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Police tech oversight dashboard

A transparency tool tracking law enforcement software access and sharing.

Why now

Growing scrutiny of police tech requires better accountability tools.

Who for
Civic oversight groups
Business model
Municipal contracts
Effort
A few months

Communities lack visibility into how law enforcement technologies are being used and shared across agencies.

Build a public dashboard that logs and visualizes access patterns for surveillance tech like Flock cameras, highlighting unusual data sharing.

Sell to municipal oversight boards and civil rights organizations.

Start by scraping and analyzing publicly available data contracts.

Legal and political risks around data accuracy and access are significant.

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