As part of a settlement agreement with entertainers Eric Andre and Clayton English, the Clayton County Police Department has confirmed it has ended its controversial airport interdiction program at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and agreed to reforms designed to protect travelers' constitutional rights.

The Policing Project welcomes today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court in Chatrie v. United States, recognizing that geofence searches — a technique through which law enforcement can access detailed location data from mobile devices present near a crime scene — are indeed a “search” under the Fourth Amendment, and thus require a warrant issued upon probable cause.

Our new series of reports examines the rapid expansion of powerful DNA technologies that are transforming criminal investigations — while warning that the absence of meaningful regulation threatens civil liberties, public trust, and the long-term legitimacy of forensic DNA analysis.

Our new series of reports examines the rapid expansion of powerful DNA technologies that are transforming criminal investigations — while warning that the absence of meaningful regulation threatens civil liberties, public trust, and the long-term legitimacy of forensic DNA analysis.

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division’s unauthorized use of automated license plate readers have filed an appeal asking a state appellate court to strike down the surveillance program.