Massachusetts

Police Questioned by Boston City Council About Use of 'Stingray' Surveillance Technology

Mar

2022

Police Questioned by Boston City Council About Use of 'Stingray' Surveillance Technology

Members of Boston's City Council questioned the police department Tuesday about its purchase of an expensive and powerful piece of surveillance technology that was used dozens of times without a warrant.

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1.3 Million Cars Have Slipped Through Mass. Toll Gantries

May

2018

Tolls

1.3 Million Cars Have Slipped Through Mass. Toll Gantries

In the year and a half since Massachusetts went to all-electronic tolling, some 1.3 million cars have gotten a free ride because the new system couldn't read their license plates.

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Boston Police Resume Using License Plate Readers After Accidental Release of Data

May

2018

License Plate Readers

Boston Police Resume Using License Plate Readers After Accidental Release of Data

The Boston Police Department has resumed using license plate readers, which can scan thousands of passing vehicles per minute, after it accidentally released a database of scanned vehicles in 2013 and then stopped the practice, according to documents obtained through a public records request.

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