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Police body cams: the problem of perspective<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Police body cameras have become a<\/span> hot topic<\/span><\/a> since the<\/span> fatal 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown<\/span><\/a> in the US. Australia has been caught in the wind too, with the technology<\/span> introduced to NSW police late last year<\/span><\/a>; the Perth police force started a<\/span> six-month trial<\/span><\/a> last February. <\/span>The New York Times <\/span><\/i>has a<\/span> fascinating series of videos<\/span><\/a> which show actors mocking a series of police tasks\u2014such as a foot pursuit and traffic stop\u2014from the perspective of a body camera and from a by-stander.<\/span><\/p>\n The largest data leak in history: the \u2018Panama Papers\u2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n The leak of 11.5 million files from the database of the world\u2019s fourth biggest offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca\u2014dubbed the \u2018Panama Papers\u2019\u2014has revealed how the wealthy have exploited offshore tax regimes, and has named and shamed those involved. The documents were leaked to German newspaper<\/span> S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung<\/span><\/i><\/a> and were analysed by the<\/span> International Consortium of Investigative Journalists<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> For some interesting background information, see<\/span> this piece at TIME<\/em><\/span><\/a>. To find out about the over 800 Australians implicated, check out this piece at<\/span> The Sydney Morning Herald<\/span><\/i><\/a> and this piece at<\/span> The Guardian<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i> Also be sure to look at <\/span>S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung<\/span><\/i>\u2019s<\/span> website<\/span><\/a> dedicated to the leak which includes a 10-minute video on the \u2018Panama Papers\u2019. A few articles have already dived into the potential legal outcomes of the case\u2014see<\/span> here<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> here<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n CT Scan<\/b><\/p>\n Counterterrorism cooperation: Saudi Arabia and India<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Saudi Arabia\u2019s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on 3 April to discuss India\u2019s inclusion in the Kingdom\u2019s<\/span> counterterror coalition<\/span><\/a>, comprised of 24 Islamic countries. The two countries agreed to strengthen cooperation on intelligence sharing, the prevention of terrorist financing and defence cooperation. Read more<\/span> here<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Islamist Radicals from Muslim countries are likely to have engineering qualifications<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n A new book,<\/span> \u2018Engineers of Jihad\u2019<\/span><\/a>, set to be launched by the London School of Economics this week has found that Islamist radicals born and educated in Muslim countries are 17 times more likely to have an engineering qualification than the general population in these countries. The finding comes from a study of over 800 members of violent Islamist groups, with the authors claiming the strong presence of graduates among radical groups is a result of the economic failures of those countries. Read more<\/span> here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n RAND Corporation announces new counter-terrorism plan for cities in Europe<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Bonus read: the RAND Corporation<\/span> has released<\/span><\/a> a new report, the \u2018Tactical Approach to Counter Terrorists in Cities\u2019 detailing a five-point plan designed to create a more effective counterterrorism system across Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n Checkpoint<\/b><\/p>\n How best to bolster a border?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n While<\/span> debate about how to manage the Mexican border continues<\/span><\/a> in US election campaigns, an<\/span> article published last month<\/span><\/a> by<\/span> The Lexington Institute<\/span><\/a> highlights the need to secure<\/span> the 19,924 kilometre<\/span><\/a> US\u2013Mexico border. The report recommends staving off illegal immigration by bolstering support to the maritime industry. From a different angle, over the last three years photographer<\/span> Andreas Rutkauskas<\/span><\/a> has been capturing the isolated landscape in his series<\/span> borderline<\/span><\/i><\/a>, which has seen<\/span> a surge in US patrol agents since 9\/11<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Data sharing a priority for the EU in the wake of the Brussels attack<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n In the wake of the Brussels attacks,<\/span> European justice and home affairs ministers have requested that the European Union Parliament speed up legislation<\/span><\/a> on the \u2018Passenger Name Record\u2019 database, which would give security services access to 42 separate pieces of air-passenger information, including their names, addresses, seat numbers on the plane and plane menu selections. This isn\u2019t the first time the Europe has<\/span> struggled to implement broad security measures<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(PDF). For example, the<\/span> 2005 <\/span>Pr<\/span>\u00fc<\/span>m<\/span> Convention<\/span><\/a>, which aimed at sharing DNA, fingerprints and vehicle registration data across borders, saw<\/span> only four member states swapping DNA files five years after the agreement was signed and less than half the EU states in 2011<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(PDF).<\/span><\/p>\n First Responder<\/b><\/p>\n Cultural heritage under threat<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Communities across the US are risking damage to their cultural heritage and local economies by failing to take historic preservation into account when planning for natural disasters<\/span>, new research from the University of Colorado Denver has found<\/span><\/a>. The<\/span> study<\/span><\/a> reviewed the historic preservation and hazard mitigation strategies in each state and identified a number of historic sites located in hazardous areas. It also warned that human-induced climate change is likely to increase the severity of those threats in coming years<\/span> through an increase in fires, flooding and storms<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Climate change to affect public health<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n The Obama Administration released a<\/span> new report<\/span><\/a> on Monday that\u2019s been three years in the making, detailing the impacts of climate change on public health in the US. <\/span>The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment<\/span><\/i> warns that climate change could exacerbate existing health threats and create new public health challenges. In particular, it cautioned an escalation in air pollution and airborne allergens, an increased number of premature deaths due to extreme heat, earlier annual onset of<\/span> Lyme disease<\/span><\/a> cases, increased risk of water-related illnesses and exacerbated underlying medical conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0The Beat Police body cams: the problem of perspective Police body cameras have become a hot topic since the fatal 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown in the US. 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