<story><title>Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavior in a ‘Risk’ Database</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzdp5v/police-in-canada-are-tracking-peoples-negative-behavior-in-a-risk-database</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>emptybits</author><text>FTA: The Ontario Provincial Police say, “We can knock on someone’s door and say, ‘We’re so worried about you, can we come in and chat?’”&lt;p&gt;Yikes. I understand the positive spin is the police care about the wellbeing of at-risk people with these visits. But wouldn&amp;#x27;t it also be true that anything and everything the police observe and believe as a result of such a visit could also be used against the resident or others in the home?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cabaalis</author><text>I recommend everyone watch this video. It&amp;#x27;s geared towards lawyers. If the police are asking questions with any level of suspicion at all, don&amp;#x27;t talk to them. Even if you do not lie, and are innocent, the things you say can still be used against you.&lt;p&gt;Summarizing:&lt;p&gt;1. There is no way it can help.&lt;p&gt;2. If your client is guilty (or even innocent), they might admit guilt with nothing in return.&lt;p&gt;3. If your client is innocent, they can still make some small mistake or tiny mistruth that can be used to convict by seeding doubt.&lt;p&gt;4. If your client is innocent, and does not make any small mistake or tiny mistruth, what is said can still be used in court to convict.&lt;p&gt;5. If your client is innocent, and tells the police absolutely nothing incriminating at all, the police can still mis-remember the conversation and result in a conviction.&lt;p&gt;6. If your client is innocent, and tells the police absolutely nothing incriminating at all, and the clients statements are videotaped so it cannot be mischaracterized, the police can still augment the conversation from their personal knowledge and result in a conviction.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s more, it goes on and on and on. Don&amp;#x27;t talk to police if you are being questioned about something, whether you did it or not.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavior in a ‘Risk’ Database</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzdp5v/police-in-canada-are-tracking-peoples-negative-behavior-in-a-risk-database</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>emptybits</author><text>FTA: The Ontario Provincial Police say, “We can knock on someone’s door and say, ‘We’re so worried about you, can we come in and chat?’”&lt;p&gt;Yikes. I understand the positive spin is the police care about the wellbeing of at-risk people with these visits. But wouldn&amp;#x27;t it also be true that anything and everything the police observe and believe as a result of such a visit could also be used against the resident or others in the home?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mattlondon</author><text>What I find weird about all of this is that people actually answer their door to unexpected &amp;amp; unknown visitors?! Do you also answer your phone to unexpected &amp;amp; unknown callers?!&lt;p&gt;My rule of thumb built up over years of annoyance &amp;amp; bullshit is: if you don&amp;#x27;t know who it is, or aren&amp;#x27;t expecting anything, ignore it; 99.9% of the time someone unexpected&amp;#x2F;unknown on the phone or at your door are just going to be wasting your time and attention. (trying to sell you something&amp;#x2F;con you&amp;#x2F;religious recruitment&amp;#x2F;generally be weird&amp;#x2F;mad etc)</text></comment>