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A running, sourced timeline of how license-plate readers, body cams and AI policing tools are actually going — and what the failures cost taxpayers.

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· Chicago, IL

Cook County holds hearing on ICE data broker use

In July 2022, Cook County held a public hearing on ICE’s use of data brokers. Records obtained by Just Futures Law and Mijente showed ICE’s Chicago field office ran over 13,000 people searches on LexisNexis between March and September 2021, generating over 1,800 reports. Cook County indirectly shares jail data with ICE through data broker Appriss, which supplies LexisNexis. LexisNexis holds a contract with ICE worth up to $22.1 million.

$22,100,000Contract spendreportednot on THE TABICE contract with LexisNexis; not Cook County spend

Also in Chicago, IL

10 entries over 6 yr 4 mo, oldest first. The gap is the time since the previous one.

  1. Chicago police decommission the Strategic Subject List after $3.8 million and ten years
  2. +3 monthsOIG advisory on CPD predictive risk models cites unreliability and decommissioning
  3. +4 monthsACLU sues Clearview AI; Chicago PD says it no longer uses the facial recognition tool
  4. +1 yr 3 moChicago OIG finds ShotSpotter rarely leads to evidence of gun crimes
  5. +10 monthsCook County holds hearing on ICE data broker use this entry
  6. +2 yr 3 moChicago switches off ShotSpotter after spending more than $53 million since 2018
  7. +1 dayChicago Lets ShotSpotter Contract Expire After $49 Million in Spending
  8. +6 monthsFederal judge approves Clearview AI settlement paying class in company equity, valued at $51.75 million
  9. +5 monthsChicago pays $90,000 to settle class action over ShotSpotter-prompted stops
  10. +7 monthsChicago pays $500,000 to man charged with murder on the strength of a ShotSpotter alert

Sources

  1. Cook County Investigates ICE Purchasing of Data Software to Target Undocumented Immigrants — South Side Weekly, Aug 5, 2022 (southsideweekly.com)

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