Ford’s new tech turns police cars into high-tech watchdogs

Ford Motor Company recently filed a patent that is garnering attention and discussion about privacy and surveillance on the roads. The patent, “System and Method for Detecting Speeding,” describes a system that could turn Ford vehicles into mobile speed detection devices that can alert other drivers to the police. This patent application was filed with […]

Police motorcycle escorting Vice President Harris’s motorcade in Georgia crashes

A police motorcycle escorting Vice President Harris' motorcade crashed shortly after leaving a restaurant in Savannah, Georgia on Wednesday. A reporter for the Christian Science Monitor who was part of the vice presidential candidate's press corps wrote in an email that the motorcade slowed down and circled around the police motorcycle that had been hit. […]

Ex-cop accused of murder of pregnant woman groomed as teen police volunteer

A Massachusetts police officer has been charged with murdering a pregnant 23-year-old woman whom he began sexually abusing when she was 15 and a volunteer with the police department. Former Stoughton Police Officer Matthew Farwell is accused of strangling Sandra Burchmore to death in February 2021 in her Canton apartment and making it look like […]