Militarisation of police

Legislation from last century allows paramilitary violence to continue in the North East of India.

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Reforming the Indonesian police needs to be driven from the bottom up by civil society groups.

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Indonesia’s constitution separated the military from civilian politics after the fall of Suharto in 1998. But the police didn’t get the memo.

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Equipping police units with military equipment can help fight crime but there are spillover effects that cannot be ignored.

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Disorganised attempts to improve policing in Mexico have led to the slow creep of the army and skyrocketing murder rates.

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The high profile of firearms in American crime dramas so far appears to be the most persuasive argument for why police need guns.

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While people were worrying about military-style policing, US law enforcement quietly deployed the tools of spycraft against their fellow citizens.

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The history of police shows that policing does not need to be done in the same way it is now and that it can perhaps be undone.

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It will take learning the lessons of Brazil’s many failures of police reform to truly implement a safer future for all Brazilians.

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Tanks and assault rifles are just the most obvious aspects. The increasingly militarised approach to policing runs far deeper

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