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	Copwatch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The modern concept of copwatching is based on a model of police accountability used by the Black Panther Party, in which members of the Party followed police officers on patrols in poor African-American neighborhoods.
		Copwatch organizations generally abide by a policy of non-interference with the police, although this may not be true for all groups.
		Copwatch groups also hold "Know Your Rights" forums to educate the public about their legal and human rights when interacting with the police, and some groups organize events to highlight problems of police abuse in their communities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Copwatch (513 words)

	Berkeley Copwatch : Herstory
		Copwatch aggressively campaigns against laws, but Measure O is passed with the help of $24,000 in funds donated by property management companies and local businesses.
		Copwatch joins Police Watch and other police accountability groups to campaign for justice in the killing of Mark Garcia, who died after being beaten and pepper sprayed by San Francisco police officers.
		Copwatch responds to the attacks of September 11th with a forum at UC Berkeley that examined the government's new laws that threaten our civil liberties, and produced a special edition Copwatch Report on the aftermath of 9/11.
	www.berkeleycopwatch.org /herstory.htm (1227 words)

	Breakdown Book Collective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Although CopWatch was able to video the incident, we have refrained from using the footage with the media out of respect for the victim's religious beliefs which forbid her allowing men to see her face.
		Denver CopWatch did obtain her permission to allow Sharreef Aleem to show the video to a group of local Muslim leaders and CopWatch has taken the case to the Mayor and 11 members of the City Council.
		In 1997 CopWatch's predecessor "End the Politics of Cruelty (EPOC) was less than a year old and was in the process of bringing a lawsuit against the City of Denver for refusing to grant the group a permit to protest police brutality.
	www.breakdowncollective.org /show_article.php?art_id=3 (2429 words)

	Santa Cruz Indymedia: Concerned Citizens form Santa Cruz Copwatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Copwatch, a group to observe and monitor police activities, is being formed by Santa Cruz citizens concerned about police misconduct and abuse of power in the Santa Cruz community.
		Copwatch chapters exist in at least 6 other cities, including the 10 year old Berkeley Copwatch, and the newly formed Copwatch in East Palo Alto.
		The objective of Copwatch is to train the public in non-confrontational techniques with which they can increase their ability to observe police actions, and thus reduce police brutality and other civil rights violations.
	santacruz.indymedia.org /feature/display/9041/index.php (252 words)

	CityBeat: Watching the Detectives (2002-08-08)
		CopWatch member Dureka Bonds says the response she gets while leafleting reinforces her belief that citizens need a concrete way to protect themselves from police abuses.
		CopWatch has a grant from the Active Element Foundation for the Digital Storytelling Project, in which Beamon is documenting citizens' recollections of the uprising.
		CopWatch is getting such a positive response from the community that it's exploring ways to expand its mission, the volunteers say.
	www.citybeat.com /2002-08-08/news.shtml (1089 words)

	Austin Downtown Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Copwatch is a grassroots organization which seeks to curb police brutality by confronting it as it occurs in the streets.
		Its goals include educating the public on their rights when dealing with the police, documenting police behavior with video cameras as a means of discouraging misconduct, encouraging people to settle their differences without the help of the police, and encouraging accountability through community control of the police.
		Copwatch bases its outreach program on the Arts and Revolution concept that artistic expression plays an important role in all aspects of our lives, including political education.
	www.diversearts.org /archive/v6n1/cop.html (425 words)

	Phoenix Copwatch-Stop Police Brutality
		These people were ordinary folks who faced the police for various reasons, but all were subject to the judge, jury and executioner mentality of the police officers that shot them.
		Copwatch seeks to end police repression through monitoring, education and working on various campaigns within the community.
		Phoenix Copwatch also concerns itself with abuses of police authority that leads to racial profiling, harassment, and unjust arrests, such as the situation surrounding immigrants being arrested for being smuggled across the border.
	www.phoenixcopwatch.org (432 words)

	The New Abolitionist
		Phoenix Copwatch began quietly over two years ago when members of a local activist group, Ruckus, decided to do something to thwart police brutality and fight institutional whiteism in the Valley.
		Copwatch is made up of a variety of people from various backgrounds and political schools of thought.
		Copwatch participated in the 1999 anti-sidewalk ordinance sit-in on Mill Avenue, in which local lawmakers made it a crime to sit on the sidewalk-a law explicitly designed to harass homeless youth.
	racetraitor.org /oneyearcamera.html (820 words)

	Pensacola Copwatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Pensacola CopWatch will have a team of observers at the Florida Highway Patrol's 'sobriety checkpoint' roadblock this Friday on Nine Mile Road from 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM to monitor law enforcement activity and help ensure that motorists' rights are not violated.
		Copwatch reminds motorists that they have the right not to consent to a search of their vehicles.
		While CopWatch believes an investigation is needed, an investigation into deputy Lewis' actions should be lead by an independent review board such as those found in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Key West and elsewhere in Florida.
	www.pensacolacopwatch.org (2337 words)

	Santa Cruz Indymedia: CopWatch Explosion in the U.S. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		CopWatch organizations are being set up all over America, by ordinary citizens, driven to police the police, in grassroots community efforts.
		Texas Copwatch describes Copwatch as "a group of ordinary people who observe and record police activity on the streets.
		Berkeley’s CopWatch describes itself as a community based volunteer organization that “monitors police activity in the Southside neighborhood, and elsewhere, in an effort to defend the rights of all citizens, especially those who live on the street, who are people of color, or are otherwise disenfranchised.
	santacruz.indymedia.org /feature/display/9320/index.php (257 words)

	Austin Copwatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Austin Copwatch is a community based volunteer organization that keeps an eye on the police in an effort to defend the rights of the people, to prevent and discourage police brutality and harassment, and to work towards police accountability.
		Copwatch volunteers spend time walking the streets, observing police and witnessing/ recording police interactions with citizens on camera, videotape, audio-tape, and/ or paper.
		Austin Copwatch meets weekly on Wednesdays at 730 PM at the Bouldin Creek Coffee House on South First.
	www.geocities.com /austincopwatch (149 words)

	TheExperiment \| Articles => 'Copwatch' Activists Patrol Communities to Thwart Police Misconduct (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Copwatchers are now due in court later this month, slapped with charges of obstructing government administration, resisting arrest, harassment and assault -- mostly, they say, just because they watched when the police told them not to.
		Though nationwide Copwatch activists have undergone significant police harassment and detention, this arrest was a first for the local Copwatch group.
		Copwatch volunteer Karla James thinks the PRC is "indispensable" to activists as a platform for advocating policy changes.
	www.theexperiment.org /articles.php?news_id=2114 (2048 words)

	Beyondmonkey - Copwatch
		Copwatch is a Windows client for the IPCop firewall.
		If the mouse is placed over the Copwatch icon in the system tray, a popup with detailed status information is displayed that gets updated once every second.
		Copwatch will connect to the website specified on the options tab and display the first IP-address it finds.
	www.beyondmonkey.com /copwatch (351 words)

	phoenixnewtimes.com \| News \| Cruising for Cops
		Copwatch, an earnest band of volunteers, aims to stamp out police brutality -- and vanquish institutional racism -- by aiming a camera.
		Ultimately, Copwatch's objective is to end police brutality in the Valley.
		The Copwatch crew is striving to achieve identity and credibility -- and to have sufficient volunteers to allow one or more weekly street patrols (no member does more than one shift).
	www.phoenixnewtimes.com /issues/1999-12-02/feature2_3.html (934 words)

	Cop Watch 101 - By Bork
		Copwatching goals are to discourage and attempt to stop police brutality and harassment by
		Those needing copwatch most, and who you want to come to the meetings, are those least likely to have easy or regular Internet access.
		To copwatch effectively all you need is your eyes and ears and something to record the incident.
	maydaydc.mahost.org /propaganda/copwatch101.html (4316 words)

	Standing up for Your Rights - #31 Jan/Feb 98 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		However, you don't have to be on a copwatch to be on duty.
		Copwatchers are on the lookout for incidents like the one which resulted in the 1995 slaying of Edward Anderson as he was chased from his Central District backyard.
		Once a Copwatch has observed an incident, the next step is following up on the case to see whether the person taken into custody was ever actually charged.
	www.washingtonfreepress.org /31/Watchmen.html (1223 words)

	Anarchism In Action: CopWatch
		The ones that are most relevant to COPWATCH are the state laws which are found in your state's Penal Code and local laws which are part of the Municipal Code.
		Legally, when a person is arrested or detained by a police officer, he or she does not have to answer any questions to the officer, on the grounds that it may be self-incriminating.
		Our main tactic in COPWATCH will be to discourage police brutality and harassment by letting the cops know that their actions are being recorded and that they will be held accountable for their acts of harassment and abuse.
	aia.mahost.org /pro_copwatch.html (3573 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Although Denver CopWatch was unable to film the very beginning of the arrest, three video cameras and one still camera did document most of the arrest.
		Denver CopWatch is especially concerned by this incident because Officer Tinnin was involved in the only violent arrest during an anti-war march last year marking the first anniversary of the war in Iraq.
		CopWatch is calling for an investigation into Officer Tinnin's actions at both Saturday's march and last year's incident.
	www.breakdowncollective.org /copwatch.php (465 words)

	Copwatch 101 pamphlet : LA IMC
		The booklet is filled with useful information on setting up your own local Copwatch group, how to do Copwatch activities by yourself or with others, and suggestions on legislative solutions to poor policing practices.
		We feel that Copwatch is an important project that should be in every community that has a police force.
		Setting up your own neighborhood Copwatch is an act of solidarity with your neighbors and against the enforcement arm of the state.
	la.indymedia.org /news/2004/04/107129.php (270 words)

	Metroactive News & Issues \| Copwatch
		Copwatch is her newest project, which she has undertaken with at least three local stalwarts.
		In the past year, Belote has traveled with Copwatch groups in Berkeley and Watsonville before he joined the newly formed crew in San Jose, and most of what he sees is routine law enforcement.
		Copwatch's main purpose is to deter excessive force or racial discrimination that might occur if officers aren't monitored.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/02.23.05/copwatch-0508.html (1501 words)

	portland imc - 2004.05.21 - CopWatch Explosion in the U.S.A.
		CopWatch Explosion in the U.S. By Kirsten Anderberg
		Some of the CopWatch organizers are mothers whose sons were brutally murdered by police, and have been given no justifiable reason for their son's death.
		As Anderberg says, copwatching is a "phenomenon." Copwatch isn't a national organization, but rather a name that many (more or less) like-minded groups use.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2004/05/289006.shtml (2401 words)

	Copwatch Program Aims to Keep IVFP Officers in Check - Daily Nexus Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		To kick off their Copwatch program, Associated Students members set up a table on Del Playa Drive on Friday night to pass out complaint forms and informational fliers to Isla Vista residents.
		Kelly Burns, the vice chair of A.S. Student Lobby, said the organization decided to start the Copwatch program at UCSB in response to what she said were frequent student complaints alleging police misconduct toward students during weekends in I.V. After Halloween weekend, Burns said, many students felt they were being unfairly ticketed by the IVFP.
		According to the Copwatch Web site, UC Berkeley students created the program in March 1990 in response to growing misconduct within the Berkeley police department, including alleged harassment of local homeless people and an incident in which officers seized and “brutalized” the residents of the Barrington co-op.
	www.dailynexus.com /news/2004/8372.html (511 words)

	Copwatch
		Copwatch was started in March of 1990 in response to escalatlng abuse of people in the Telegraph Avenue area of Berkeley.
		Copwatch is also part of the National Coalition for Police Accountability and we support the Stolen Lives Project which is collecting names of all those who have been killed by police nationwide.
		Copwatch also keeps tabs on UC and City affairs by going to meetings and reading official communications.
	www.highvibrations.org /archive2/copwatch.htm (1005 words)

	Berkeley Copwatch
		You are welcome to copy any of the materials on our website and use them to help educate the public and to start a Copwatch group in your community.
		Although you may find web pages or organizations that call themselves "Copwatch", read through their material carefully.
		Berkeley Copwatch is based on the idea that WATCHING the police is a crucial first step in the process of organizing.
	www.berkeleycopwatch.org (282 words)

	The BrownWatch: News for People of Color - Police Brutality Watch - CopWatch Explosion in the U.S.
		CopWatch Explosion in the U.S. It is now a phenomenon.
		CopWatch organizations are being set up all over America, by ordinary citizens, driven to police the police,in grass roots community efforts.
		And CopWatch groups are networking and training each other.
	www.brownwatch.com /police-brutality-watch/2004/05/25/copwatch-explosion-in-the-us-.html (606 words)

	portland imc - 2002.03.31 - Who is Portland Copwatch?
		Copwatch is a non-profit, volunteer-run education and advocacy group.
		Portland Copwatch are a bunch of backstabbing,ego mongering,self centered,pimps.
		They (unknown copwatch people) Risked physical injury as those bastard renta pigs were pretty pissed at us for crashing thier consumer party.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2002/03/8771.shtml (619 words)

	COPWATCH.com Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Copwatch seeks to honor and encourage the exceptional reporters and media companies who break that mold.
		NOTE: Copwatch has replaced the acronym LEO ('Law Enforcement Officer') with the more appropriate acronym SOL ('Sworn Officer of the Law').
		Copwatch collects these articles here, and presents an annual award for the best in-depth report.
	www.copwatch.net (1443 words)

	Oregon Commentator
		Copwatch is entirely a volunteer organization and supports itself through its own fund-raising.
		Copwatch is no longer exclusively focusing on the police department, either.
		However, the lesson to be learned from Copwatch is that police who are more aware of their role in the community are better police.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~ocomment/ocarchive/oc95_96/oc9_95_4.html (1604 words)

	Phoenix Copwatch-Stop Police Brutality
		The Copwatch Lawyers will explain your rights with the police and government.
		The first part of the Copwatch workshop will involve an introduction to Phoenix Copwatch.
		Phoenix Copwatch is a citizen's group formed to combat abuse by the police in our community by a variety of means including community patrols, videotaping and community education.
	www.phoenixcopwatch.org /calendar_2004.html (797 words)

	CSULB Online 49er: v10n60: Copwatch rallies against brutality
		Long Beach Copwatch is dedicated to make a difference by bringing awareness and response to the police brutality in the community.
		Food Not Bombs, the main organization that oversees Copwatch meetings, began a year ago talking to individuals who had horror stories of police abuse, ranging from being beaten and ticketed to being jailed for long periods of time for no real reason.
		Austin said he became interested in Copwatch, due to the abuse and wanted to bring education and self-defense to the community.
	www.csulb.edu /~d49er/archives/2002/fall/news/v10n60-cop.shtml (575 words)

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