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Oct 9,2008

Technology Versus Civil Liberties in Portland

by shooter
cars-at-night The Portland Police Department is testing a new camera system that automatically records the license plate number, time, and location of vehicles encountered while police are on patrol.

The plate number is compared against a database of stolen license plates to help identify and recover stolen vehicles.  The system can even track the movements of a vehicle in the city because all the plate numbers recorded are stored in a database. 

While the usefulness of this system is obvious, it does raise civil liberties concerns.  The biggest question is how will the public be assured that the recorded information will only be used for its intended purpose? Can the information be subpoenaed for use in civil cases?

These systems have been in use in the US for about 5 years, while similar camera systems have been used in Europe for much longer.  Police departments who use the system report success with the system, recovering numerous stolen ve
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categories: civics + government
tags: crime prevention
neighborhoods: alameda arbor lodge Ardenwald-Johnson Creek argay arlington heights arnold creek ashcreek beaumont-wilshire boise Brentwood-Darlington Bridgeton bridlemile brooklyn buckman Cathedral Park Centennial collins view concordia Creston-Kenilworth crestwood cully downtown east columbia eastmoreland eliot far southwest forest park foster-powell glenfair* glenfair* goose hollow grant park Hayden Island hayhurst hazelwood* Healy Heights hillsdale hillside hollywood homestead Hosford-Abernethy Humboldt Irvington kenton kerns* kerns* king laurelhurst* laurelhurst* lents linnton Lloyd district madison south Maplewood Markham Marshall Park Mill Park montavilla* montavilla* Mt Scott-Arleta mt tabor multnomah North Tabor (formerly Center)* North Tabor (formerly Center)* northwest district northwest heights northwest industrial old town chinatown Overlook parkrose parkrose heights pearl district Piedmont pleasant valley Portsmouth Powellhurst-Gilbert reed richmond Rose City Park Roseway Russell sabin sellwood-moreland South Burlingame South Portland south tabor Southwest Hills st johns sullivan's gulch sumner Sunderland sunnyside sylvan-highlands university park vernon West Portland Park Wilkes Woodland Park Woodlawn woodstock
Sep 17,2008

Debunking Urban Legends—Take Email Warnings with a Grain of Salt

by pearlgirl
grain-of-salt by Stephanie Reynolds Have you ever received an email warning you about ankle-slashing gangs hiding under cars? How about killers lurking in backseats? Kidney thieves? A deadly game, popular with teens, called Spunkball? Knockout, or even deadly, perfume samples? These are just a few, of the many, false stories about crime and violence circulating around the internet. The stories often contain instructions, such as, "Please forward this to everyone you know! It could save a life!" Recipients of the messages, with the best of intentions, forward the messages without checking for validity, and the misinformation spreads like wildfire. The stories rarely contain anything useful or accurate, yet people may change their behaviors based on the information they receive from these cautionary tales. Did you ever hear the urban legend that, as an initiation rite, gang members drive around without their headlights on, and the first person who flashes their lights at them i
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categories: livability
tags: crime prevention
neighborhoods: alameda arbor lodge Ardenwald-Johnson Creek argay arlington heights arnold creek ashcreek beaumont-wilshire boise Brentwood-Darlington Bridgeton bridlemile brooklyn buckman Cathedral Park Centennial collins view concordia Creston-Kenilworth crestwood cully downtown east columbia eastmoreland eliot far southwest forest park foster-powell glenfair* glenfair* goose hollow grant park Hayden Island hayhurst hazelwood* Healy Heights hillsdale hillside hollywood homestead Hosford-Abernethy Humboldt Irvington kenton kerns* kerns* king laurelhurst* laurelhurst* lents linnton Lloyd district madison south Maplewood Markham Marshall Park Mill Park montavilla* montavilla* Mt Scott-Arleta mt tabor multnomah North Tabor (formerly Center)* North Tabor (formerly Center)* northwest district northwest heights northwest industrial old town chinatown Overlook parkrose parkrose heights pearl district Piedmont pleasant valley Portsmouth Powellhurst-Gilbert reed richmond Rose City Park Roseway Russell sabin sellwood-moreland South Burlingame South Portland south tabor Southwest Hills st johns sullivan's gulch sumner Sunderland sunnyside sylvan-highlands university park vernon West Portland Park Wilkes Woodland Park Woodlawn woodstock
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