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Farhang Heydari

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Assistant Professor of Law

131 21st Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37203-1181

United States

Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Law School

131 21st Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37203

United States

  • Vanderbilt University - Law School

  • Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Law School

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1.

The Invisible Driver of Policing

76 Stanford L. Rev. 1 (2024)
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 01 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2025
Farhang Heydari
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 386 (193,569)

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Policing, Criminal Law, Law Enforcement, Administrative Law, Administrative State, Federalism, NHTSA, Traffic Stops, Pretextual Stops

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Putting Police Body-Worn Camera Footage to Work:  A Civil Liberties Evaluation of Truleo’s AI Analytics Platform

46 Cardozo L. Rev. 2247 (2025), Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 5030758
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2025
Farhang Heydari, Max Isaacs, Katie Kinsey, Barry Friedman, Christopher Slobogin and Alissa Heydari
Vanderbilt University - Law School, New York University School of Law, NYU Law, New York University School of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Law School
Downloads 360 (213,671)

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Regulating Police Robots (Forthcoming 2026)

16 UC Irvine Law Review __ (2026) (forthcoming), Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 5164794
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2025
Max Isaacs, Barry Friedman and Farhang Heydari
New York University School of Law, New York University School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 348 (233,602)

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Fourth Amendment, Law Enforcement, Policing, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Drones, Surveillance

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The Private Role in Public Safety

90 George Washington Law Review 696 (2022)
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 14 May 2022 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2025
Farhang Heydari
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 343 (229,652)

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Policing Police Tech: A Soft Law Solution

37 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 701 (2022)
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 14 May 2022 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2025
Barry Friedman, Farhang Heydari, Max Isaacs and Katie Kinsey
New York University School of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School, New York University School of Law and NYU Law
Downloads 329 (228,126)
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Ring & Neighbors Public Safety Service: A Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Audit

NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 22-32
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 24 May 2022 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2022
Barry Friedman, Farhang Heydari, Max Isaacs and Julian Clark
New York University School of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School, New York University School of Law and New York University School of Law
Downloads 222 (343,660)
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7.

The Sheriff's Constitution

113 Georgetown Law Journal 1041 (2025), Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 5128490
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 07 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2025
Farhang Heydari
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 183 (420,133)

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CRIMINAL LAW, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, POLICING

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The Federal Government's Role in Local Policing

109 Virginia L. Rev. 1527 (2023)
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 30 Jan 2024
Barry Friedman, Rachel Harmon and Farhang Heydari
New York University School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 126 (572,948)

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Rethinking Federal Inducement of Pretext Stops

2024 Wis. L. Rev. 181
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 13 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2024
Farhang Heydari
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 121 (592,433)

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Understanding Police Reliance on Private Data

Hoover Institution, Aegis Series Paper No. 2106
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 14 May 2022
Farhang Heydari
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 121 (592,433)

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Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Audit of Baltimore's Aerial Investigation Research (AIR) Program

NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 22-38
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 23 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2022
Barry Friedman, Farhang Heydari, Emmanuel Mauleón and Max Isaacs
New York University School of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and New York University School of Law
Downloads 115 (617,542)

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12.

Weird Cops (Agency Police)

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 5699022
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 03 Nov 2025 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2026
Farhang Heydari
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 113 (654,668)

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Making Strange Bedfellows: Enlisting the Cooperation of Undocumented Employees in the Enforcement of Employer Sanctions

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 110, No. 6, 2010
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 May 2022
Farhang Heydari
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Discussing a Framework for the Responsible Use of Facial Recognition Technology in Law Enforcement - The National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee Law Enforcement Subcommittee (NAIAC-LE Subcommittee)

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 5149595
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Mar 2025
Jane R. Bambauer, Esha Bhandari, Farhang Heydari, Cynthia Rudin, Benji Hutchinson, Anthony Bak and Rashawn Ray
University of Florida Levin College of Law, Independent, Vanderbilt University - Law School, Duke University - Department of Computer Science, Rank One Computing (ROI), Palantir Technologies and University of Maryland, College Park
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Facial Recognition, AI, Law Enforcement, Privacy, Bias, Surveillance

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The National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC)- Recommendation: Field Testing of Law Enforcement AI Tools

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 May 2025 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2026
Armando Aguilar, Anthony Bak, Jane R. Bambauer, Esha Bhandari, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Farhang Heydari, Benji Hutchinson, Rashawn Ray and Cynthia Rudin
Miami Police Department, Palantir Technologies, University of Florida Levin College of Law, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Stanford University, Vanderbilt University - Law School, Rank One Computing (ROI), University of Maryland, College Park and Duke University - Department of Computer Science
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Artificial Intelligence, Technology Law, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Privacy, AI Bias

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Collecting, Analyzing, and Responding to Stop Data: A Guidebook for Law Enforcement Agencies, Government, and Communities

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 18 Apr 2024
Marie Pryor, Farhang Heydari, Phillip Atiba Goff and Barry Friedman
City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Vanderbilt University - Law School, City University of New York (CUNY) - Center for Policing Equity and New York University School of Law
Downloads 67 (916,100)

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The National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC)- Recommendation: Expand the AI Use Case Inventory by Limiting the 'Common Commercial Products' Exception

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 5149601
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 07 Mar 2025
Armando Aguilar, Anthony Bak, Amanda Ballantyne, Jane R. Bambauer, Esha Bhandari, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Farhang Heydari, Benji Hutchinson, Rashawn Ray and Cynthia Rudin
Miami Police Department, Palantir Technologies, AFL-CIO Technology Institute, University of Florida Levin College of Law, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Stanford University, Vanderbilt University - Law School, Rank One Computing (ROI), University of Maryland, College Park and Duke University - Department of Computer Science
Downloads 41 (1,209,354)

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Technology & Society, Artificial Intelligence, Transparency, Law Enforcement

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The National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC)- Recommendation: Require Public Summary Reporting on Use of High-Risk AI

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 5236908
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 07 May 2025
Jane R. Bambauer, Armando Aguilar, Anthony Bak, Esha Bhandari, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Farhang Heydari, Benji Hutchinson, Rashawn Ray and Cynthia Rudin
University of Florida Levin College of Law, Miami Police Department, Palantir Technologies, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Stanford University, Vanderbilt University - Law School, Rank One Computing (ROI), University of Maryland, College Park and Duke University - Department of Computer Science
Downloads 33 (1,318,317)

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Vice Chair Senior Vice President, Google, President for Research, Technology & Society

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A Fear About Holistic Justice

78 Vanderbilt Law Review 1743
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Mar 2026
Farhang Heydari
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads 28 (1,385,945)

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The National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC)- Recommendation: Require Public Use Policies for High-Risk AI

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 5236803
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 07 May 2025
Jane R. Bambauer, Armando Aguilar, Anthony Bak, Esha Bhandari, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Farhang Heydari, Benji Hutchinson, Rashawn Ray and Cynthia Rudin
University of Florida Levin College of Law, Miami Police Department, Palantir Technologies, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Stanford University, Vanderbilt University - Law School, Rank One Computing (ROI), University of Maryland, College Park and Duke University - Department of Computer Science
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Vice Chair Senior Vice President, Google, President for Research, Technology & Society