Foreign Policing News
For all news stories surrounding policing from countries other than the UK.
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Before posting news stories...Rules!
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This section of the forum is for you to post any foreign police stories that warrant serious discussion. Please note that due to copyright restrictions you must only include the title, the first line of the article and a link to the original article. Articles from the BBC can be posted in full, but must also include a link to the original article. So before posting an article from a newspaper please check to see if it is available from the BBC instead. We are allowed to post a limited number of Police Oracle articles, in full, each month. Therefore, if you want to share a Police Oracle story, please only include the first line of the article and a link to t…
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Going Solar
by IrishCop- 1 follower
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At about 4:30PM yesterday, HWP members stopped the driver of this "solar-powered" Holden utility due to its lack of number plates. The 40-year-old driver was found to be unlicenced and the car was unregistered. The man was arrested on an unrelated bench warrant and his vehicle was later impounded for 30 days at a cost of $1,006. He will be invited along to the Magistrates Court at a future date to explain his actions.
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https://nltimes.nl/2023/02/03/dutch-police-take-exclu-encrypted-chat-service-42-arrests-eu4-million-seized Don't understand why criminals always seem to rely small, unvetted, closed source apps for encrypted communication. Why use Signal, which is open source and has been heavily reviewed for weaknesses, for free when you can pay through the nose for the privilege of using something far less secure?
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Milan local police get pistols (Cinisello, Milano, Italia) 1 2 3 4
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https://cinisello-balsamo.milanotoday.it/sindaco-consegna-pistole-polizia-locale.html (bonus points for starched white belts!) A bit old, but I posted it as it is happening more on the continent and Italy, that the locals are armed. Quite sensible, but interesting as their Polizia Locale / Polizia Municipale are most similar to our CSOs/Civil Enforcement Officers/Neighbourhood Wardens, yet they have basically, the powers of a constable (and the PPE to back it up), but deal with the local crime, ASB, theft, drunks, traffic control, parking & road obstructions, low-grade VIP escorts, etc. They already had spray, batons etc. We must now be one …
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https://abc11.com/brindell-wilkins-granville-county-sheriff-charles-noblin-indictment/11173518/ This made me think, has a UK Chief Constable ever been suspended and/or arrested for corruption charges?
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New An Garda Síochána uniform introduced
by at06 +- 1 follower
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New An Garda Síochána uniform introduced A new An Garda Síochána (Irish police) uniform has been introduced, swapping the shirt and tie for polo shirts and a two tone jacket. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60293170 The new soft-shell looks rather snazzy, I must say although everything else seems just a bit underwhelming.
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Multitasking
by IrishCop- 1 follower
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Now this is what I call multitasking.🙂
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https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/ddos-for-hire-services-taken-out-in-international-operation An international operation targeting tools and services used to commit serious cyber attacks has seen the takedown of 48 of the world’s most popular ‘booter’ sites
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The funeral of RCMP Constable Shaelyn Yang, British Columbia, Canada
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Burnaby RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang, who was fatally stabbed in the line of duty, was honoured during a regimental funeral on Wednesday. The service included more than 2,000 first responders who marched in the funeral procession and at least 1,500 other first responders who were at the Oval for the funeral service. Const. Shaelyn Yang was killed on Oct. 18 while accompanying a parks employee to speak with a man living in a tent in Burnaby’s Broadview Park. Jongwon Ham has been charged with first-degree murder in her death. Yang was three years into her career with the RCMP and served on the Burnaby detachment’s mental health and homeless outreach team. Every police departmen…
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National Police Memorial Day - Australia
by IrishCop- 1 follower
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The National Carillon in Canberra is honouring the memory of eight Australian officers who died in the line of duty between 2020 to 2022, with a light projection of their faces.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-09-27/facial-recognition-technology-model-law/101474010 Civil society groups are urging the federal government to take up a model law that would govern the use of facial recognition technology in Australia, where legislative loopholes risk creating a "Wild West".
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/09/cops-wanted-to-keep-mass-surveillance-app-secret-privacy-advocates-refused/ Fog Reveal is "almost invisible" when attempting to search for it online. Might make people reconsider how many apps they gave location permission too, or alternatively switching it off altogether when not needed.
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How the FBI Wiretapped the World
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkgbpn/how-the-fbi-wiretapped-the-world On this episode of Cyber, Motherboard Senior Staff Writer Joseph Cox comes on to discuss the code that powered the Anom phone Similarities with the Encro phone situation except Anom was always a police honeypot operation right from the start as opposed to a genuine company that had its phones compromised. Defence lawyers in a case involving Anom want to examine the code on the phone to verify what it does and how it works and they've been told they won't be allowed. In the UK how would this work, is this one of the times public interest immunity might be used?
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/canada-e2-80-99s-national-police-force-admits-use-of-spyware-to-hack-phones/ar-AAYZLsX In a “remarkable” disclosure, Canada’s national police force has described for the first time how it uses spyware to infiltrate mobile devices and collect data, including by remotely turning on the camera and microphone of a suspect’s phone or laptop. My view on this.. The public have known for a long time (even pre Snowden) that authorities have the capability to remotely activate cameras and hot mic phones, so don't think the information itself isn't particularly remarkable. The interesting part is that they are publicly acknowledgi…
