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Durham Police to launch Real Time Crime Center, aiming for quicker crime-solving solutions Durham Police are developing a new Real Time Crime Center, with a focus on solving crimes faster. Police are working to contract with a third-party company, Peregrine, to bring all of their existing d...

Durham wants to contract with Peregrine to launch a Real Time Crime Center. Peregrine was founded by a former Palantir executive.

If Durham does this, the Durham Police Department will be introducing an infrastructure that will become a predictive policing program.

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Georgia police chief retires, then is arrested on stalking and misuse of license plate reader charges The GBI says Braselton Police Chief Michael Steffman used license plate reader technology to track and harass multiple people. His arrest was announced hours after he revealed he was retiring.

This article is copaganda. This article is intended to make us believe that holding police accountable is possible.

ALPRs are powerful. It's not safe for anyone to use them. There is no legitimate use of ALPRs. ALPRs make us all less safe.

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Atlanta: we want to hear from you!

Do you have a recommendations for what the Atlanta Police Department should use instead of “Facial Recognition”?

the assholes at APD are really trying to piss on our heads and tell us it's raining

In developing their facial recognition policy, the Atlanta Police Department thought that using facial recognition "may be too aggressive and create unnecessary concern and backlash."

What do we think of the proposed alternatives @atlpresscollective.com

Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson (Unlocked) This episode was originally released June 23rd for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patro

Starting today with @williamcson.bsky.social's @deathpanel.bsky.social episode: soundcloud.com/deathpanel/a...

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Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ... 423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
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Palm Beach Police to get new drone system after foundation's $500K donation Palm Beach's council on Nov. 12 approved accepting the $521,761.60 donation from the Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation.

"The Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation donated $521,761.60 to the town to pay for five years of the Skydio Drone as a First Responder program. The Town Council at its Nov. 12 meeting approved accepting and then spending the donation."

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Ferndale Police Department Ends Partnership with Flock Safety - News - Ferndale

Another cancelled Flock contract!

In this press release, Ferndale names that they are looking at other ALPR vendors.

The problem isn't Flock. The problem is ALPRs. ALPRs are violent tools.

The problem is how much power these tools grant police and corporations.

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"Democratic-led states are inadvertently sharing drivers' data with ICE, officials say"

"ICE and another Department of Homeland Security body, Homeland Security Investigations...accounted for nearly 900,000 queries against the database in the year prior to Oct. 1."

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Birds Of A Feather Flock Together: Santa Ana And ICE’s Efforts To Surveil You SAPD’s new mass surveillance system comes as ICE drafted plans to set up a 24/7 social media surveillance team in Santa Ana. Mayor Amezcua in denial.

"SAPD’s new mass surveillance system comes as ICE drafted plans to set up a 24/7 social media surveillance team in Santa Ana. Mayor Amezcua in denial."

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Image: An illustration of a cat wearing a balaclava says SASSI  Script: Surveillance is NEVER safety. Join SASSI as we build an abolitionist future free from state & corporate surveillance systems & infrastructure.

Join SASSI to challenge the growing surveillance apparatus where you live.

Image: A calendar of dates for town hall listening sessions on real time crime centers posted by the Durham Police Department  Script: What can you do? The Durham Police Department is hosting a series of listening sessions from 11/4 - 11/15. You can attend these sessions and tell the police that Peregrine and a Real Time Crime Center have no place in Durham!

What can you do? The Durham Police Department is hosting a series of listening sessions from 11/4 - 11/15. You can attend these sessions and tell the police that Peregrine and a Real Time Crime Center have no place in Durham! 🧵

Text: Why is a Real Time Crime Center dangerous? By building a Real Time Crime Center, Durham is putting its residents at risk of intensified monitoring not only by the Durham Police Department but also potentially by federal agencies like ICE, CBP, among others who could access Durham’s data using methods beyond the city’s control.

By building a Real Time Crime Center, Durham is putting its residents at risk of intensified monitoring not only by the Durham Police Department but also potentially by federal agencies like ICE, CBP, among others who could access Durham’s data using methods beyond the city’s control. 🧵

Text: What is predictive policing? Police use predictive policing tools and practices to predict who will commit crime and where crime will occur. These tools reinforce racist police practices by using data to justify policing of Black, brown, poor, and other criminalized communities.

What is predictive policing? Police use predictive policing tools and practices to predict who will commit crime and where crime will occur. These tools reinforce racist police practices by using data to justify policing of Black, brown, poor, and other criminalized communities. 🧵

Text: Why is Peregrine in Durham? Based upon a presentation given by the Durham Police Department, the agency wants Peregrine because its “core strength lies in its predictive analytics to forecast crime hotspots and patterns.” The Durham Police Department wants to deploy predictive policing.

According to a presentation given by the Durham Police Department, the agency wants Peregrine because its "core strength lies in its predictive analytics to forecast crime hotspots and patterns." This is predictive policing. 🧵

Image: an image of the peregrine logo  Text: Who is Peregrine? Peregrine is rapidly growing and was valued at $2.5 billion as of March 2025. The company’s investors include Sequoia Capital, a firm led by an outspoken Zionist and Trump supporter.

Peregrine is rapidly growing and was valued at $2.5 billion as of March 2025. The company’s investors include Sequoia Capital, a firm led by an outspoken Zionist and Trump supporter. 🧵

Image: An image of the peregrine logo  Text: Who is Peregrine? Peregrine sells police an AI data-mining tool which integrates a huge volume of data and produces different types of analyses. Peregrine is Palantir-lite as a former Palantir Executive, Nick Noone, founded the company in 2017.

Peregrine is especially dangerous because of the company's similarities to Palantir, the company enabling ICE's mass kidnappings. The CEO of Peregrine is a former Palantir executive and he built Peregrine to offer a similar data-mining product to Palantir. 🧵

Image: a map showing a portion of durham north carolina highlighted in purple  Text: What is the Impact of a Real Time Crime Center? Real Time Crime Centers (RTCC) increase police power over criminalized communities. With a RTCC, police buy more tech, leading to predictive policing practices.

Why is this a problem? Durham wants a predictive policing tool and Peregrine will deliver that. 🧵

Image: A photo of a large screen displaying a map with a man looking at it   Text: What is a Real Time Crime Center? A Real Time Crime Center is a hub where police integrate an array of surveillance technologies, datasets, and AI tools into a map to build a live picture of what is happening in the local area.

A Real Time Crime Center is a hub where police integrate an array of surveillance technologies, datasets, and AI tools into a map to build a live pictures of what is happening in the local area. 🧵

Image: An illustration of a cat wearing a balaclava that says SASSI Text: Durham is planning to contract with Peregrine to build a Real Time Crime Center. Swipe for a PSA from SASSI Cat to learn more.

Attention Durham residents: Durham wants to contract with a company named Peregrine to build a Real Time Crime Center. 🧵

We're researching to verify if the Austin Housing Authority has a contract separate from the one that was cancelled in Austin earlier this year.

Flock Safety Update

While organizers won a cancellation of Austin's contract with Flock this year, it looks like Flock might still be active in Austin via the Austin Housing Authority.

Flock is listed in the 2025 budget from this 10/17/2024 meeting: www.hacanet.org/wp-content/u...

photo of Abdaljawad Omar in front a view of Bethlehem and “TFSR 11-09-25 | Assessing the Israeli Ceasefire (with Abdaljawad Omar)”

This week, we’re sharing two segments:
A chat with Palestinian writer and assistant professor @hamayel.bsky.social ;
Plus a segment of the October 2025 B(A)D News with network participants discussing thinking through resisting the rise of fascism

thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/11...

Loving and Protecting Us — Interrupting Criminalization A resource for people interested in and working to develop abolitionist crisis response rooted in transformative justice. This offering aims to help demystify a few things about how we develop, think ...

For people who are interested in and working to develop abolitionist interventions and groups to help keep each other safe, we have a new resource that aims to help demystify a few things about how we create these organizations and formations, and how we sustain them.

Read it here:

GitHub - GainSec/anti-crime-ecosystem-research: Independent research white paper by Jon “GainSec” Gaines examining the security posture of a connected public safety technology ecosystem. Independent research white paper by Jon “GainSec” Gaines examining the security posture of a connected public safety technology ecosystem. - GainSec/anti-crime-ecosystem-research

For the nerds out there, some serious Flock Safety security vulnerabilities: github.com/GainSec/anti...

Flock Logins Exposed In Malware Infections, Senator Asks FTC to Investigate the Company Senator Ron Wyden says AI-camera company Flock is violating federal law by not enforcing multi-factor authentication. 404 Media previously found Flock credentials included in infostealer infections.

NEW: Senator @wyden.senate.gov says AI-camera company Flock is violating federal law by not enforcing multi-factor authentication. 404 Media previously found Flock credentials included in infostealer infections.

black and white drawing of a cat wearing a balaclava with the word "SASSI" near the bottom + "TFSR 11-2-25 | Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure (with Ed)"

Ed, co-founder of @sassisouth.bsky.social (Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure), speaks to The Final Straw Radio about the proliferation of surveillance infrastructure in the South (and more broadly in United States).

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