Policing: Monitoring, Investigating and Prosecuting ‘Drones’

Investigating the Intersection of Policing and Public Health

The study by Kerr and colleagues [1] in this week’s PLOS Medicine adds to the evidence from many single-site qualitative and mixed-methods studies, from countries rich and poor, that police misconduct, ranging from interfering with harm reduction programs to extortion, beatings, and rape, exacerbates the risk of HIV and other diseases spread through injection drug use [2,3]. Given Thailand’s mu...

Monitoring, Policing and Trust for Grid-Based Virtual Organisations

A key challenge in Grid Computing is the ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) which operate in an open, dynamic and competitive environment. In response, in the CONOISE-G project, we are developing an infrastructure to support robust and resilient virtual organisation formation and operation. Specifically, CONOISE-G provides mechanisms to assure effective operatio...

Prosecuting for Workplace Death and Injury

ELR 11069 Climate Drones : A New Tool for Oil and Gas Air Emission Monitoring

In recent years, the proliferation of commercial drone or unmanned aircraft system (UAS) applications in the United States has generated significant discussion and controversy among legal scholars and practitioners attempting to navigate this budding industry . The drone phenomenon is just starting to catch on in the area of environmental monitoring and enforcement . There is immense potential ...

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