https://polizei.nrw/artikel/unterstuetzung-aus-der-luft-drohnen-ermoeglichen-der-polizei-nrw-ganz-neue-perspektiven
"Support from the air: #drones open up completely new perspectives for the NRW #police
From 2021, the North Rhine-Westphalian police will initially be equipped with 76 drones in the areas of forensic investigation centres, the crime scene surveying group of the #State #Office of #Criminal #Investigation and the riot police. In a next step, a further 30 drones will be procured for the #traffic #accident #investigation #teams.

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Unterstützung aus der Luft: Drohnen ermöglichen der Polizei NRW ganz neue Perspektiven

Die nordrhein-westfälische Polizei wird ab 2021 mit zunächst 76 Drohnen in den Bereichen der Kriminaltechnischen Untersuchungsstellen, der Tatortvermessungsgruppe des Landeskriminalamtes und der Bereitschaftspolizei ausgestattet.

^polizei.nrw

The ‘fear bubble’:

You might read stories like Mae’s and believe you would never fall victim, but the AARP warns people of a ‘fear bubble’ – an induced state of panic that makes rational thought difficult.

Under stress, anyone can fall victim.

https://theconversation.com/gift-card-scams-generate-billions-for-fraudsters-and-industry-as-regulators-fail-to-protect-consumers-and-how-one-83-year-old-fell-into-the-fear-bubble-236439

#investigation #news #crime

Gift card scams generate billions for fraudsters and industry as regulators fail to protect consumers − and how one 83-year-old fell into the ‘fear bubble’

Consumers lose more than $5 billion a year to fraud involving gift cards, while the industry exploits regulatory loopholes and delays solutions.

^{The Conversation}

New investigation:

U.S. consumers lose an estimated $5 billion a year to fraud involving gift cards, while the industry exploits regulatory loopholes and delays solutions.

Our new #investigation teamed up a fraud and forensic accounting professor and a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter.

We tell the story through 83-year-old victim Mae, who was brave enough to share her story of losing thousands of dollars:

https://theconversation.com/gift-card-scams-generate-billions-for-fraudsters-and-industry-as-regulators-fail-to-protect-consumers-and-how-one-83-year-old-fell-into-the-fear-bubble-236439

#news #journalism #fraud

Gift card scams generate billions for fraudsters and industry as regulators fail to protect consumers − and how one 83-year-old fell into the ‘fear bubble’

Consumers lose more than $5 billion a year to fraud involving gift cards, while the industry exploits regulatory loopholes and delays solutions.

^{The Conversation}