Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 94234 total results. Showing results 57681 to 57700 «288128822883288428852886288728882889Next ›Last » Met police twice as likely to fine black people over lockdown breaches – research Clear disproportionality revealed in number of police arrests and fines in London The Guardian 3/6/2020 News CDEI publishes briefing paper on facial recognition technology The CDEI has published a Snapshot briefing paper looking at the uses and potential implications of facial recognition technology’s deployment in the UK. The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) 3/6/2020 News UK police stand with those appalled by George Floyd death UK police leaders have come together and published a statement about George Floyd’s death. Chief constables from forces across the country, the chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the chief executive of the College of Policing and the President of the Police Superintendents' Association have spoken following the death of George Floyd and the events that have followed in the United States. National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) 3/6/2020 News Recruitment for Independent Reviewer of Prevent launched The government has launched an open competition to appoint the next Independent Reviewer of Prevent. Home Office 3/6/2020 News London protest organiser says ‘racist police brutality’ more deadly than coronavirus in UK An 18 year old organiser of the London Black Lives Matter protests over the murder on George Floyd death, has said "police brutality will kill us first" before the coronavirus. Express 3/6/2020 News Snapshot Series: Facial Recognition Technology Facial recognition technology refers to algorithmic systems (and the associated hardware) that can analyse a person’s face to make claim of an identity. It is a form of biometric technology: much like a fingerprint scan finds patterns in fingerprints, facial recognition technology finds patterns in the measurements of a face to create a ‘template’ of a face, then looks for similarities between two templates. It is also a statistical system, in that it estimates this similarity with a certain degree of error. [PDF] The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) 3/6/2020 Report Independent committee review of facial biometrics for UK government calls for police transparency The UK government’s independent expert committee on AI and data-driven technology says it expects an appropriate degree of transparency from law enforcement in the country on its use of facial biometrics, according to a new report. BiometricUpdate.com 3/6/2020 News Fear, fury and a failed state: ‘Black people are hurt and killed by police without repercussions in the UK too’ The fallout from the illegal killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has been felt and observed around the world. Yet the hierarchical power structures in place that allow racists to feel protected in America exist here in the UK too. As the Black Lives Matter movement demands urgent change today in London, GQ columnist and youth worker Ciaran Thapar reports on how the issues boiling over so violently in the States resonate all too keenly here GQ 3/6/2020 Feature, Opinion Police find ‘strong correlation’ between lockdown breaches and warmer weather Met Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Simmons said officers had adopted a proportionate approach to the punishment of coronavirus breaches. Express & Star 3/6/2020 News French police disperse crowd marking 2016 death of black man French police fired tear gas early on Wednesday to disperse protesters marking the 2016 death of a black man in a police operation that some have likened to the death of George Floyd in the United States. Reuters 3/6/2020 News Anthony Grainger: Police drop misconduct proceedings against senior officer over shooting of unarmed man Steven Heywood was accused of changing log to ‘retrospectively justify’ decision to authorise firearms operation The Independent 3/6/2020 News Black people more likely to be fined under coronavirus laws than whites, new figures show People from black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds are more likely to be fined under the coronavirus regulations than white people in London, new data shows. Yahoo! 3/6/2020 News Police find ‘strong correlation’ between lockdown breaches and warmer weather The UK’s largest police force has released analysis showing “a strong correlation” between lockdown breaches, hot weather and holiday periods. Aol 3/6/2020 News Australia demands to know why Washington police attacked camera crew The Australian prime minister has ordered an investigation after two of the country’s journalists became the latest to be attacked on camera by police during in rioting in the United States. The Times - Subscription at source 3/6/2020 News How will the law-and-order card play out for Trump? "The wave of crime is not going to be the wave of the future in the United States”. So said Richard Nixon in 1968, an election year that followed a shocking summer of disorder. The Times - Subscription at source 3/6/2020 Analysis, Feature George Floyd: Protests against police brutality hit Paris Hundreds of youths from ethnic minorities clashed with police near the Paris ring road last night as demonstrators defied a ban on a protest against alleged police brutality in France. The Times - Subscription at source 3/6/2020 News The Times view on police at George Floyd protests attacking journalists: Press Repressed Around the world, attacks on journalists are on the rise. This is true even in Western countries, where populist politicians have used increasingly violent language against the media. Now police in the United States are targeting journalists covering the protests over the death of George Floyd. The Times - Subscription at source 3/6/2020 Feature, Opinion I was a UK police officer and systemic racism festers in our force too Like so many around the world, I felt deep pain and anger watching the killing of George Floyd. These feelings remain. Watching George calling out for his mother, telling Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin who had his knee on his neck ‘I can’t breathe’ before his eyes closed was a truly horrific experience. It was a modern-day lynching. Metro 2/6/2020 Feature, Opinion COVID-19: Home Office extraordinary funding for domestic abuse support services GUIDANCE; Guidance for the £2 million Home Office fund for domestic abuse charities affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Home Office 2/6/2020 News When police officers are told they’re in a war, they act like it USA: “We are the action arm for a fucked-up national mindset”: A CIA officer turned cop speaks out. Vox 2/6/2020 Feature, Opinion «288128822883288428852886288728882889Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
