#policing — Public Fediverse posts

Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/flock-safety-os-investigate/

1/n Nice People (1931) by Bertrand Russell, excerpted from Why I Am Not A Christian and other essays on religion and related subjects.

“I know at this moment a foreign woman living in England, in happy though extralegal union with a man whom she loves and who loves her; unfortunately her political opinions are not so conservative as could be wished, though they are mere opinions, about which she does nothing. The nice people, however, have used this excuse to set Scotland Yard upon the scent, and she is to be sent back to her native country to starve. In England, as in America, the foreigner is a morally degrading influence, and we all owe a debt of gratitude to the police for the care which they take to see that only exceptionally virtuous foreigners are allowed to reside among us.”

#Satire #Immigration #Policing #Cruelty #BertrandRussell #Philosophy #Books

Uncovered texts reveal alleged gun-for-hire network tied to attempted Project South hit | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/texts-reveal-alleged-gun-for-hire-project-south-9.7306502

#canada #policing #dirtycops #toronto #gta

Too little and far too late.

Pay attention England (I would say Britain but it is England that is ‘pioneering’ mass surveillance).

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/13/flock-safety-police-abuse-surveillance-cameras

#Flock #Surveillance #Privacy #Opression #USA #UKPol #Policing #Abuse

Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, a professor at the George Washington University Law School whose scholarship has focused on #policing, #BigData #surveillance & the #FourthAmendment, said Thursday’s shifts were “better than the opposite” but called for further scrutiny of the #technology in the form of “sustained democratic engagement with the rules & judicial checks on access at a minimum.”

#Flock #law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #MassSurveillance #tech #AbuseOfPower #deflock

Laura Laker has the next in our series exploring the cultural issues affecting the #ebike space.

Taking a separate angle to our exploration of the gig economy worker's point of view, Laura did the shadowed Stu Ford and his 10-person team of Cycle Cops.

Laura sought to understand the methods the Cycle Cops are using to spot illegal modifications & overpowered vehicles that are purporting to be e-bikes.

https://www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/london-illegal-ebikes-policing

#policing #policy #electricbikes #transport #gigeconomy

Beyond the headlines figures, there's little transparency over the extent of surveillance that those referred into Prevent will face.

Being neither wholly owned by policing or by counter-terrorism, there appears to be no oversight or parliamentary scrutiny of data sharing, processing and storage.

#prevent #surveillance #dataprotection #precrime #policing #ukpolitics #ukpol

Prevent is expanding the surveillance state at an unruly rate.

Public sector workers shouldn't be co-opted as agents of counter-terror policing. People in need of support shouldn't be stigmatised as suspect.

We need real investment in education, community health services and local infrastructure.

#prevent #surveillance #dataprotection #precrime #policing #ukpolitics #ukpol

Prevent is meant to identify people at risk of radicalisation before any crime has been committed.

But over 50% of referrals fall under 'no fixed ideology'.

And governments have added more categories into the mix, bloating the system with referrals that don't belong under a counter-terrorism lens.

#prevent #surveillance #dataprotection #precrime #policing #ukpolitics #ukpol

Prevent referrals have shot up by ~40% in England and Wales 📈

Kids, teens and vulnerable people are being pushed into a mass surveillance programme where 80% of referrals don't go anywhere. But their data remains in the system.

It’s clear that a programme designed for counter-terrorism has lost the plot.

Read our latest blog ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/rising-prevent-referrals-and-the-runaway-train-of-mass-surveillance/

#prevent #surveillance #dataprotection #precrime #policing #ukpolitics #ukpol

Under 18s make up the majority of referrals into Prevent.

Over a third are people with mental health conditions and people who are neurodivergent.

Often referrals are made to fast track people to get support. Long-term surveillance is the trade off.

Prevent is the wrong answer.

#prevent #surveillance #dataprotection #precrime #policing #ukpolitics #ukpol

When stopped by Police Sargent Drone, step away from the car and put hands in the air! <joke> 😃

Drone as a First Responder - DFR! DFR programs are exploding across the USA.

As of Feb 2026, over 1,000 public safety agencies—police, fire, emergency management agencies, have received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waivers needed to automate drone operations and launch a DFR program.

Concerns re invasion of privacy and the safety of "automated" flight operations are being flagged already.

#aerialsurveillance #datacollection #patrolofficers #surveillance #Police #policing #firefighters #ems #safety #BVLOS #Drone #AutomatedFlights #situationalawareness #Privacy #transparency #FAA #AI #DFR

"In 2023, 60 per cent of Australians rejected a constitutionally recognised Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A body that could only make representations, only on matters concerning the people whose ancestors have been here sixty thousand years.
"Too much, the No campaign shrieked. Division. Privilege. Special treatment.
"Nine months later, Anthony Albanese handed Jillian Segal what the Voice never dreamed of asking for. Not a right to be heard. Power. No election. No parliamentary vote. No hearing. A three year commission reporting personally to the Prime Minister, with a mandate reaching into every campus, newsroom, classroom, gallery, charity, arts contract and visa file in the Commonwealth."

Andrew Brown writes: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-state-the-office-australia-never-voted-for/

#academicFreedom #influence #lobbying #policing #silencing #genocideSupport #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #manipulation #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission #AusPol #JillianSegal #Segal #AnthonyAlbanese

"Deadly confrontations involving police officers, including fatal shootings, have become far more common in Canada in recent years, while criminal charges against the officers in these cases remain exceedingly rare." #Policing https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-number-of-fatal-clashes-involving-police-on-the-rise-though-criminal/

Vital work by law enforcement in Monterey County includes the work outlined in story by John C. Murray, who served for over 28 years in local law enforcement. https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover/a-decade-after-salinas-was-dubbed-the-youth-murder-capital-a-look-back-at-an/article_8129a930-d779-4034-bfc5-bf4855be1604.html. We biked those hoods regularly in those years, particularly North Hebbron. Murray’s story also brings to mind Bicycling Victims of Violence, 2012-2018: Juan Angel Perez, and Señores Amezcua, Cardenas, Martinez, Ramirez, Sanchez, Suniga, Trujillo https://bikemonterey.org/in-memory-of-people-murdered-while-biking.html

#MontereyCountyNow #PoliceWork #Policing #GangViolence #Salinas #GoodCops

The Prevent Duty has transformed trusted public sector workers into agents of counter-terror policing.

And those in need of support into subjects of suspicion.

Community safety demands real investment in education, community services and local infrastructure to support often young and vulnerable people – not to stigmatise and surveil them.

#prevent #surveillance #policing #ukpolitics #ukpol

Prevent referrals rocketed by almost 40% last year in England and Wales 🚨

Of those referred into this counter-terrorism programme, the majority were under 18. Almost 400 were children under 10!

More than a third have a mental health condition or are neurodiverse.

This is a huge expansion of the surveillance state.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r072j10zlo

#prevent #surveillance #policing #ukpolitics #ukpol

"Perhaps the most striking trend is the continued growth of #RightWing #extremism. Referrals linked to #FarRight concerns rose by 42%, increasing from 1,480 to 2,103 cases in just one year. By contrast, referrals relating to Islamist extremism fell by 9%, dropping from 945 to 860."

#UKPol #Policing #Prevent #Terrorism

https://dorseteye.com/far-right-terrorism-referrals-surge-as-islamist-cases-continue-to-decline/

New York’s Use Of AI For Family Policing Summarizes The Last 30 Years Of City Politics

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/new-yorks-use-of-ai-for-family-policing-summarizes-the-last-30-years-of-city-politics

Last night, Cambridge City Council voted to temporarily re-instate #ShotSpotter while they gather more information.
https://archive.is/gjAdA

#CambridgeMA #MAPol #surveillance #privacy #policing #StopShotSpotter

Today marks the start of a new series from @cyclingelectric.bsky.social that seeks to go deeper on the cultural issues the e-bikes face

This starts with: The ‘E-bike’ influencer content that could get you arrested & the laws you'll be breaking if you follow

https://www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/the-e-bike-influencer-content-that-could-get-you-arrested

#policing #ebikes #electricbikes #cycling #influencer #transport #law #policy

Eventually Everyone Will Be Called A Terrorist

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/eventually-everyone-will-be-called-a-terrorist

Commentary on the #SomervilleMA police #bodyCameras situation, and what the Mayor might be trying to do, from Chris Dwan:
https://csindie.com/somervilles-mayor-is-forcing-a-special-council-meeting-to-vote-on-body-worn-cameras/

#surveillance #policing #MAPol #legislativeProcess

Here is a generic-language version of the email I just sent to #Somerville Council about police #bodycameras for the 12pm deadline.
https://sandstorm.appux.com/shared/lGlNKXBAaxeBW0-1FUCMihCp9r-K3h6HryHO2vNa4oa

If you are delivering public comment tonight, feel free to adapt ideas in there. It's a complicated issue, and I know that concerns differ.

#SomervilleMA #MAPol #surveillance #policing #privacy