Here Are 4 Policing Reforms Cities and States Are Considering Right Now
There’s a lot of work to be done to prevent future George Floyds. Here are some baby steps.
There’s a lot of work to be done to prevent future George Floyds. Here are some baby steps.
For decades, New York's secrecy regime has hidden police misconduct records from families and reporters.
People insisted the wiretapping of Carter Page was perfectly normal. That turned out to be wrong.
Privacy activists say we should be alarmed by the rise of automated facial recognition surveillance. Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan says it's time to embrace the end of privacy as we know it.
Unprecedented live audio streaming of oral arguments could signal more openness.
A long-running legal battle ends with a victory for open government.
The point isn't only to provide reassurance to the public, but also to guide policymakers who have to make decisions on things such as opening or closing public schools, libraries, or playgrounds.
If only everybody weren’t stuck in their homes.
It hampers transparency and means that relevant health officials who lack clearance can't participate.
The Hamilton County Attorney's Office later admitted that its policies conflict with the state's public records law.
The Cato Institute wants Congress to investigate the FBI after it refused to confirm or deny the existence of files on dozens of political advocacy groups.
In requiring greater transparency in police record-keeping, California proves it can do at least one thing right.
Don’t be afraid of the robopups, but make sure we leash law enforcement to keep officers from misusing them.
Environmental Protection Agency
Congress wants to know if the agency is strengthening transparency or silencing science.
Police unions are unhappy.
Powerful unions and state-mandated secrecy made it a fight to know about misconduct.
Media outlets are seeing foot-dragging, destroyed records, and demands for big money for compliance.
Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling expanded when the government can keep business records secret. That's bad news for transparency
A small city in California has been plagued by police shootings, costly civil rights lawsuits, and incidents of excessive force.
The police conducted two searches in two days to track down who is leaking things leaders don’t want the public to know.
Alabama is one of the least transparent states in the U.S. when it comes to civil asset forfeiture. That could be changing.
Texas law lets police hide records of suspects who die in custody from grieving families. It could have been fixed, but a police union torpedoed the reform bill.
Emanuel was a habitual violator of Illinois' public records laws and shielded the police from public scrutiny whenever he could.
Five years later, Daniel Pantaleo faces administrative justice.
And the WikiLeaks founder will be in court again tomorrow.
USA Today launches an important new tool for tracking officers who have been fired for misconduct.
Plus: Violence in Sri Lanka leads to social media suppression, and the White House wants to make it harder for pretrial diversion participants to get government jobs.
The WikiLeaks founder has few if any defenders in Congress.
The world is a better place now that it's harder than ever for governments to keep secrets.
A review of 70 studies shows only limited benefits.
The battle over the Mueller report will pit national security, executive privilege, and privacy against the public interest in the Russia investigation.
Politicizing transparency is not a way to help Americans understand Russia investigation.
More than 30 organizations are reviewing thousands of newly released documents about bad cop behavior
Want to know what federal agencies are telling the White House about marijuana legalization? Too bad. It's secret.
A law that forced open decades of secret information about law enforcement behavior is slowly being implemented.
After police killed an unarmed man in a backyard in Sacramento, outrage led to greater transparency about officer conduct.
Xavier Becerra conceals bad behavior by cops in his state, and even threatens journalists attempting to expose them.
The NYPD's largest union was dealt a defeat in its attempt to make body cam footage confidential, but it says it might appeal.
"They're the most powerful player in the criminal justice system. It's really important to know how they use that discretion behind closed doors."
"My son with autism was forced out of the home with military-style rifles aimed at him and made to sit on the cold, wet ground for over an hour."
An obscure provision designed to protect personnel records makes it nearly impossible to hold the state's cops accountable.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
A newly passed police transparency bill is under attack across the state. The latest tactic: insisting it's not retroactive.
A new year brings new transparency, and new lawsuits to try to limit it.
Do you care about free minds and free markets? Sign up to get the biggest stories from Reason in your inbox every afternoon.
This modal will close in 10