PASCO Coalition

We are united in opposition to the Pasco predictive policing program, which violates civil & privacy rights when it targets & harasses children & their families

[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

A Pasco County resident is suing Sheriff Chris Nocco for violating their constitutional rights through the predictive policing program. Learn more here: https://t.co/5xkVBLcCB3 #InnocentUntilPredictedGuilty

[Fair Trials @fairtrials]

EU lawmakers propose limited ban on predictive policing systems https://t.co/xADBhxmKTS via @computerweekly
Fair Trials' @g__ferris: 'The use of these systems exacerbates and reinforces discriminatory police and criminal justice action, feeds systemic inequality in society'

[Amelia Vance @ameliaivance]

ICYMI: Read my #studentprivacy + #childprivacy newsletter, including MN's bill to ban algorithms for kids, CA's Age-Appropriate Design Code bill, student monitoring updates from Congress, & fabulous new resources from @STOPSpyingNY & @congressdotgov: https://t.co/bnc4mcDTx0

[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

A little reminder of who we are and why we are opposed to the #PascoFiasco.

[Equality Florida @equalityfl]

"At a time when LGBTQ+ youth are four times as likely as their peers to attempt suicide before graduation, we should be working to safeguard and expand those safe spaces – not diminish and politicize them.”
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[First Amendment Coalition (follow us on Bluesky) @FACoalition]

The public should be able to answer important questions about law enforcement's use of invasive electronic surveillance by reviewing public records, @aaron_d_mackey and @maassive of @EFF write about their case to enforce transparency.

We agree.
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[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

Black students make up less than 8% of Pasco’s student body but account for 15% of suspensions and 23% of expulsions. SP Browning’s new policy will target students of color for even higher rates of expulsion and result in more harassment from the Sheriff’s #PredPol program.

[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

Los Angeles called them #ChronicOffenders. Chicago used #StrategicSubject. In Pasco, they’re #ProlificOffenders. What do they have in common? An algorithm using bad data decided that they might commit a crime. It’s time for Pasco’s #PredictivePolicing experiment to end.

[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

The White House reports that “suspension and expulsion can contribute to a number of adverse outcomes for childhood development in areas such as personal health, interactions with the criminal justice system, and education.”

[Institute for Justice @IJ]

Robert Jones' family was terrorized by sheriff's deputies after his son was targeted by Pasco County's "predictive policing" program. Hear him tell his story to @BN9: https://t.co/8MdCmAIYmA

[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

Spanish Series: Únase a la lista de correo de la Coalición #PASCO. Envíenos un correo electrónico a [email protected] Para recibir las últimas actualizaciones acerca del acoso selectivo del Sheriff a los estudiantes, sus amigos, y familias.

[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

Use this form to get in touch with the PASCO Coalition, join our mailing list to receive announcements and updates, ask to join our meetings, or share your stories, comments, and concerns with us. #PascoFiasco #StopTheShare
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[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

We don't know who is on the "at-risk" list and neither do the students who are targeted. What we do know is that this method of policing illegally targets students of color, students with disabilities, & students receiving social services. #policing #privacy #data #discrimination

[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

Join us in calling an end to the #PascoFiasco

[Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter]

📢 Follow the @pasco_coalition and join or call to end the sheriff’s targeted harassment of students, their friends, and families and end the violation of families’ civil and privacy rights altogether!

✨ Text "PASCO" to 55156✨

[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

Counter-terrorism software laid the foundation for domestic police surveillance of citizens, and now interrogation software used on suspects is making its way into job interviews. Learn more about crime-fighting tech that affects you at https://t.co/q1qlEvAg4e

[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

What do the experts say? “Prediction inevitably brings with it a risk of error. We can hope to reconstruct past events, but future events have not yet happened. Making ‘findings’ about the future thus carries a greater risk of error.” – Prof. Albert Scherr, @UNH

[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

Ultimately police shouldn’t be charged with deciding on their own what technology to use. Regulators and communities should. - @Farhang_Heydari
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[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

What do the experts say? “Predictive Policing 1.0 and 2.0 require crime data. Predictive Policing 3.0 requires integrated crime data, personal data, and pattern matching programs.” – @ProfFerguson

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

“That’s when it started hitting me, like a plea deal might not be bad even if I didn’t do it,” he says, “because with a trial there’s more [time], and me being a convicted felon, my time is doubled.”
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[PASCO Coalition @pasco_coalition]

Police “deploy new technologies without clear policies to guide their use or keep users accountable, sign NDAs with technology vendors, decline public records requests, and… shield key information from disclosure” Learn more at https://t.co/tDgV9tG1Iv