The carceral state is everywhere. Legal and social science scholars are increasingly using the carceral state concept to criticize various aspects, or even the entirety, of the United States. But despite how popular and common this term has become in writings about mass incarceration, criminal processes and punishments, and other forms of social control, the…
Category: Policing
Victoria Copeland, Alan Dettlaff: How Carceral Violence Persists Through the Surveillance, Punishment, and Regulation of Families
Although conceptualizations of the carceral state have become more expansive in recent years to include systems beyond prisons and policing, the child welfare system has often eluded this conceptualization due to a societal perception that it protects vulnerable children from harm. Despite this, the system has continued to function as a system of social control…
Marlborough MA Police, Sheriff’s Office Team Up for Scenario-Based Training
Marlborough police officers recently completed interactive, scenario-based training using the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office’s Mobile Training Center, according to a community announcement. Fifty-six officers participated in the program. Training included a series of video-based scenarios that replicated real-life situations that officers may encounter during their shifts, according to the announcement. These included traffic stops, trespassing incidents…
Malaysia’s Police Urged to Undergo Robust AI Training to Combat Crime
An artificial intelligence expert in Malaysia has urged the police to train their officers adequately before adopting the technology to combat crimes. The call by Azree Nazri, president of the Artificial Intelligence Society Malaysia, comes as Malaysia aims to use AI to help tackle a rise in commercial offences. Azree said police officers must understand the functions of generative…
Bahrain: Royal Academy of Police Participates in AI Training Programme
In line with directives by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministerial Committee for Information Technology and Communication (MCICT), the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) discussed collaboration with the Royal Academy of Police to advance artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within the public security sector. This collaboration aims to establish an integrated framework for the development…
Pakistan to Send Islamabad Police Officers to Beijing for AI, Modern Policing Training
Pakistan’s interior ministry announced on Wednesday that the government would send Islamabad Police officers to Beijing so that they can receive training in artificial intelligence and modern policing methods. Pakistan has recently undertaken measures to enhance its policing methods, especially as it faces surging militant attacks in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and southwestern Balochistan…
Lindsey Piercy: UK Researcher Enhances Police De-Escalation Training with Immersive AI, VR Simulations
De-escalation training is a vital tool for police officers — helping to reduce the need for force and ensuring safer outcomes for everyone involved in a tense situation. Yet, navigating these high-pressure moments is far from simple. Stephen Ware, associate professor in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky,…
Protesters Clash with Police as Bangladesh’s Political Parties Agree to Pathway for Reform
Major political parties in Bangladesh have signed a plan for political reforms proposed by the interim government as police clashed with protesters who wanted more provisions for the activists who helped oust the previous government. Police officers fired tear gas and used stun grenades and batons to disperse several hundred protesters outside the national parliament…
Indonesian Minister Floats Idea to Place National Police Force Under Ministry Responsibility
The Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, floats the opportunity to change the Indonesian National Police’s position within the government structure. The police are now working under the direct auspices of the Indonesian President. Yusril said the civil residents are allowed to propose a repositioning of the Polri institution….
Rita Haverkamp, Frederik Kohler: Who Accepts What During the Crisis? Results From an Online Survey on the Acceptance of COVID-19 Protective Measures (in German)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, government emergency measures restricted fundamental rights to an unprecedented extent. Containing coronavirus infections depended entirely on the willingness of the population to comply with these rules. The acceptance of emergency measures among the population fluctuated. This raises the question of who accepts and complies with such emergency rules and under what…