California joins the growing list of states requiring police to record custodial interrogations. Quoting from a local listserv post, here’s the story:
Senate Bill 171, authored by Senator Elaine Alquist (D-San Jose) was approved by the California Legislature late last night. After more than a year and a half of debate, negotiations and amendments, the […]

A new tool has become available for law enforcement to catch speeders (and who knows that other applications to come): laser guns. Although the guns have limitations (e.g., the requirement of a direct line of sight, making them less useful in bad weather), they make it far easier to target an individual automobile, making up […]

From the antipolygraph.org blog comes this story about 2 United States citizens of Pakistani descent being denied re-entry into the United States because of their refusal to submit to a polygraph examination. I find it amazing that this quackery remains a mainstay of law enforcement, particularly on something as important as terrorism investigation. Given how […]