“In no way have we contemplated the intervention of the army in tasks that belong to police at the different levels of government. What is contemplated .. is support from the army in these tasks but not in direct actions that correspond to municipal, state and federal police.” WayDifferentStatesGovernmentActionLevelsSupportTasksDirectArmyPoliceContemplationInterventionDifferent LevelsDirect Action Author:Ruben Aguilar
“There's been a lot of talk about body cameras as a silver bullet or a solution. I think the task force concluded that there is a role for technology to play in building additional trust and accountability, but it's not a panacea, it has to be embedded in a broader change in culture and a legal framework that ensures that people's privacy is respected and that not only police officers but the community themselves feel comfortable with how technologies are being used.” PeopleThinkingFeelsPlayBodyUsedCultureForceChangeCommunityRolesTechnologyBuildingComfortableSolutionsTasksPoliceCamerasPrivacySilverAccountabilityOfficersBulletsFrameworkPolice OfficerEmbeddedPanaceaTask ForcesSilver Bullets Author:Barack Obama
“Our leaders were assassinated, one of the things I was reading today was - 28 Panthers were killed by the police but 300 Black Panthers were killed by other Panthers just within - internecine warfare. It just began to seem like we were in an impossible task given what we were facing.” SeemsTodayReadingGivenBlackLeaderImpossibleTasksPoliceWarfarePanthersBlack Panther Author:Angela Davis
“President [Barack] Obama did put together a task force on 21st Century Policing, led by Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey, to look at some of these issues after Ferguson.” LooksTogetherForcePresidentIssuesCenturyTasksPoliceChiefsBarack21st CenturyPhiladelphiaPresident Barack ObamaFergusonTask Forces Author:Julianne Malveaux
“The job of training an Iraqi police force is one of the most important tasks being undertaken in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is also one of the most difficult.” ImportantJobsForceDifficultTrainingTasksPoliceOperationsPolice Force Author:John Boehner
“In China, Internet surveillance has already become a profitable industry. In fact, a growing number of private firms eagerly assist the local police by aggregating this data and presenting it in easy-to-browse formats, allowing humans to pursue more analytical tasks.” HumansFactsEasyNumbersGrowingIndustryInternetTasksPoliceChinaLocalsPursueDataFirmAllowingProfitableSurveillancePresentingFormat Author:Evgeny Morozov
“"Don't you want to abolish state power?" Yes, we do, but not right now. We cannot do it yet. Why? Because imperialism still exists, because domestic reaction still exists, because classes still exist in our country. Our present task is to strengthen the people's state apparatus - mainly the people's army, the people's police and the people's courts - in order to consolidate national defense and protect the people's interests.” PeopleWantStillsCountryStatesOrderInterestClassRight NowProtectTasksArmyPoliceCourtDefenseReactionsSocialismOur CountryCommunismImperialismAbolishNational Defense Book:Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works Source: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works
“Some will remember an image of a fire or story or rescue. Some will carry memories of a face and a voice gone forever. And I will carry this. It is the police shield of a man named George Howard who died at the World Trade Center trying to save others. It was given to me by his mom, Arlene, as a proud memorial to her son. It is my reminder of lives that ended and a task that does not end.” MenWorldTryingDoeEndsStoriesRememberFacesGivenVoiceMemoriesGoneForeverFireSonMomProudTasksDiedPoliceTradeRescueRemindersMemorialShieldsWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:George W. Bush
“Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the task. After all, if you don't like action and excitement, you don't go into police work. And, what the hell, I figured, nobody lives forever!” IfsActionFeltNaturalHellForeverDangerousTasksPoliceExcitementPolice Work Author:Eliot Ness