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Using Public Records to Investigate and Report NOPD abuse of Facial Recognition Technology
Every New Orleanian can request public records from NOPD. In this video I show you how to review a public records response for illegal use of facial recognition technology (FRT) and report it to NOPD PIB and the New Orleans Independent Police Monitor (IPM)
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NOPD is Using Body Camera Footage for Mass Surveillance
Police body cameras are supposed to enhance police accountability, improve evidence quality, and reduce complaints against officers. They aim to provide transparency in policing and support investigations by capturing real-time footage of events. In New Orleans, police body camera footage is being used for mass surveillance. In an email obtained through a public records request,…
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NOPD is Putting Private Spy Cameras on Public Property
NOPD is prohibited by law from utilizing mass surveillance or facial recognition technology (FRT) without specific special exceptions. For years, NOPD has claimed that former NOPD Officer Bryan Lagarde’s private spy network was separate and independent from the City of New Orleans. We’ve long suspected that NOPD’s claims were bullshit. There is prolific documentation that…
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NOPD Was Caught Spying On You
For the past several years, I have monitored NOPD’s private spy network. Project NOLA has thousands of cameras tracking innocent New Orleanians all over the city. I’ve made a tremendous number of public records requests to NOPD. One of the goals is to capture communication between NOPD and Project NOLA documenting violations of New Orleans…
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Speaking at DistrictCon 1
I’m happy to announce that I will be speaking at DistrictCon 1. I will present “Defending New Orleans from a Private Spy Network” on Sunday January 25th and participating in the round table “Leveraging Hacker Skillsets to Maintain Democratic Norms” on Saturday January 24th.