A report on Brazil’s security technology “Smart Policing”, an open-source app for monitoring police developed by Igarapé Institute.

Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro have joined hands in trying out a new policing system. The famous cities are employing the use of mobile cameras to strengthen policing in various districts while improving police accountability and enhancing police relations with society. The initiative is…

In the wake of recent cases of police violence in the United States, a national conversation has started about the use of body cameras.

Robert Muggah, research director at the Igarapé Institute, was selected by Ericsson as one of 60 winners in the “network society” by using technology to solve complex social problems

Vishva Samani reports on how smart policing in Brazil keeps a check on the police

This Strategic Note analyses the introduction of new technologies and the strategy of police pacification in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas.

How technological can be used to conduct a reform in police institutions in states like Rio de Janeiro where the relations between police and society are characterized by mistrust.

This article reviews the emerging character and shape of digitally enhanced violence prevention in Latin America, drawing primarily on the cases of Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.

Robert Muggah, research director at the Igarapé Institute, talks about the Smart Policing project