The proliferation in local police departments’ use of surveillance technology, which in most places has occurred without any community input or control, presents significant threats to civil rights and civil liberties that disproportionately impact communities of color and low-income communities. The nationwide “Community Control Over Police Surveillance” effort is looking to change that through legislation mandating that local communities are given a meaningful opportunity to review and participate in all decisions about if and how surveillance technologies are acquired and used locally.
By definition, 287(g) agreements offer agencies a formalized framework for collaboration with federal authorities, access to additional training, and a...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced a new program for co-opting local sheriffs into deporting immigrants called the “Warrant...
287(g): A Legal Mechanism for State Violence 287(g) is a provision of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility...
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