The surveillance & liberty brief

Crow's Nest tracks license-plate readers, facial recognition, police surveillance and the wider civil-liberties beat, town by town. One free email each weekday morning, every line linked to the reporting it came from.

Friday, October 2 — as of 9:53 AM ET
Today's issue

West Yorkshire Police deployed live facial…

Friday, October 2, 2026 · 25 stories · view as email
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The pattern
Police in three jurisdictions authorized or moved to deploy live facial recognition in public spaces.
The pattern
Four reports detailed police misusing license-plate reader systems or evading search justification rules.
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Surveillance & Privacy
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Takes effectCambridge, England — Cambridgeshire Police deploys live facial recognition technology in Cambridge (Cambridge News)
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Useful
Atlas of Surveillance(atlasofsurveillance.org)
EFF's searchable record of which surveillance technologies each police department has bought, by city and agency.
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