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  • June 7, 2018
    Cato Daily Podcast
    Cops (with the Help of Amazon) May Be Watching You
    Cops (with the Help of Amazon) May Be Watching You
    Using Amazon’s “Rekognition,” a video and image analysis program, police in at least two cities have the ability to identify and track many people as they go about their business. Matthew Feeney comments on the implications.
    Featuring Matthew Feeney and Caleb O. Brown
  • Perceived Bias
    Media Name: chapter-2-20.jpeg A belief that police are biased should affect public opinion about the police. Individuals might see the system as biased in general but not toward them. Alternatively, they might believe the system is both …
  • Americans Are Not “Anti-Cop”
    Although some groups have less favorable attitudes toward the police, additional findings in the survey suggest these groups are not “anti‐​cop.” First, few individuals have outright “unfavorable” views of the police. Only, 12% of Hispanics, 13% of whites, and …
  • October 31, 2016
    Legal Briefs
    Fields v. City of Philadelphia
    Two people were peaceably and non‐​disruptively recording the police when they were detained. Because they were not actively challenging or criticizing the police at the time they were detained, the federal district court dismissed their First Amendment challenge. Now …
    By Alfred W. Putnam Jr., D. Alicia Hickok, Mark D. Taticchi, & Ilya Shapiro
  • December 14, 2015
    Cato Daily Podcast
    Turning Cops into Tax Collectors
    Turning Cops into Tax Collectors
    The criminal justice system has, in many ways, turned police officers into revenue officers. Grover Norquist explains why that’s a serious problem.
    Featuring Grover Norquist and Caleb O. Brown
  • July 20, 2015
    Forbes
    Why We Don’t Need Body Cameras in Schools
    Thanks in part to a series of high‐​profile police abuse incidents, a clear majority of Americans across political and racial demographics now support police officers wearing body cameras. Each year police officers conduct tens of thousands of SWAT raids …
    By Matthew Feeney
  • June 22, 2015
    Cato Daily Podcast
    Policing for Profit in the Lone Star State
    Policing for Profit in the Lone Star State
    This year, Texas had thirteen opportunities to reform the police practice of seizing citizens’ property without securing criminal convictions. Texas rejected any and all reform. Arif Panju of the Institute for Justice discusses the fixes to civil asset forfeiture that …
    Featuring Arif Panju and Caleb O. Brown
  • April 30, 2015
    CapX
    Markets Move on as Competition Policy Stands Still
    The anti‐​trust authorities are continuing to try to police the high tech markets. But are they up to the job? The new investigation opened by the European Commission into Google’s market practises raises, once more, that question. The …
    By Phillip Booth and Alberto Mingardi
  • July 26, 2011
    Blog
    Finns Begin a Quixotic Quest for Prevention
    In the aftermath of the Oslo terror attack, Finnish police—yes, Finnish—plan to increase their surveillance of the Internet: Deputy police commissioner Robin Lardot said his forces will play closer attention to fragmented pieces of information—known as ‘weak …
    By Jim Harper
  • August 21, 2006
    Blog
    Another Asset Forfeiture Outrage
    The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that police may keep the $124,700 they seized from Emiliano Gonzolez, an immigrant who by all appearances was attempting to use the money to start a legitimate business. This is an …
    By Radley Balko
  • June 29, 2004
    Cato.org
    No Smoking at the Beach?
    Here we go again. First it was the health police in Santa Monica, Los Angeles and Malibu. Then the butt‐​heads in Los Angeles County. Now it’s the legislature, about to consider a bill to shield every sun worshipper …
    By Robert A. Levy
  • June 1, 2004
    Legal Briefs
    Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court Of Nevada
    In May, 2000, Larry Hiibel was stopped by the police following information from the sheriff’s department that a man with a car matching his had committed an assault. The officer attempted to confirm Hiibel’s identity in accordance with …
    By Tim Lynch
  • June 16, 2020
    Cato Daily Podcast
    Peril and Promise for the Push to #DefundPolice
    Peril and Promise for the Push to #DefundPolice
    … level of police involvement in our lives. But what does #DefundPolice mean to the broad range of people currently protesting police abuse? And what might be the risks of rapidly and emotionally making radical changes to police funding or abolishing …
    Featuring Jonathan Blanks and Caleb O. Brown
  • September 12, 2019
    Cato Daily Podcast
    What Do Democrats Running for President Want from Criminal Justice Reform?
    What Do Democrats Running for President Want from Criminal Justice Reform?
    A few Democratic candidates running for President have flagged the police protection known as qualified immunity as worthy of reform. Clark Neily discusses the various criminal justice proposals offered by Democratic White House hopefuls.
    Featuring Clark Neily and Caleb O. Brown
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