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Data, Surveillance, and the Law: What Is Policing? | HackerNoon This article is meant to bring into question what policing is and how it relates to citizens, governance, society, and public life.

Data, Surveillance, and the Law: What Is Policing? #Technology #SocialandEthicalImplications #DataPrivacy #Surveillance #Policing

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This is “supposed” to make people feel safe? It’ll do the opposite. #Toronto #DefundThePolice #MakeLoveNotWar #policing #Ontario

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#PostGraduate #cccupolice #Policing

Another day, another graduation ceremony (and STILL without the floppy hat!).

But congratulations to all who are graduating today, with a special shoutout to my #DHEP students getting their Graduate Diplomas in Professional #Policing Practice. Well done you lot!

#CCCUgraduation #CCCUproud #PEC

This Sheriff Says His Department Eliminated Racial Bias. Data Shows Otherwise. The post This Sheriff Says His Department Eliminated Racial Bias. Data Shows Otherwise. appeared first on ProPublica.

Four angles. One story. More at gettheflies.com/this-sheriff-says-his-de...

#TheFlies #CriminalJustice #RacialBias #Policing

PCC agrees extending Bedfordshire’s chief constable’s contract is “in the public interest” - Bedford Independent The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) has said that describing the extension of Bedfordshire’s chief constable’s...

Trevor Rodenhurst will remain in post until January 2031...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #Policing #ChiefConstable #Bedfordshire

Loveland Leases – The Policing Feedback Loop How predatory housing and policing co‑produce surveillance, criminalization, and community destabilization 1. The Core Insight: Housing and Policing Are Co‑Designed Systems Policing is not separate from housing.It is the enforcement arm of the housing regime. Predatory housing relies on: surveillance, compliance, silence, fear, rapid removal. Policing provides: the threat, the presence, the justification, the escalation, the narrative. Together, they form a feedback loop that stabilizes predatory housing by destabilizing the people living inside it. 2. Stage One — Crime‑Free Housing as the Origin Point Loveland’s adoption of crime‑free housing programs (2013–2016) created:

#policing #housing

Surrey Police Board warns of 'risks' in taking over Cloverdale so soon – Surrey Citizen Surrey Police Service photo The province has appointed five new members to the City of Surrey’s police board, a move that comes at a time when the Surrey

Province appoints five new members to the City of Surrey’s police board; Surrey Police Service to take over patrolling Cloverdale a few months earlier than it wanted.

Read more in the Surrey Citizen: buff.ly/qwcPY9K

#Policing #SurreyBC #SurreyCitizen

“Sexualized conduct within #police workplaces may reflect problematic #policing attitudes or views and can undermine how police interact with members of the public—particularly survivors of sexual or gender-based violence” #BC #BritishColumbia #Canada www.mycampbellrivernow.com/87304/news/p...

Full transparency and public apology required on RCMP surveillance of Indigenous leaders—MKO In light of newly revealed RCMP intelligence files showing decades of covert surveillance targeting Indigenous leaders and organizations across Canada, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) is calling...

“Learning that our leaders, people who were fighting for basic rights and dignity for Indigenous people, were treated as threats is shocking. This was targeted political surveillance rooted in racism and colonialism.”

#Indigenous #FirstNations #RCMP #surveillance #policing

Bedfordshire Police case ends in 13-year sentence for child abuse offender - Bedford Independent Stephen Torr has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of sexually abusing a vulnerable child over a two-year period...

The investigation began in October 2020, when the victim disclosed to someone that she had been abused when she was younger...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #Crime #Abuse #Policing

Police lay arson charges in McDonald’s fire - Prince Albert Daily Herald The Prince Albert police have charged a 45-year-old man with arson causing damage to property following a fire at the McDonald’s on Second Avenue West. Officers were called to the scene at around 9 a.m. on March 21 following reports of a fire at a business in the 3600 block of Second Avenue West. Officers

Police lay arson charges in McDonald’s fire


#CommunityNewspaper #emergencyservices #fire #PADailyHerald #Policing #PrinceAlbert
paherald.sk.ca/police-lay-arson-charges...

Dublin denies freedom to students protesting against genocide Why has an Irish university entered new research partnerships with Israel?

University College Dublin "has a selective approach to 'academic freedom.'"

"[S]upport Israel or the arms industry [and] enjoy freedom."

"[P]rotest against UCD's partnerships with Israel [and] get disciplined."
#Ireland #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Protest #Education #Genocide

Why am I anti cop @anticopofficial.bsky.social ?
Because "Renewed Calls to Ban Chokeholds Highlights the Colonial Nature of Australian Policing".
#Australia #colonialism #antifa #policing #Anticop

Tell Berkeley City Council to vote no on expanding its contract with Flock. #surveillance #policing #bigbrother

One for those interested in #SurveillanceCapitalism, #policing, and #criminology

Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

"In the first seven months of his second term, authorities arrested and detained parents of at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children."

"[A]verage of more than 50 U.S. citizen kids a day with a parent pulled into detention."
#USA #Policing #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #DomesticViolence

Mount Cashel's Continuing Saga of Abuse and Conspiracy Efforts to hide orphanage horrors in Newfoundland resonate 50 years after in a $30-million BC lawsuit.

"Six men began their abuse of young orphans on one coast of Canada, then by a travesty of justice were sent to the opposite side of the country, where they allegedly abused [200] more boys."
#BritishColumbia #NewfoundlandLabrador #Canada #Housing #Policing #Education #Courts #SexualViolence

LETTER: Chicago, we must end pretextual stops March 21 marked the two-year anniversary of Dexter Reed's death. Pretextual stops are still rampant across Chicago.

"March 21 marked the two-year anniversary of Dexter Reed's death."

"[T]wo uncomfortable realities remain: one, the standardized practice of pretextual traffic stops contributed to Mr. Reed's death; two, pretextual stops are still rampant across Chicago."
#Illinois #USA #Transportation #Policing

Death of Nooran Rezayi — Four mothers and their teenagers sue the City of Longueuil and its police department and demand answers Cinq adolescents marqués par la mort de Nooran Rezayi poursuivent Longueuil et la police pour 1,9 M$.

"Their friend died in front of them."

"Six months later, the five young people, still affected by the events, sued the City of Longueuil and its police department."

"At night, 'he has nightmares where the police show up at his house and kill him.'"
#Quebec #Canada #Policing #Courts

🎭 Chappell Roan, Britney Spears, and the Hostage‑Pledge Trap The article discusses how women and queer artists, like Chappell Roan and Britney Spears, face criticism and punishment for asserting their autonomy. It highlights a systemic issue where artists are celebrated as long as they comply with an idealized role but are condemned when they set boundaries. This "hostage-pledge system" reflects broader cultural demands for obedience and vulnerability.

#hostagepledge #criticism #policing

The Officers Most Likely to Cause Problems Already Had a Record The officers most likely to be sued for misconduct had something else on their resumes: they'd done this job before. That is the somewhat jarring upshot

The Officers Most Likely to Cause Problems Already Had a Record #Science #Other #policing #criminaljustice #lawenforcement

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Courts' Fight Over 'Cop City' Protests Raises Questions About Terrorism Laws and Environmental Activism A years-long legal fight tied to protests over Atlanta's Public Safety Training Center could shape how states wield terrorism laws against environmental protest movements.

"[I]t's taken three years."

"My clients have had to endure three years of every single record check showing domestic terrorism."

"[N]ational test of how states deploy terrorism laws against protest movements tied to environmental issues."
#Georgia #USA #Policing #Courts #Forests #Climate #Protest

What does safety really look like in NYC?

CUNY GC alum and former NYPD Commander Brandon del Pozo on the balance between immediate response and long-term prevention.

🎥 Watch Strategies for a New Era of Policing and Public Safety in NYC on YouTube.

🔗 youtu.be/wbEqGG6HCsc?...

#nyc #policing

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#policing #lawenforcement #policeappeals

Georgia: Identity Policing, Captivity, Sorting, and Curriculum Truthfulness Georgia's educational system exemplifies a patchwork regime shaped by identity policing, racialized punishment, extreme segregation, and state-level censorship. The state serves as a model of educational authoritarianism, where conformity to a racial-moral order is enforced, impacting student identity and autonomy amidst systemic inequalities.

#georgia #policing #education

Arizona: Identity Policing, Captivity, Sorting, and Curriculum Truthfulness Arizona's educational system exemplifies a border-colonial governance regime, intertwining identity policing, punitive practices, market-driven sorting, and historical censorship. It operates under high scrutiny of identities, racialized discipline, and extreme inequality, reflecting broader national trends of cultural control, surveillance, and neoliberal privatization impacting students’ futures.

#policing #bodies #identity #arizona