Hacker NewsAug 26, 2024
Cops are using AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court?
https://apnews.com/article/ai-writes-police-reports-axon-body-cameras-chatgpt-a24d1502b53faae4be0dac069243f418
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Police officers are starting to use AI to write crime reports

Police officers are starting to use artificial intelligence to help write crime reports. Pulling from the sounds of an officer's body camera, an AI tool based on the same technology as ChatGPT can churn out the first draft of an incident report in seconds. Officers who’ve tried it in Oklahoma City and other police departments are enthused about the time-saving technology. Some prosecutors, police watchdogs and legal scholars have concerns about how it could alter a fundamental document in the criminal justice system that plays a role in who gets prosecuted or imprisoned.

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 Hacker NewsApr 27, 2024
Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into police detainees
https://apnews.com/article/investigation-police-use-of-force-sedation-injections-demetrio-jackson-621909ba7491abc2af8ad2e33ba3415b
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Dozens of deaths reveal risks of sedating people restrained by police

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts. The injections are given by medical personnel during police encounters. The investigation shows how a strategy intended to reduce violence and save lives has resulted in some avoidable deaths. While sedatives were mentioned as a cause or contributing factor in a dozen official death rulings, authorities often didn’t even investigate whether injections were appropriate in the 94 deaths identified by the AP over a decade. About half of the 94 who died were Black.

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 Hacker NewsApr 6, 2024
Citizen scientist has measured Rockies snowfall for 50 years
https://apnews.com/article/citizen-scientist-snow-rocky-mountains-drought-water-3a4e053d7db9be3eb22aa6809eab57c0
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Citizen scientist measured Rockies snowfall for 50 years. Two new hips help him keep going

As snow hydrologists fan across the western U.S. to measure peak snowpack this spring, citizen scientist Billy Barr will be measuring snow — as always — at 9,500 feet outside his cabin in the remote mountain town of Gothic in central Colorado. This is Barr’s 50th year logging snowfall amounts there. Researchers regularly reference his trove of data as they study a watershed that feeds the Colorado River. Two recent hip replacements let Barr carry on his field work longer than he expected. Now 73, he plans to keep measuring snowfall but is unsure who would fill his shoes when he retires.

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