Operation Metro Surge, a large-scale ICE deployment in Minnesota. In the Good case, too, bystander videos analyzed by professional journalists contradicted the government’s account of the incident.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/18/university-of-new-hampshire-bystander-videos-are-fundamentally-changing-how-the-news-is-made/
  12. TechCrunch: Despite ‘misgivings,’ judge approves Elon Musk’s $1.5M SEC settlement. “A judge has approved a $1.5 million penalty levied against Elon Musk that will settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit despite having ‘significant misgivings’ about it.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/techcrunch-despite-misgivings-judge-approves-elon-musks-1-5m-sec-settlement/
  13. The Indiana General Assembly passed several new laws during the 2026 legislative session, and some go into effect starting July 1.

    New laws taking effect in Indiana on July 1
    msn.com/en-us/news/other/new-l

    New Indiana laws take effect July 1
    msn.com/en-us/public-safety-an

    • Homelessness & public property
    • Immigration enforcement
    • Military police force
    • School cellphone ban

    #Indiana #Hoosiers #HouseBill #SenateBill #Laws #Homeless #Immigration #Military #Police #PoliceForce #LawEnforcement

  14. TechCrunch: In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules geofence warrants are protected by privacy rights. “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the law enforcement use of ‘geofence’ search warrants, in a major legal ruling that is likely to have broad ramifications for privacy rights and law enforcement across the United States.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/01/techcrunch-in-major-privacy-win-supreme-court-rules-geofence-warrants-are-protected-by-privacy-rights/
  15. The Sun: Calif. stops funding police transparency database . “California will stop funding a state-wide database intended to uncover police misconduct and use-of-force records, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s chief fiscal policy advisors confirmed to The Center Square.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/25/the-sun-calif-stops-funding-police-transparency-database/
  16. 404 Media: Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People. “The contours of each story are much the same, with the police officer in question using their access to the system to repeatedly track a specific person over the course of weeks or months. The cases highlight the fact that Flock can be used to track the whereabouts of individual people, that police do not get a warrant in […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/17/404-media-cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flock-to-stalk-people/
  17. Mississippi Today: Families of men killed or hurt by law enforcement urge Mississippi officials to stop blocking public records. “The families of four men who died or allegedly were beaten in encounters with Mississippi law enforcement gathered outside the state attorney general’s office Thursday to urge officials to stop denying them access to video capturing the incidents, years after they […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/mississippi-today-families-of-men-killed-or-hurt-by-law-enforcement-urge-mississippi-officials-to-stop-blocking-public-records/
  18. Hoodline San Francisco: Berkeley’s Big-Ticket Police Misconduct Database Goes Quiet on Recent Cases. “The state-funded Police Records Access Project, a UC Berkeley-led effort promoted as a one-stop public archive of internal police misconduct files, is drawing heat after a review found its online portal has few entries from the most recent years. Critics warn that if cases from the last two […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/13/hoodline-san-francisco-berkeleys-big-ticket-police-misconduct-database-goes-quiet-on-recent-cases/
  19. #US #SupremeCourt appears split over controversial use of '#geofence' search #warrants
    The case, Chatrie v. United States, centers on the government’s controversial use of so-called “geofence” #searchwarrants. #Lawenforcement and federal agents use these warrants to compel tech companies, like Google, to turn over information about which of its billions of users were in a certain place and time based on their #phone’s location.
    techcrunch.com/2026/04/28/scot #privacy #surveillance

  20. Colorado Newsline: Social media companies must respond to search warrants within 72 hours under new Colorado law. “Senate Bill 26-11 requires that online platforms staff a hotline with workers available to answer questions from Colorado law enforcement about search warrants. Companies must acknowledge they received a court-ordered search warrant within eight hours and must comply within 72 […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/05/colorado-newsline-social-media-companies-must-respond-to-search-warrants-within-72-hours-under-new-colorado-law/
  21. Any clown can go online and purchase an ICE patch so they can pose as an ICE agent for their own nefarious purposes.

    If you believe this is a threat to public safety, then contact your state and local authorities, as well as your members of Congress.

    #TriCities #Kennewick #Pasco #Richland #Washington #PublicSafety #LawEnforcement #ICE

  22. Two men in the Houston area took turns shooting each other earlier this month while wearing a ballistics helmet, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, who said the incident led to the death of one of them and murder charges for the other.

    houstonpublicmedia.org/article

    #Crime #Guns #HarrisCounty #LawEnforcement #Local #News #HarrisCountySheriffEdGonzalez #Kevlar #MurderCharge #ShootingDeath