Australian Cops Are Pre-Criming Students Too, Setting Minors Up For A Lifetime Of Harassment
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201126/16542845783/australian-cops-are-pre-criming-students-too-setting-minors-up-lifetime-harassment.shtml
It's not just American law enforcement agencies turning kids into criminals. They're doing it in Australia too. In Florida, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office uses software to mark kids as budding criminals, using questionable markers like D-grades, witnessing domestic violence, or being the victim of a crime. The spreadsheet adds it all up and gives deputies a thumbs up to start treating students like criminals, even if they've never committed a criminal act.
Over in Australia, the process seems to be a bit more rigorous, but the outcome is the same: non-criminals marked (possibly for life) as potential criminals who should be targeted with more law enforcement intervention.