Police Surveillance

• Hamilton police’s new camera tech is on the road and reading licence plates

  Hamilton police say expired plates are the most common flag coming from their new licence plate readers, which have been on the street since Monday.

  Canada

  May 4, 2023
  
• Halifax Regional Police ‘looking into’ body cameras after online petition hits 70,000

  A petition calling for Halifax police to wear body cameras is gaining momentum, but one community advocate urges caution before equipping cops with surveillance tools.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2020
  
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• 1 arrest, 300 tickets issued as Hells Angels gather in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu for annual meeting

  As of Saturday at 5 p.m., the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) had already issued over 300 tickets and made one arrest.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2018
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• Amazon is selling ‘authoritarian surveillance’ tech to police, civil rights groups want it to stop

  In emails sent between Amazon employees, Amazon claims its product can search against databases holding millions of faces and can identify up to 100 people in a single image.

  Consumer

  May 22, 2018
• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: November 4

  From police surveillance of journalists to possible legal action following a family's cry for help for their daughter with autism, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2016
• Vancouver police admit to using StingRay device to listen in on phone calls

  The Vancouver Police Department’s revelation that it has indeed employed a controversial mass-surveillance device despite initially insisting it had no documentation of its use raises serious legal and public accountability concerns, a civil liberties group says. The department said it received help from the RCMP in using a so-called StingRay device during a 2007 investigation...

  Crime

  Aug 10, 2016
• Eyes on you: Experts reveal police hacking methods

  Law enforcement agencies across the globe are taking a page out of the hacker's handbook, using targets' own phones and computers to spy on them.

  Tech

  Jun 25, 2014