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About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More

About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More
 

App: Kulluna Amn (We are all security)

By Arnout de Vries on January 15, 2017 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, Kulluna Amn, Police, security
The mobile app called ?Kulluna Amn? (We are all security) enables citizens and expatriates to participate in maintaing security, said Public Security Director Lt. Gen. Othman Al-Muhrij. It?s now easier for citizens and expatriates to report crime thanks to an [...]
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World’s first DIY Policing workshop received great interest

By Arnout de Vries on January 14, 2017 · Add Comment Tagged With: berlin, citizens, detetcives, DIY, EU, h2020, Media4sec, modern, osint, policing, sherlock, social media
The Do-It-Yourself Policing workshop organized by the MEDI@4SEC project in Berlin at January 10 was a huge success. For the first time, stakeholders from all over Europe engaged in an interactive dialogue on the future of DIY Policing, the opportunities and challenges for police organisations, and it?s ethical and legal implications. While experience still varies across Europe, all were convinced that it will change the future of policing. Read more →

From predictive policing to prescriptive policing

By Arnout de Vries on July 18, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: amsterdam, analist, analytics, detective, hitachi, hunchlab, intelligence, law enforcement, policiing, precobs, predictive, predpol, prescriptive, prevention
Law enforcement around the world, including the Netherlands, is currently?experimenting with predictive policing: policing based on crime?predictions. Big Data on past crimes and the help of sophisticated?machine learning enable police to use reliable predictions about when?and where the next offense will take place. If the effectiveness of policing?actions is stored in the system, it can also predict which intervention?is most effective. This is called prescriptive policing. The authors?explain how these [...]
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App: Oh Crap!

By Arnout de Vries on July 7, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, brutality, chat, citizens, law enforcement, oh crap!, Police, record, trap, video
Oh Crap! (iOS, Android)?is a free app that was developed by a group of Iowa-based attorneys in 2015 to hold police more accountable. Oh Crap! Version 4.0 now offers a brand new chat feature called CrapChat, where users can post and receive notifications about community events as well as speed traps, roadblocks, and other law enforcement activities. It is designed to creating better experiences between citizens and law [...]
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Dogs of War and Cat-stroking Terrorists

By Arnout de Vries on July 1, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: dark web, government, IS, islamic state, netherlands, radicalization, social media, terrorist, TNO, virtual reality, weapons
Words and images can be as powerful as bombs. To a certain extent, the fight of governments against the Islamic State (IS) is a ‘communications arms race’. Technology is advancing at an astonishing pace. How can we ensure that we do not fall behind? A chubby toddler proudly aims a machine gun at us, a tiny tot decapitates her cuddly toy and a ten-year-old child liquidates a soldier; [...]
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Police and Social Media

By Arnout de Vries on July 1, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: germany, opportunties, Police, social media, threats
The Internet, most of all social media, have affected our ways communicating. Regular contact and exchange via social media have become a matter of course and an integral part of this world. Since police units engage with citizens on a daily basis it is obvious that they have to keep abreast of the times and should be capable to use social media and modern technology adequately and responsibly. [...]
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App: Protect & Swerve Companion

By Arnout de Vries on June 29, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, companion, police brutality, Protect and Swerve
The app Protect & Swerve Companion is meant to help people record and share instances of police brutality. Roughly two years ago, 17-year-old Takhim Haque’s friends were coming home from a birthday party in Brooklyn when they were stopped by police officers who said they matched the description of people who?were causing a disruption in the neighborhood, the rising high school senior said. His friends were tackled, [...]
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App: Bike Net

By Arnout de Vries on June 29, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, Bike Net, bike theft, network, Police
Some people are trying to eliminate bike theft once and for all. They’re developing an app to help people track lost bikes. It would connect bike communities locally, and eventually, across the country. One of the developers says this is a personal issue. Ricardo Pierre-Louis’ bike was stolen when he was 8 years old, which he admits was partly his fault since he wasn’t very careful. To teach him a [...]
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App: Stay Alert

By Arnout de Vries on June 29, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, Jamaica, Ministry of National Security, Stay Alert
  The Ministry of National Security?s ?Stay Alert? app offers you Personal Safety at your fingertips. Stay Alert has several?components: Alerts,?which provide users with the latest news, alerts and tips from the police such as missing person updates, road blocks, and other information from the police blotters. iReport which allows users to anonymously upload video, audio, photo or message about suspicious individuals or crimes. The Laws provides [...]
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App: Defender

By Arnout de Vries on June 28, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: 112, 911, alarm, app, attacker, Defender, device, Indiegogo, Photo, safety, smartphone
The Defender is a product for those concerned about personal protection and peace of mind. The Defender integrates elements of products and services found separately and elegantly combines them into one compact personal accessory. 1) Self-Defense Tool 2) Mobile Medical Alert Device 3) 24/7 Monitoring Service This is achieved by leveraging the communication technology of a smartphone coupled with a digital camera to capture & forward an attackers [...]
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