Florida: Pasco Co. Sheriff intelligence-gathering program labels student youth as future...

Florida Sheriff’s Office intelligence-gathering program labels student youth as future criminals

A Tampa Bay Times report released last week revealed a policing program in Pasco County, Florida, known for storing a secret list of young children and adolescents who display histories that supposedly predict criminal tendencies in adulthood. The police agency’s strategies for tracking youth shed light on the extraordinary lengths the department has gone to carry out repressive measures against underaged Pasco residents. According to the Pasco Sheriff’s Office internal intelligence manual, the agency collects a clandestine list of children it deems likely to “fall into a life of crime.” The factors that are set as standards for determining if ...

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