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Stephen Downes

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According to this article, "a news report last week revealed that a county police department in Florida uses sensitive data from the local school district to keep a secret list of middle and high school students it deems as potential future criminals." The story reports, "In its intelligence manual, the Pasco Sheriff's Office says most police departments have no way of knowing if kids have 'low intelligence' or come from 'broken homes' — factors that can predict whether they'll break the law. 'Fortunately,' it continues, 'these records are available to us.'"

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