CNN: LAPD Audit Reveals Dangers of High-Tech Policing

Washington, DC
CNN Business
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An audit of the Los Angeles police department is raising questions about new technologies law enforcement is using nationwide with little oversight.

Last week, the department’s internal auditors, prompted by a community backlash, published online a review of the LAPD’s data-driven policing strategies and recommended more transparency, consistency and oversight of the programs. Los Angeles has been a leader in using new technologies such as artificial intelligence, social networks and big data to aid police work.

However, those new approaches have been controversial, and criticized for violating civil rights and discriminating against minority groups. Experts have also questioned whether they deliver enough value given their financial costs, which can exceed hundreds of thousands of dollars…