Cases like these demonstrate why we can’t afford to allow law enforcement to use surveillance tools without proper oversight or safeguards to protect against misuse.

We urge Chief Norman to follow through on his new ban of facial recognition technology use by MPD.

Privacy and civil rights concerns arise from possible contracts between Milwaukee law enforcement agencies and data company Biometrica.

We wrote an open letter to the Common Council calling for a two-year pause on the adoption of any new surveillance technology.