Policing faces an unprecedented crisis. It is important for policy makers to understand fully why we have witnessed such a collapse in public confidence for an organisation that has traditionally enjoyed wide support. The significance of policing in Liberal Democracies like ours cannot be overstated. The ‘thin blue line’, as police officers like to see…
Category: Policing
UNDP: Transforming Police in Сrisis
When danger strikes, people often turn to the police. But in many parts of the world, that’s not an option, either due to mistrust, abusive practices, or simply because the police are out of reach. In crisis-affected regions, effective and accountable policing is critical for individuals and communities to feel safe. The International Day of Police…
Matt Clement: Metropolitan Policing in Crisis
Ever since the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, there has been a growth in social movements resisting aspects of policing in the US and the UK. In the UK it has evolved in particular directions in response to various controversies in policing and a growing mood to resist increasingly authoritarian legislation emerging from…
Crime in Ukraine in the Light of the Police Statistics for 9 months 2025
In 2022, the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies registered 362636 crimes with corresponding criminal proceedings where the above-mentioned numbers reflect both criminal proceedings with concrete suspects and so-called ‘factual’ criminal proceedings (with no concrete suspects). It should be noted that the number of registered crimes even for the period of ten months of 2022 almost reached…
United Kingdom: Commissioner Addresses Human Rights Issues in Policing of Protests and the Situation of Trans People
Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people. Finally, he encourages the government to reconsider certain protest-related provisions in the Crime and Policing Bill currently before the House of Lords, specifically the proposed new offence of concealing one’s identity, as well as restrictions on assemblies in the vicinity…
Report Finds That Gardaí Violated Garda Policies and Human Rights Obligations When Policing Protest
The Irish Network of Legal Observers has today published its first report on a recent protest which took place in the vicinity of Dublin’s port tunnel on Saturday 4 October 2025. The new Network, which is co-convened by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University…
Finnish Government: AI Helps in Proactive Policing
The FERMI project has developed an AI-based tool that can help police identify threats early and plan preventive actions. Disinformation has served as a testbed for the project. Social media and online environments have changed how information is communicated and enabled the rapid spread of fake news and disinformation. Misinformation spread online can, for example,…
Andrew Lee: AI Police Surveillance Bias – The “Minority Report” Impacting Constitutional Rights
One of my favorite Steven Spielberg movies is the 2002 dystopian thriller Minority Report, in which “precogs” working for the “Precrime” unit predict murders before they happen, allowing arrests for crimes not yet committed. Recently, Pennsylvania attorneys at the Philadelphia Bench-Bar Conference raised an alarm that AI surveillance could soon create such a world –…
Marcel Fürstenau: German Police Expands Use of Palantir Surveillance Software
The surveillance software called Gotham, developed by US company Palantir, is billed as an all-rounder: gigantic amounts of data are brought together at lightning speed. It only takes a few seconds to satisfy a police officer’s curiosity: name, age, address, fines, criminal record. In combination with selected cellphones and the contents of scanned social media…
NPCC Police Artificial Intelligence Strategy
The NPCC’s delivery of the AI strategy will ensure UK policing is ambitious in the deployment of AI that reflects our ethics and values. By harnessing the benefits of AI and deploying AI that reflects the best evidence, UK Policing will become more efficient and productive, meaning that we are better at meeting the needs…