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Published in: openSecurityBorder patrol internationalThe U.S. border is no longer static and 'homeland security' no longer stays in the homeland: it’s mobile, it’s...
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Published in: openSecurityMI5 in Ceylon - the untold story
Britain's collusion in the Sri Lankan state's violent tactics of repression is finally coming to light. But it's...
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Published in: openSecurityFootsoldiers in a social war: the police, crime and inequality in South Africa
What does it mean to declare a 'war on crime' in one of the most unequal societies in the world? And how does...
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Published in: openSecurityThe heavy hand on Venezuela's streets
Faced with soaring levels of crime and violence, Venezuela's government continues to militarize the police. The...
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Published in: openSecurityIn search of security: "My reasons were Mark Duggan and Ian Tomlinson"
Film: Experience of policing the community you have grown up in holds real challenges for an ex-Special Police...
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Published in: openSecurityIn search of security: "Violence upholds public order"
Film: In this interview, direct experience of London's Metropolitan Police has led to a focus on non-compliance as a...
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Published in: openSecurityOn the trail of Britain's undercover police
Recent revelations have exposed the routine embedding of undercover police officers within environmental and social...
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Published in: openSecurityDeaths in British police custody: no convicted officers since 1969
827 people have died during or following police contact since 2004. Families have struggled hard for justice,...
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Published in: openSecurityDisruption policing: surveillance and the right to protest
From overt, intrusive surveillance to 'network demolition': disruption is central to the strategies of...
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Published in: openSecurityEntrepreneurial policing? International policing challenges
The export of policing is a global growth industry in which the UK plays a major role. Recent years have seen the...
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Published in: openSecurityWhose Police?Do the police serve the public, or are they a force of elite control? openSecurity's series opens up this question...
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Published in: openSecurityChasing accountability; facing impunity
Bahrain's attempt to hold the state security services to account is channeled through campaigning, lobbying and of...
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Published in: openSecurityThe history of British involvement in Bahrain's internal security
John Yates is only the most recent Briton to be given a public role in Bahrain's internal security. Since founding...
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Published in: openSecurityPolicing Bahrain: the long arm of the British
Just after the Arab Spring was brutally crushed in Bahrain, Britain's John Yates, the former Assistant Metropolitan...
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Published in: openSecurityThe military grip on US policing
US domestic law enforcement finds one reason after another to adopt military tactics and tougher approaches to...
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Published in: openSecurityA hundred years of toxic humanitarianism
The history of tear gas traces a metamorphosis from chemical weapon of warfare to 'legitimate' crowd control...
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Published in: openSecurityA lethal 'non-lethal' weapon
With tear gas a prominent weapon used to repress the recent uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, the...
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Published in: openSecurityIs Bangladesh spiralling out of control?
The massacre of Hefazat protesters in Dhaka by Bangladeshi security forces, followed by the government’s initial...
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Published in: openSecurityTerror in the wake of Woolwich
The aftermath of the Woolwich murder casts a worrying light on how Muslims are perceived and terrorism is defined in the UK.
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Published in: openSecurityMission Afghanistan
India must take on a global leadership role, providing both economic and military aid together with regional/global...
