A review by the non-profit Nashville Police and Public Safety Alliance reveals nine of Nashville’s geographic, demographic, and economic peer cities –– including Austin, Denver, and Charlotte –– are using policing technologies far more extensively than we are.
Even cities in our surrounding counties, such as Mt. Juliet, have adopted technologies like license plate readers, drones and real-time video and data integration platforms. Today we look at how law, policy and rural-urban divide shape the adoption of this technology. How do we balance the adoption of this new and emerging tech while protecting the right to privacy and due process?
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This episode was produced by Mary Mancini & Emily West.
Guests:
- Emily Benedict, Metro Councilmember, District 7
- Greg Blair, Deputy Chief, MNPD
- Matthew Guariglia, senior policy analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Emily West, Criminal Justice Reporter, WPLN
Related Links:
- Nashville police drone usage hits turbulence after launching without council approval (WPLN)
- Nashville and Its Peers: Policing and Public Safety (The Nashville Police and Public Safety Alliance)
- The Metro Human Relations Commission’s Response to the “Nashville and Its Peers: Policing and Public Safety” Report
- Metro agency: Policing technology report ‘fundamentally flawed’ (WPLN)
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