AI in the Criminal Justice System

EPIC, Coalition Urge the White House Office of Management and Budget to Halt DHS’s Harmful AI Systems

November 27, 2024

EPIC joined a coalition of over 140 organizations led by Just Futures Law to push The Office of Management and Budget to use its authority to stop the Department of Homeland Security’s use of non-conforming artificial intelligence systems to inform or make decisions regarding surveillance, deportation, and detention.
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
The Record: Chicago stops using controversial ShotSpotter gunshot detection system

September 26, 2024
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
WKRC: ‘ShotSpotter’ under increased scrutiny as Cincinnati weighs $1 million annual renewal cost

September 23, 2024
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
EPIC Calls on the National Institute of Justice to Center Harm Prevention and Agency Oversight in Forthcoming Criminal Justice AI Report

May 28, 2024

Today, EPIC submitted comments to the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ), urging the agency to rein in the harmful biases, inaccuracies, and abuses at the core of criminal justice AI systems.
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Government AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Senators Call on DHS to Investigate Federal Funding of ShotSpotter

May 15, 2024

In a May 14 letter, Senators Ed Markey, Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren, and Representative Ayanna Pressley, called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari to investigate DHS’s funding of ShotSpotter, including potential violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Generating Harms

May 14, 2024
- Access to Information
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Children's Privacy
- Commercial AI Use
- Communications Privacy
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Election Security
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Government AI Use
- Government Records & Privacy
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- International Privacy
- International Privacy Laws
- Online Harassment
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Robocalls
- Screening & Scoring
- Social Media Privacy
- Student Privacy
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Web Scraping
- Workplace Privacy
CNN: Critics of ShotSpotter gunfire detection system say it’s ineffective, biased and costly

February 24, 2024
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
WIRED: Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors

February 22, 2024
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
NextGov: OMB wants public input on privacy impact assessments

January 29, 2024
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- News
FedScoop: Justice Department discloses FBI project with Amazon Rekognition tool

January 25, 2024
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- News