Bureau of Justice Statistics Archives - Cop Block

Cops Using Social Media Surveillance To Calculate Your “Threat Score”

January 12, 2016 Asa J 1570 Views ACLU, american civil liberties union, Beware, Beware software, big brother, Bureau of Justice Statistics, California, Chief Jerry Dyer, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Fresno, Fresno Police Department, gunshot detector, houston, Matt Cagle, New York City, orwellian, Orwells hell, Police State, Privacy, privacy rights, Real Time Crime Center, rights, San Joaquin Valley, seattle, social media, social media posts, Surveillance, surveillance algorithms, surveillance cameras, surveillance center, surveillance software, surveillance state, threat level, threat score, washington post, worrisome messages

Police in California are using state of the art surveillance tools to determine an individual’s “threat score” based on social

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NYPD Will No Longer Discipline Officers For “Minor Infractions”

September 21, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 1453 Views Accountability, Broken Windows theory, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Clinton Administration, community policing, copblock, copblock.org, cops not Disciplined For Minor Infractions, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Internal Affairs Bureau, justice department, Milton Mollen, minor infractions, New York Times, nypd, NYPD Commissioner William J. Bratton, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, police accountability, Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act

Under the guise of “community policing,” NYPD Commissioner William J. Bratton is changing the way his department disciplines its officers

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