The Beat Talk to the camera (respectfully) Police using body cameras generate data, and lots of it. But until this week there’s never been a systematic effort to mine through it. Now, linguists, psychologists and …
The deadly attack on police outside a bus terminal in the Jakarta neighbourhood of Kampung Melayu last month was carried out by ‘fighters of the Islamic State’, according to the Amaq News Agency. Three police …
The Beat Body cameras and artificial intelligence The Intercept profiled a controversial development at the tech world this week. Taser (now Axon) made news last month when it offered a free year-long trial of its …
The Beat Carfentanil ban in China Carfentanil is a powerful opioid used as an elephant tranquillizer. Despite being 10,000 times stronger than morphine, it was possible last year to order kilograms of it on the …
The Beat Financial crime targets Oz superannuation AUSTRAC has just released a risk assessment on Australia’s trillion dollar (PDF) superannuation sector. The key findings show that fraud is the overwhelmingly predominant crime, and is often …




