The Law of Policing – Industry News

  Canada police deploy facial recognition tech Canada is adopting some of its North American neighbor’s controversial police methods and dipping its toes into the pool of facial recognition technology, with Calgary police paving the way for a full-scale automated biometric identification system. Beginning this month, the Calgary Police Service will start taking advantage of…

The Law of Policing – Industry News

  Expanding Police Powers Online Not Popular Among Canadians: Poll Fewer than one in four Canadians support expanding the ability of law enforcement to access information about individuals’ internet usage, according to a new poll from Ipsos Reid. The poll, carried out for the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), found that individual rights outweigh the…

The Law of Policing – Industry News

  City of Montreal files complaint against police After taking on firefighters at the labour relations board, the city of Montreal has now filed a complaint against police. The city says that since the dispute over pension reforms began, police officers are issuing fewer tickets. “We believe that it has a direct relation with the…

Anti-Money Laundering Industry News

Banks to face US Justice Department action against money laundering: Report /Reuters, Jan. 10, 2014/ –  The US Justice Department plans additional enforcement actions against banks that do not have enough safeguards against money laundering, the acting head of the department’s criminal division said in an interview to the Wall Street Journal. [Read More…] A…