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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Citizens fear reporting 'suspicious activity' will
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
Wed Apr 25 14:34:03 2012
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:24:07 -0700
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Citizens fear reporting 'suspicious activity' will hurt the innocent
(and they don't trust the cops)
http://j.mp/JqhATI (California Watch)
"That's the hardest thing. We want people to understand we're not
trying to create a nation of informants," said Sena, who is a leader
on the role local police play in counterterrorism as president of the
National Fusion Center Association. "The most concerning thing from
the survey was that such a high percentage of respondents just didn't
trust law enforcement. That worries me more than anything."
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Now, I wonder why there *possibly* might be such a distrust of law
enforcement among the general population?
--Lauren--
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