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[Link] England and Wales police bosses will not admit to institutional racism in their forces

Read: 1/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

Police leaders in England and Wales will decide not to accept that their forces are still institutionally racist, as they try to battle their way out of a race crisis.

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[Link] Thick blue line: Victoria builds the country’s biggest police force

Read: 14/11/2021 www.theage.com.au

Victoria has become one of the most heavily policed states in Australia after a two decade-long law and order rivalry between the ALP and Coalition helped build the country’s largest law enforcement organisation.

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[Link] Optimum distance to use a taser 3-4 metres, police shooting murder trial told

Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The murder trial of a police officer who shot and killed a woman armed with a knife has been told the best distance to deploy a taser is from 3 to 4 metres — around the same distance some witnesses put him at when he fired his gun.

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[Link] Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo Is Getting Fired

Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Art Acevedo had a busy six months as the chief of the Miami Police Department: He unknowingly took a photo with a Proud Boy, said the city was run by “Cuban mafia,” and made enemies for pushing the COVID vaccine on officers.

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[Link] Austin Police Decline to Investigate Complaints in Protest of Reform Attorneys

Read: 7/8/2021 theintercept.com

As has been the case with many progressive district attorneys elected in recent years, the backlash to the Texas DAs’ approach has come in large part from law enforcement and right-wing media.

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