Cops routinely place themselves above the law on little things, calling it “professional courtesy.” Then something big happens.
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Police and ‘Professional Courtesy’
Tag Archives: Police
The Surveillance State Reaches New Heights
With little disclosure or discussion, police agencies are deploying equipment that can intercept all sorts of cellular data.
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Law-And-Order Tactics Bring Neither To Ferguson
We don’t know what led to Michael Brown’s shooting, but everything since has made matters worse.
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Taking Back The Jails
To stop abuse, there should be no place prison guards can drag an inmate that is beyond the range of lenses and microphones.
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Unreasonable Suspicion In The Big Apple
Being white and middle-aged places me above suspicion, at least on the streets of New York City.
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Phones That Can Get Someone Killed
Across America today, rookie police officers on undercover assignments are in danger of being killed because they carry the wrong …
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Tax Collectors In Funny Hats
On Labor Day, as I drove south on New York’s beautiful Taconic State Parkway, I crested a hill to find …
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Privacy Has Its Place, But Not Necessarily At Work
If you want to keep your personal business to yourself, you should not conduct it at work — especially not …
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Lawmakers Take Some Juice Out Of StingRays
A few states are chipping away at the blue wall of silence surrounding the use of large-scale cellphone tracking devices.
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