Digital Policing

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London riots: Police use Flickr to help catch looters

digitaltrends.com • Fri 2011 Aug 12, 5:47pm

London's Metropolitan Police have created a Flickr page, entitled "London Disorder — Operation Withern," which includes the "first of many" CCTV images of rioters suspected of looting, committing violence and other criminal acts. Police hope the public can help identify the alleged criminals and bring them into custody. ... Police also launched the Twitter hashtag #tweetalooter, which they urge citizens to use if they have information about rioters or criminal acts. ... Police aren't the only ones setting up websites to help catch looters. ...

Dutch muggers caught on Google street view camera

reuters.com • Fri 2009 Jun 19, 11:51pm

Dutch twin brothers who mugged a teenager in the northern town of Groningen were arrested after being caught on camera by a car gathering images for Google's online photo map service

Robotic Ferret Will Detect Hidden Drugs And Weapons

sciencedaily.com • Wed 2009 Jun 17, 6:47pm

A new type of robot being developed will make it easier to detect drugs, weapons, explosives and illegal immigrants concealed in cargo containers.

Obama Set to Create A Cybersecurity Czar With Broad Mandate

washingtonpost.com • Tue 2009 May 26, 5:11pm

President Obama is expected to announce late this week that he will create a "cyber czar," a senior White House official who will have broad authority to develop strategy to protect the nation's government-run and private computer networks, according to people who have been briefed on the plan.

YouTube - Hidden camera captures Boynton Beach burglary

youtube.com • Thu 2009 Apr 9, 2:18pm

A hidden camera captured footage of two men breaking into a Boynton Beach home on April 8, 2009. The homeowner was watching via live internet feed at her job. She called police, who surrounded the house and arrested the burgarly suspects. [video]

Burglary Live On The Internet

thesmokinggun.com • Thu 2009 Apr 9, 2:14pm

Thomas... set up the live video stream after her home was burglarized last October... The amazing surveillance video from inside Thomas's house was uploaded to YouTube by the Boynton Beach Police Department ...