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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlease Delete Your Recordings: Inside a Police Conference
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Joseph Cox
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New: @_jack_poulson attended National Sheriff's Association conference and filmed what he saw. Speakers joking about cops robots going into women's locker rooms; another cop suggesting Axon take a senior official on a hunting holiday to secure contracts
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Please Delete Your Recordings: Inside a Police Conference
Police, surveillance tech companies, and government contractors gathered to joke about law enforcement robots in locker rooms and talk about getting close to senior police officers by giving them...
7:23 AM · Feb 16, 2022
Joseph Cox
@josephfcox
New: @_jack_poulson attended National Sheriff's Association conference and filmed what he saw. Speakers joking about cops robots going into women's locker rooms; another cop suggesting Axon take a senior official on a hunting holiday to secure contracts
vice.com
Please Delete Your Recordings: Inside a Police Conference
Police, surveillance tech companies, and government contractors gathered to joke about law enforcement robots in locker rooms and talk about getting close to senior police officers by giving them...
7:23 AM · Feb 16, 2022
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3vq3w/inside-police-conference-washington-dc-sheriffs-association
You guys have boatloads of money and if it was me, and I worked for you, I would contact that farm and have a hunting day with the chief, the officer suggested. Youd have him all to yourself on a farm with a dog squad. You know, bang, bang, bang.
Bring the chiefs up. Ill tell you right now, you might as well bring the contracts up with you and its a done deal, the police officer continued.
What he was suggesting, essentially, was that Axon curry favor with a senior police officer by taking them on a hunting holiday, in the hopes the officer would buy the companys products.
Well look into that. Thank you for the intel, thats helpful, the Axon representative replied. Yeah, I think anything to separate ourselves from the pack would be a good thing for us.
What the officer and the Axon representative did not know was that Jack Poulson, from transparency organization Tech Inquiry and who was standing near the men, was secretly recording their conversation. Poulson was attending the conference and recording candid conversations like this one. He also filmed seminars and talks held throughout the day while displaying his camera. Eventually, organizers and speakers realized he was recording.
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Please Delete Your Recordings: Inside a Police Conference (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Feb 2022
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WhiskeyGrinder
(22,356 posts)1. I haven't even clicked through yet and this made me cackle.
He also filmed seminars and talks held throughout the day while displaying his camera. Eventually, organizers and speakers realized he was recording.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,356 posts)2. Also lmao at this quote.
I think there's gonna be a frenzy to give
, he continued, and looked at Poulson filming, who wasnt secretly recording at this point, but was doing so obviously. I'm being recorded here, so don't quote me. Ah, go ahead and quote me. I think there's gonna be a flood of money coming out. Because that's all politicians can do. They don't, they just don't have the mindset and the tools to deal with crime. That's what we're supposed to do, you're supposed to do. All they can do is give us money. Particularly before the election next year, there's gonna be, it's just gonna be an endless flood of money. So, I look forward to that. Abbey did not respond to a request for comment sent via LinkedIn.