Dallas Police Falsely Credit TrapWire System For Arrests

Posted by timothy on Sunday June 21, 2015 @11:25PM from the for-large-values-of-zero dept.

In April, the Texas Department of Public Safety told a reporter for the Dallas Morning News, inspired by information leaked by Wikileaks to ask about ways that the agency might be compromising citizen's privacy and other rights, that the TrapWire behavioral analysis system employed in combination with surveillance equipment posted at various high-profile locations around the state had resulted in 44 arrests. However, after numerous public records requests for more information about those claimed arrests, the agency admitted that the true figure is somewhat lower: namely, zero. The story naturally involves "millions" of dollars (though an exact figure for the zero-arrest system isn't named), and Austin-based Stratfor, a company that's been named a few times here on Slashdot.

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DPS != Dallas Police by Anonymous Coward · 2015-06-21 23:48 · Score: 3, Informative

DPS is the state law enforcement agency. Dallas Police is the police force for the City of Dallas. Maybe that's not an important distinction, but I think basic facts are important for the credibility of a story.
Re:And still... by TonyJohn · 2015-06-22 01:30 · Score: 3, Informative

Not negating your point, but Twitter was five years too late for 9/11.

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