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January 13, 2003
Christmas in a police state
Back in Sydney to catch up with family and things have changed since the last visit. Fear, uncertainty and doubt is up due to legislation introduced last year giving police to stop and search people without reasonable grounds. Sniffer dog patrols are now a regular feature of the city and surrounding suburbs.
You only have to witness one of the patrols (first encountered at a suburban train station, Hornsby) to see that the principles of the Panopticon are out in force. The new policies have less to do with drugs then with introducing a culture of suspicion and fear. I for one, don't want to live in a society that tolerates this.
Enter www.snifferdogalert.com, an SMS service that tracks the dog patrols and sends you notifications when they hit your area. The site, run by volunteers in conjunction with the Redfern Legal Centre, seems to be down after a lot of publicity last year but this alternative URL turned up in Google. A less sensational resource is www.snifferdogs.info
Posted by .M. at January 13, 2003 02:14 AM
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