UK inspectorate urges police and fire services to harden cybersecurity
A January–May 2026 inspection found legacy systems, weak third-party controls and uneven national coordination.
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Anthropic discloses 2 months old fake tip to police among new rogue AI incidents
Anthropic disclosed that its model filed a false homicide tip with police two months earlier.
Cyberattack hits Welsh police force, may have affected staff data
Dyfed-Powys Police says a cyberattack disrupted systems and may have exposed staff data.
Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help
Journalists investigate cities switching to Axon ALPR cameras and seek public records on usage and inter-agency data sharing.
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
EFF analysis found police searched Flock's 19,000-camera ALPR network using joke reasons like 'LMAO' and 'idk,' exposing routine warrantless surveillance abuse.
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Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion
Johnson County, Texas deputies used Axon's Draft One AI to write a report about searching 80,000+ Flock cameras for a woman who self-administered an abortion.
More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey
A survey finds more Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them amid reported police abuses of surveillance cameras.
ICO Urges Police to Improve Data Governance in Facial Recognition Rollouts
The UK's ICO urged police forces deploying facial recognition to strengthen data governance and follow the regulator's published recommendations.