America Edges to Brink of Armed Police Drones
Europeans are lagging the United States in using aerial drones for police work – and they don’t really mind.
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Searing Look at Rio’s Homicidal Police
As Brazil prepares to host two high-profile global events, filmmaker José Padilha suggests that while improving security is a worthy goal, its methods and rationale are deeply flawed.
Can Computers Predict Crimes of the Future?
The LAPD's Sean Malinowski wants to prevent crime with "predictive policing," which can forecast patterns of where crime occurs using computer algorithms.
How to Stop Suicide by Cop
A growing movement is training police officers not to kill citizens—even when they seem to be asking for it.
Cops and College: Do Police Need Book Smarts?
Better-educated police officers resort less often to using force, research shows.
Be on the Lookout for a Green Squad Car
Forget black and white — the new police car in development by Carbon Motors Corporation has green written all over it.
Keystone Cops at the Police Lab
Compromised crime laboratories are a national scandal that can't be set straight until the labs are independent of law enforcement.
‘Missing Missing’ and Serial Killers
The most common victims of serial killers may be much more numerous than experts generally believe.