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photostops  

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  • In some cities, police have sought to combat gang activity by stopping individuals associating together in certain areas to photograph them and filing the photographs in databases for subsequent criminal investigations. Wilmington, Delaware, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and some California cities are among those that have employed this tool. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Photostops]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JPGB65HV-3

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