If any television series past or present could be called a tribute to the Los Angeles Police Department, it would be Jack Webb’s Dragnet. Dragnet ran on television in the 1950s and then several years ...

Louisville Metro Police collect data through license plate readers and share it with thousands of law enforcement agencies.

The police “crime and punishment” TV show Dragnet aired in 1952 and ran for eight years on NBC. One actor who made a guest appearance was future Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy who found the show’s use ...

Intelligence officials today released top secret internal briefings they had provided to members of Congress that outline the dragnet phone call metadata surveillance program lawmakers secretly knew ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. BitTorrent wants to build a secure chat service that will only ever let a message ...

A free screening of a new documentary about Ann Arbor's infamous "DNA dragnet" will be followed by a panel discussion at the ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Citing the state secrets privilege and other legal claims, the Obama administration urged a federal judge here Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit claiming Americans' electronic ...

Your information could end up in the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement when you apply for a driver’s license, drive on the roads or sign up for utilities, a new report has found. ICE has ...

To understand how much commerce has changed in recent years, consider a simple trip to the grocery store. When you drive to the store now, your movements are recorded by your cellphone provider, your ...

Christopher Dorner could face death penalty if caught and convicted. Feb. 11, 2013— -- The dragnet for suspected cop killer Christopher Dorner has been extended as far south as the Mexican border ...