Congressman Asks House Education Committee To Look At Pre-Crime Program Targeting Florida Schoolkids

Congressman Asks House Education Committee To Look At Pre-Crime Program Targeting Florida Schoolkids

3 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210120/15461246091/congressman-asks-house-education-committee-to-look-pre-crime-program-targeting-florida-schoolkids.shtml

Late last year, the Tampa Bay Times broke the news the local sheriff's office had set up a "pre-crime" program targeting schoolkids in Pasco County. The same program used by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office to harass residents into "moving or suing" (yes, those are the Sheriff's words) had been retooled to target minors, utilizing highly questionable access to students' records.

Some deputies made dozens of visits a year to residents that the Office had declared pre-criminals, citing them missing mailbox numbers or overgrown grass. What's in line for students being subjected to the same scrutiny isn't clear, but the Sheriff's broad list of indicators is pretty disturbing. According to the Sheriff, potentially criminal minors were students with low grades, spotty attendance, and/or were victims/witnesses of domestic violence.