In an article in the November 2009 issue of Police Chief Magazine, the Los Angeles Police Department’s Chief of Detectives Charlie Beck asked his fellow law enforcement leaders, “What can we learn from Walmart and Amazon about fighting crime in a recession?” (more…)
March 2014
Monthly Archive
Wed 12 Mar 2014
From Fallujah to the San Fernando Valley, Police Use Analytics to Target “High-Crime” Areas
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Sat 8 Mar 2014
Security For Whom? Government Security is a Public in the Dark
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By Noam Chomsky ICH
A leading principle of international relations theory is that the state’s highest priority is to ensure security. As Cold War strategist George F. Kennan formulated the standard view, government is created “to assure order and justice internally and to provide for the common defense.” (more…)
Sat 8 Mar 2014
When it gets complicated and confusing, when you’re overwhelmed with too much information, changing daily; too many explanations, some contradictory … try putting it into some kind of context by stepping back and looking at the larger, long-term picture. (more…)
Thu 6 Mar 2014
Federal Judge Removes U.S. Muslims from Constitution
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