From ABC News — New crime prediction software being rolled out in the nation’s capital should reduce not only the murder rate, but the rate of many other crimes as well. Developed by Richard Berk, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the software is already used in Baltimore and Philadelphia to predict which individuals [...]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/6/omalleys-spy-cameras/ The Washington Times   7:02 p.m., Friday, August 6, 2010 Gov. Martin O’Malley’s furlough plan, imposing unpaid leave on thousands of state employees to reduce a budget shortfall, began Friday. Mr. O’Malley has returned five days of his salary. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times) With great fanfare, Gov. Martin O’Malley on Wednesday announced his use of [...]

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From Public Intelligence — Ohio Strategic Analysis and Information Center 3 pages For Official Use Only December 22, 2008 (U) Key Findings (U//FOUO) During periods of colder weather, Ohio citizens and law enforcement officers (LEO) encounter a variety of winter clothing—ski masks, toboggan hats, stocking caps, scarves, head bands, hooded sweatshirts, and heavy coats—that can [...]

From The Washington Post — The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual’s Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation. The administration wants to add just four words — “electronic [...]

From My Way News WASHINGTON (AP) – Under fire from civil liberties groups, the FBI is defending domestic surveillance guidelines that critics fear could unfairly target innocent Muslims in terrorism and other criminal investigations. “It’s quite an invasive data collection system,” said Farhana Khera, executive director of the nonprofit group Muslim Advocates. “It’s based on [...]

From a statement of Caroline Frederickson, Director of the ACLU’s DC Legislative Office, given to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, April 21, 2009: Improving information sharing sounds like a fine goal in the abstract, but increasing the government’s authority to collect and disseminate personally identifiable information about Americans in the absence of reasonable suspicion [...]

Over the past three years, federal, state, and local officials1 have worked tirelessly to ensure that robust privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections are integrated into fusion center policies and business processes. These efforts have included developing Baseline Capabilities2 and model privacy policy templates and providing training and subject-matter expertise to fusion centers. The [...]