InvestigateTV+ Weekend: Cameras across the nation
(InvestigateTV) — Police cameras scan millions of cars to help solve crimes.
But Brendan Keefe found when the system points to the wrong person clearing your name can become its own fight.
Plus, police k-9s help track suspects, find missing people, and put themselves in danger. But when they retire, many handlers get no help with the cost of care.
Watching the Watchers
Tens of thousands of cameras have cropped up across the nation. It’s part of an always-on mass surveillance system called Flock Safety, a for-profit company that markets its cameras and searchable databases to police departments nationwide.
Flock cameras have been used to catch murderers, kidnappers, and serial burglars, but the system is not just used to track criminals. Every car that passes is photographed, scanned, and the time and location are logged -- even those not suspected in any crime.
That database is often shared between law enforcement agencies who can search your movements over a full month without a warrant. Police officers have been caught stalking their exes using Flock. Hacktivists have found some cameras streaming to the web with no security.
Innocent residents have been falsely accused of crimes using Flock photos of their cars innocently passing areas where a crime occurred. National Investigative Reporter Brendan Keefe talks with all of them and gets answers from the private company tracking members of the public who cannot opt out of 24/7 surveillance.
K-9s serve as officers. Many retire with no financial safety net
Across the country, police K-9s serve as full-fledged officers; tracking suspects, detecting drugs, and even finding missing children, yet when they retire, they receive no pension, no benefits, and no financial support for their often costly medical needs.
We uncover why they don’t qualify for those benefits, explain how the burden often falls to their handlers, and show what some states and organizations are doing to step up and help man’s best friend.
Thieves are stealing SNAP benefits from families, here’s what’s being done
Every day, SNAP helps millions of Americans put food on the table. But we found the program is also a target for cybercriminals – with benefits drained from accounts in minutes.
Anastassia Olmos shows how one Georgia mom lost hundreds of dollars in food assistance – and why federal investigators say this scam goes far beyond stolen cards.
Real cost of online scams may dwarf official numbers, report finds
A new report from the Consumer Federation of America estimates that Americans are losing about $119 billion a year to online scams.
In this Watching Your Wallet, Consumer Investigator Caresse Jackman talks with one of the experts behind that report about the losses they say often go unreported, and what consumers can do to protect themselves.
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