A first line of defence? Vigilant surveillance, participatory policing, and the reporting of “suspicious” activity
A first line of defence? Vigilant surveillance, participatory policing, and the reporting of “suspicious” activity
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第一道防线？警惕监视、参与性警务和报告“可疑”活动
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2017
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Sebastian Larsson
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作者：
Sebastian Larsson
当鼓励公民部署警惕的监视并报告他们认为不寻常和“可疑”的活动时，有什么利害关系？本文探讨了当前警戒在当代西方旨在打击恐怖主义行为和重大犯罪的安全实践中的作用。它通过批判性地分析官方对怀疑的构建、参与式警务的责任过程以及有偏见的业余侦探的指派来做到这一点。首先，它的结论是，政治运动提供的机构是高度虚幻的，因为报道行为只是划分了参与的终点，以及恐惧和偏执在哪里被转化为合法的情报，使国家能够采取权威行动和先发制人的暴力。其次，这种警觉举措还培育了一种对陌生人的怀疑常态化，因为鼓励人们意识到任何被认为“不寻常”的事情和任何人，以及报告这种怀疑的工具，越来越多地进入日常生活的平凡领域。
What is at stake when citizens are encouraged to deploy vigilant surveillance and report what they consider to be unusual and “suspicious” activity? This article explores the current role of vigilance in contemporary Western security practices aimed at battling terrorist acts and major crime. It does so by critically analysing official constructions of suspiciousness, the responsibilisation process of participatory policing, and the assignments of prejudiced amateur detectives. It concludes, firstly, that the agency offered by political campaigns such as “If You See Something, Say Something” is highly illusive since the act of reporting simply demarcates where participation ends, and where fear and paranoia are turned into legitimate intelligence, enabling the state to exercise authoritative action and preemptive violence. Secondly, these kinds of vigilance initiatives also nurture a normalisation of suspicion towards strangers since the encouragements to be aware of anything-and-anyone deemed “out of the ordinary”, as well as the tools for reporting such suspicions, increasingly creep into the mundane realms of everyday life.