Ideas
governanceprivacy

Police tech use audit tool

Build software to track and analyze law enforcement technology usage. Target oversight organizations.

Why now

High-profile misuse cases create demand for better surveillance tech oversight.

Who for
Police oversight organizations
Business model
Nonprofit and government grants
Effort
A few months

Civil rights groups lack tools to monitor police surveillance tech deployments.

Create an audit system that tracks and analyzes law enforcement tech usage patterns.

Sell to oversight boards and civil liberties organizations.

Start with basic tracking of one technology type.

Risk: Political opposition from law enforcement agencies.

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