Daren Bakst, John Locke Foundation director of legal and regulatory services, shares his concerns about Durham’s possible recognition of the matricula consular, a controversial Mexican identification card. Bakst offered these comments for a Nov. 15, 2010, report on WNCN (NBC17).
Cities differ on public safety tech
The police department in Winston-Salem uses a commercial product called ShotSpotter, a network of audio sensors and software, to identify possible incidents of gunfire and ensure a faster response to them. Since its implementation in 2021, the system appears to have reduced the number of aggravated assaults and saved at least two lives of gunshot...