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Civil Society is the key to prevent Indonesia’s police state (Seika) : Seika/Flickr CC by 2.0 Seika

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

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Civil society the key to preventing an Indonesian police state

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

Reform in Indonesia has left the police behind (Sasha India) : Sasha India/Flickr CC by 2.0 Sasha India

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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Police a missing passenger in Indonesia’s reform train

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

Police militarisation is a double-edged sword that can only be wielded after effects on civilians and policemen are considered. : ‘LAPD SWAT Exercise’ by MarcCooper_1950 is avaialble at https://bit.ly/3xYoiBu CC0 1.0

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

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Deadly high costs of US police overmilitarisation

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

Even the Mexican National Guard is under the control of the military : Gobierno de México, Wikimedia public domain

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 insidious take-over of Mexico’s police

UK police officers do not routinely carry firearms : Katie Chan CC 4.0

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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Cop shows perpetuate a guns-blazing style of policing

60 police waited more than an hour outside this school, despite reports of an armed man killing children inside : Don Holloway, Wikimedia CC 2.0

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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Why police need to unlearn policing

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said criminals should “die like roaches”. : Isac Nobrega CC 2.0

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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How not to do community policing: lessons from Brazil

Police around the world are becoming increasingly militarised. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

Backgrounder: 493 words

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

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