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DESCRIPTION:It is much remarked upon that the pandemic exposed underlying t
 ensions and weaknesses in European societies (Marmot\, 2020). Police atten
 tion\, in enforcing lockdowns and other restrictions on movement and assem
 bly\, has tended to be disproportionately focused upon minority communitie
 s (Etienne\, 2020\; Amnesty International\, 2020\; The Guardian\, 2020a). 
 However\, the first time in many cases\, middle class white people have al
 so been policed in ways they have not experienced. Suddenly\, we were all 
 conscious of the police officer’s gaze turned in our direction (The Guar
 dian\, 2020b). As a consequence\, the pandemic has shed light on the use o
 f police powers more generally. While police powers to stop citizens\, to 
 check their identity and to search or otherwise detain them have long been
  controversial in the US and in the UK\, they have now become a focus of d
 ebate in Belgium\, France\, Germany and beyond. In a public health pandemi
 c\, the police largely continued to discipline the working class and minor
 ities (despite the alarm raised by middle classes). Attention was not equa
 lly distributed and there is little to connect patterns of policing with\,
  for instance\, prevalence of the virus within local populations. Instead\
 , policing continued to act as a disciplinary instrument in particularly p
 roblematic and unruly communities (Foucault\, 2004 & 2009). This paper dra
 ws upon a review of policing of the pandemic undertaken by an EU COST Acti
 on (CA17102) on Police Stops. The conclusions drawn from this review echo 
 those to be drawn from a more general review of police powers to stop citi
 zens. Those powers must be clear\, not just to the police officers exercis
 ing them\, but also to those subject to them (Brown\, 2020). Their purpose
  and their effectiveness in achieving that purpose must be subject both to
  thorough democratic debate and to clear consent. Their use must then also
  be open to scrutiny. In the absence of such clarity and transparency\, th
 e use of police powers can undermine legitimacy in particular communities 
 and\, in a public health crisis where we are all equal in the eyes of the 
 virus\, this presents particular threats to the health of all.
DTSTAMP:20210425T084547Z
LOCATION:Lessons (to be) Learnt for Management and Organisation
SUMMARY:Policing during a pandemic: for the public health or against the us
 ual suspects? - Sofie De Kimpe\, Megan O'Neill\, Michael Rowe
URL:https://conference.cepol.europa.eu/cepol-online-conference-2021/talk/M9
 R3NX/
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