Michigan Emergency Law Permits Private Control Over Public Office

Michigan governor Rick Snyder (R). photo: Wikimedia Commons

Michigan’s budget crisis puts democracy on the chopping block Michigan’s emergency manager law grants sweeping powers to unelected officials. by Paul Abowd for iWatch News When the city of Pontiac, Mich., ordered the closing of its fire department [...]

Car License Plate Scanning Has Public-Private Partnership Seeing Profits

1927 California license plate. photo: Wikimedia Commons

The units work by sounding an in-car alert if the scanner comes across a license plate of interest to police, whereas before, patrol officers generally needed some reason to take an interest in the vehicle, like a traffic [...]