Alcohoot combats drunk driving with ‘world’s first enforcement-grade smartphone breathalyzer’

Alcohoot has officially launched its device and mobile app, which accurately measures your blood alcohol content and even helps you find food or a taxi when things get hazy.

NYPD taps custom Android phones for instant police record access

The NYPD is taking another step toward tech relevancy by distributing customized Android phones to police officers that can access all sorts of data about criminals.

Sheriff to reporters: Stop live-tweeting this shootout

Sheriff asks for media to stop tweeting about the Christopher Dorner standoff in San Bernadino, Calif., concerned it may aid the suspect in harming officers.

The gaming school of law enforcement: How video games can improve officers’ effectiveness

Welcome to the gaming school of policing. For all you fine officers out there, here's some advice for recapturing those pesky criminals.

Hacker checks open government data: Do police officers have quotas for traffic tickets?

We've likely all wondered whether police officers have quotas for how many traffic tickets they issue. Big data to the rescue.

Oops — police searches at MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom’s house were illegal, judge says

The wheels of justice may grind slowly, but they do grind. Who they grind, of course, is another matter.

And whether or not you believe that Kim Dotcom’s file-sharing business MegaUpload was a legal business or a thin front for …

IPv6 might put a damper on law enforcement work on the web

IPv6 might be good for the Internet, but it’s throwing a wet blanket on law enforcement work, the FBI says.

Internet Protocol version 6, as it’s properly called, is going to save the web from running out of addresses. In …

Pirate Bay braces for police raid as global filesharing crackdown continues

File sharing site The Pirate Bay is no stranger to law enforcement, its offices were raided back in 2006, which led to four convictions. Now the team believes that authorities have obtained new warrants and are bracing for another crackdown. …

U.S. court authorizes warrantless (but limited) cell phone search

A U.S. federal appeals court ruled today that police officers can search a cell phone without a warrant.

The searches are to be limited to the device’s number; having the number enables officers of the law to request other, more …

Taser unveils new wearable police cameras, starting with BART

For geeks, small head-mounted cameras streaming to iPhones seem like cool, sci-fi inspired gadgetry. For cops, they may be the best way to record incidents, avoid lawsuits, and stay one step ahead of disastrous PR and public outrage.

On Tuesday, …

Contradicting early reports, SF police helped Apple search for lost iPhone 5

The San Francisco police department this weekend admitted that it did in fact help Apple employees search a Bay-area home for a “lost item,” which most reports say was a missing iPhone 5 prototype.

The “lost iPhone 5″ saga began …