#policing — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #policing, aggregated by home.social.
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The #UK government is funding a new National Roads #Policing Coordination Centre (NRPCC) to lead a nationwide crackdown on illegal number plates across #England. Police forces will share intelligence, data and technology to identify offenders and disrupt organised crime groups using the road network.
The NRPCC will trial #technology including specialised goggles designed to detect plates altered to evade cameras. Illegal plates, including cloned, ‘ghost’ and missing plates, can be used to avoid speeding, parking and clean air zone penalties, as well as conceal vehicles involved in serious crime.
Drivers using incorrectly displayed number plates can be fined up to £1,000. The initiative forms part of the government’s new Road Safety Strategy, which aims to improve enforcement and save thousands of lives. The DVSA and DVLA are also working with police to tackle businesses supplying illegal plates and support roadside enforcement.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/crackdown-on-illegal-number-plates-with-new-government-funded-roads-policing-team -
Community crime-fighting volunteers welcome new partnership with Enfield Council
Love Your Doorstep’s community patrol scheme is now receiving backing from the council for the first time since…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Enfield #Crime #EnfieldCouncil #EnfieldTown #LoveYourDoorstep #policing #socialenterprise #volunteering
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/87841/ ‘Kids can’t go to school because of expected DISORDER’ | Middlesbrough schools FORCED to close early #Analysis #BreakingNews #ChildrenSafety #ConservativeParty #conservatives #CrimeInMiddlesbrough #ExpectedDisorder #GBNews #GBNewsLive #GBN #KidsGoingToSchool #MattVickers #Middlesbrough #MiddlesbroughCrime #MiddlesbroughDisorder #news #NewsUpdate #policing #politics #PublicSafety #Reports #SchoolSafety #ShadowPolicingMinister #StreetDisorder #uk #WorldNews
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If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.
You can email the City Clerk at
[email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]). -
If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.
You can email the City Clerk at
[email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]). -
If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.
You can email the City Clerk at
[email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]). -
If you are unable to comment on body cameras over Zoom, it is still valuable to send your thoughts to City Council via email.
You can email the City Clerk at
[email protected], and CC the City Council ([email protected]). -
Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WRdRHrGRTFC7GZuN1__1VATo provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.
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Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WRdRHrGRTFC7GZuN1__1VATo provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.
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Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WRdRHrGRTFC7GZuN1__1VATo provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.
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Somerville residents concerned about deployment of police body cameras without civilian oversight, please consider giving public comment at Legislative Matters meeting at 6pm on September 8th:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WRdRHrGRTFC7GZuN1__1VATo provide comment, register for the Zoom meeting, join the call at 6pm, and when the body cameras hearing begins, raises your hand to request to speak.
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The critical importance of good policy on police body cameras is made extremely clear following recent events in #CambridgeMA. On August 21, the Cambridge Police Department, who already have body cameras, fatally shot 64-year-old William Woodworth near Central Square.
Woodworth's family are fighting hard to get access to the body camera footage, but the District Attorney is insisting that the footage not be released yet.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/28/metro/cambridge-body-cam-footage/ -
Mayor Wilson would like to believe that Somerville residents are enthusiastically supportive of putting body cameras on police regardless of the policy surrounding use of the cameras.
This is why it is important not to let the September 8th hearing pass without significant public turnout, emphasizing that policy matters and that we insist on a civilian oversight body with real authority over the police department.
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It's very frustrating that Somerville is moving forward with an expensive (estimaed $400,000 per year) body cameras program without waiting for the hearing that residents have requested and have a right to.
As a reminder, Mayor Wilson's justification for urgency was that he didn't want to miss out on a quarter million dollar grant to cover the initial purchase, a sum that will be quickly outpaced by the ongoing costs of the program.
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It should be noted that the comments at the July 27th meeting against deployment of police body cameras included several activists who have been advocating for police oversight since 2020. Meanwhile, a large fraction of the comments in favor of cameras were members of the city's own past task forces on policing.
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At the Special Meeting on body cameras that Mayor Wilson called on July 27th, about two thirds of the public comments were in opposition to approval of the policy documents and/or in opposition to initiating an expensive body cameras program at this time.
Nevertheless, the Council voted to approve the policy and to accept the small federal grant for purchase of the cameras (which required that the cameras be purchased by the end of August).
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To give comments on police body cameras in Somerville, please use this link to sign up for the Zoom meeting, and raise your hand to request a chance to speak:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WRdRHrGRTFC7GZuN1__1VAIn particular, it's important to emphasize that a civilian oversight body should exist *before* police body cameras are deployed.
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There are some important updates on the #SomervilleMA police body cameras situation.
On Tuesday September 8th, the Legislative Matters Committee will be holding the public hearing on body-worn cameras that 89 residents requested by petition. If you're concerned about the issue, it'd be great if you can sign up to give comment.
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North-South divide in #policing resources (or maybe just sheer weight of #traffic ? )
Maybe easier for #Hantspol as the #ladette appears to have surrendered without incident when she was baulked by a traffic jam (didn't even ram civillians vehicles out of spite like I've seen in other pursuits), but NPAS (helicopter) was on standby, TVP ( #ThamesValleyPolice ) units were ahead and ready to deploy HOSTYDS ( Hollow Spike Tyre Deflation System / #stinger )
I was able to find at least one possible social media entry for her where she's pictured with a child, so maybe an incentive to realise its best to stay alive and accept the Courts penalties (although the way she was driving suggests she's used to going a bit fast, and simply hadn't been nicked before)
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CW: Policing, Stalking, Power Abuse
A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend https://www.wired.com/story/a-georgia-cop-used-flock-to-track-2-other-cops-his-ex-and-her-friend/
But in the police world, many officers have instant access to Flock—a powerful, informative, and invasive tool for tracking people’s locations. Across the country, there have been at least 45 documented incidents of police officers misusing Flock in order to look up or track current or former romantic partners.
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there is going to be an awful video of LAPD beating someone* in jail going around, be careful and maybe set filters
*who later? died, but i am not watching the video
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How AI‑powered policing is endangering the public’s trust in police
#Canada #AI #Police #Tech #RCMP #Policing #Surveillance #Privacy #Justice #Justice #AIEthics #Law #PublicTrust
https://the-14.com/how-ai-powered-policing-is-endangering-the-publics-trust-in-police/ -
"But to become my own man in the America I inherited, I realized I’d have to try to solve the paradox of my parents."
Read our excerpt from Wilbert L. Cooper's new #memoir, THE BLACK SHIELD:
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Ooof, per 404 Media:
"...The 43-page investigation found Fultz had posed for pictures as Adolf Hitler, freely used racial slurs in texts, masturbated on camera in his police vehicle, took pictures of his ex-girlfriend with his service weapon in her mouth during sex, repeatedly broke the law to generate clout online for his motorcycle themed Instagram and TikTok accounts, and used Flock to stalk his ex-girlfrie...."
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Today in #ACAB
Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute
The deputy resigned after an investigation uncovered an alleged history of racism, stalking, and sexual abuse.
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Our townhall events come as the use of AI tools in UK policing escalates dramatically.
The coalition calls for an end to so-called “predictive” policing with legislation that protects our rights.
There must be safeguards against the harms of AI and tech uses in policing and immigration settings.
We fight for a society where surveillance and digital policing isn't heralded as the answer to social and economic problems.
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Coming up, the #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition is holding townhall events across the country.
Join us to explore how AI and ‘crime-predicting’ tech is being used by local police forces. And what can be done about it.
⚫ London – 17 September
⚫ Manchester – 24 September
⚫ Bristol – 1 OctoberBook now ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/safety-not-surveillance-townhall/
#surveillance #policing #precrime #facialrecognition #ai #ukpolitics #ukpol
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"Dad got his gun from the City of Cleveland. That’s where Mom got hers, too. Both are tools of policing, the Cooper family business."
In our excerpt from THE BLACK SHIELD, Wilbert L. Cooper recounts how his mother Gayle joined the police force: https://longreads.com/2026/08/25/the-black-shield-wilbert-l-cooper/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#Longreads #Reading #Books #Cleveland #Police #Memoir #Policing
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CW: CW: police violence, state violence
The astounding naïveté with which so many people, especially in Western countries, regard the police as the good guys is honestly quite something.
There seems to be this deeply ingrained fairy tale that the police are fundamentally benevolent people in nice uniforms who exist to protect us, and that whenever they hurt, intimidate, detain, or even kill someone, there must automatically have been a Very Good Reason™.
No. They are an institution with a monopoly on legitimate state violence.
Sometimes they abuse that power. Sometimes they enforce profoundly unjust laws. Sometimes they protect the existing order rather than the people who are suffering under it (because that is what the police is actually for!)
And the uniform does not magically turn coercive power into moral virtue.
If your understanding of police begins and ends with “they're the good guys,” perhaps you should read a little history.#Police #Policing #StateViolence #Power #HumanRights #CivilRights #SocialJustice #Antifascism #ACAB
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R. Joshua Scannell on the Intersection Between the Carceral State and Big Tech
https://lithub.com/how-technology-assisted-surveillance-promotes-racial-bias-in-policing/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Police acknowledge flawed speed testing in legal e-bike crush case
https://www.cyclingelectric.com/news/flawed-e-bike-speed-testing
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And maybe stop destroying things you dont understand; ebikes, political protest, trans people
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Lecturer:
Why are people doing this course?Me:
I'm a police and prison abolitionist, I believe that the system we have now not only doesn't work, but it creates immense amounts of harm.Next person:
I'm very similar to Aby. I worked in Corrective Services and am now working in disability services. I want to meld these two types of work and work with disabled prisoners.umm.. THESE THINGS ARE NOT SIMILAR
jesus fucking christ#policing #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #AbolishPolice #CommunityNotCops #Criminology
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Lecturer:
Why are people doing this course?Me:
I'm a police and prison abolitionist, I believe that the system we have now not only doesn't work, but it creates immense amounts of harm.Next person:
I'm very similar to Aby. I worked in Corrective Services and am now working in disability services. I want to meld these two types of work and work with disabled prisoners.umm.. THESE THINGS ARE NOT SIMILAR
jesus fucking christ#policing #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #AbolishPolice #CommunityNotCops #Criminology
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Lecturer:
Why are people doing this course?Me:
I'm a police and prison abolitionist, I believe that the system we have now not only doesn't work, but it creates immense amounts of harm.Next person:
I'm very similar to Aby. I worked in Corrective Services and am now working in disability services. I want to meld these two types of work and work with disabled prisoners.umm.. THESE THINGS ARE NOT SIMILAR
jesus fucking christ#policing #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #AbolishPolice #CommunityNotCops #Criminology
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Lecturer:
Why are people doing this course?Me:
I'm a police and prison abolitionist, I believe that the system we have now not only doesn't work, but it creates immense amounts of harm.Next person:
I'm very similar to Aby. I worked in Corrective Services and am now working in disability services. I want to meld these two types of work and work with disabled prisoners.umm.. THESE THINGS ARE NOT SIMILAR
jesus fucking christ#policing #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #AbolishPolice #CommunityNotCops #Criminology
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Lecturer:
Why are people doing this course?Me:
I'm a police and prison abolitionist, I believe that the system we have now not only doesn't work, but it creates immense amounts of harm.Next person:
I'm very similar to Aby. I worked in Corrective Services and am now working in disability services. I want to meld these two types of work and work with disabled prisoners.umm.. THESE THINGS ARE NOT SIMILAR
jesus fucking christ#policing #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #AbolishPolice #CommunityNotCops #Criminology
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I was typing, and my editor flagged it as a ‘Strong resemblance to AI text’. Kinda bollox. And, so I rant on my blog – 1984, Minority Report. Even Handmaid's Tale. Handmade, a tale.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/19/i-am-a-language-model/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
#philosophy #psychology #writing #ai #policing #ethicalAI #intrusion #culture #blog #podcast #language #critique #languagedetection #bollocks #culture #conformity #obey
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Disappointing to still hear people make the "Russians are scared" argument about why Russians don't protest. I'm sure they are. So were Ukrainians when they camped out on Maidan 2013-2014, being shot, kidnapped and tortured, until their corrupt president fled the country. Sometimes there are more important things than self-preservation.
And the majority of Russians (~2/3 of the country) support the war.
#Ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar #news #war #maidan #policing #genocide
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Robin D. G. Kelley: It’s Not Enough to Abolish ICE — We Have to Abolish Police
“What’s happening now has happened before,” Kelley said, underscoring the anti-Blackness foundational to US fascism. -
Robin D. G. Kelley: It’s Not Enough to Abolish ICE — We Have to Abolish Police
“What’s happening now has happened before,” Kelley said, underscoring the anti-Blackness foundational to US fascism. -
Public Health Experts Sound Alarm as Feds Keep Deploying Tear Gas Near Kids
“We don’t know the long-term effects. We don’t understand their effects on children,” said a pediatrician.
