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JOSEPH ORBASE, editor on security and risk management
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On the Grey Zone threat
THE seminar on what we now call 'Grey Zone
Threats' a.k.a. 'Hybrid Warfare Threats' held
in Sydney on the 11th of September 2018, was
very informative, timely, and invaluable.
The knowledge imparted by the series of
experts in the field was outstanding and is
certainly an “eye-opener” to the participants.
The welcome introduction here in Sydney
was by Brigadier Charles New, director general
Defense Force health reserve - Australian
Defense Force.
The logical sequence of topics that followed
was characterised with helpful Powerpoint slides
that reinforced the majority of the technical and
theoretical knowledge of the speakers and with
strong emphasis and congruencies on factual
events on the world stage.
The topics were:
+ Biodefense in the age of synthetic biology and
precision gene editing.
+ Lawfare in the Grey Zone.
+ Civil-military Grey Zone threats in the era of
“Novichok”.
+ The grey area of “bio-warfare and bio-
terrorism”.
+ Information warfare and propaganda in the
Grey Zone.
+ Use of genetics data in the Grey Zone.
+ Care or Not Care: Security in the Internet of
Things (IOT).
+ The vulnerability of artificial intelligence to
data manipulation.
+ Data Mining and Modeling as a tool for
biosecurity.
The “New Approaches to Grey Zone
Threats” seminar did succinctly reinforce and
heightened our awareness and knowledge on
the subject matter. Radio Bandila program
at Alive 90.5, Radio Rizal program at 100.9
2BACR, The Filipino-Australian online news
magazine and Ang Kalatas newsmagazine are
at a vantage point in which the team of writers
and presenters are current in the prevalent
geo-political warfare and hybridization of
conflict.
We would like to express our appreciation
and thanks to Global Security Plus (Arizona
State University, King’s College, UNSW
Sydney) for organising this educational event.
Indeed, our community benefits from this
type of organisation that puts a premium on
education and knowledge.
A well informed community is a vigilant
community.
TOM BAENA, solicitor and former NSW Police officer
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OCTOBER 2018 | AK NewsMagazine, Vol 9 No 1
How right policing works
AUSTRALIAN policing is very much different
from policing in Third World countries like the
Philippines.
However, speaking about statistics every
authority on the matter is uniform in agreeing that
statistics and police activities are closely related
and do not actually paint the actual true picture of
crime regardless of where it is.
Crime statistics are just a record of police
activities. In saying this, as an example, when
Operation Tokhang in the Philippines was
first started we heard that many drug addicts
surrendered or “neutralised”, thereby saying that
there was a decrease in the prevalence of drug-
related crime.
We all know that this is not a true picture of crime
in the area.
However, the one thing that is the proven saying
that "prevention is always better than cure" is the
same thing in crime - ‘pro-active policing works’.
If people were aware of the likelihood of being
detected and prosecuted, it acts as a deterrent to
crime. The mere presence of a police officer can
actually reduce crime.
As an example, whenever there is a police car on
the side of the road every motorist slows down.
Pro-active policing can have a telling impact on
the community.
Trust and confidence on police presence place
an important factor in the effectiveness of policing.
In Australia, the police introduced Neighbourhood
Watch and the notion of community-based
policing.
In the Philippines, we have the Barangay
Tanod and now it is a requirement in the
Philippines that the ‘barangay system’ is the first
step in any court process.
As Filipino Australians, we needed to be
assured that we can trust our police.
And I can say that we should trust and support
them as they do a very hard and sometimes
thankless job.
For most Filipinos, having experienced policing
coming from a Third World country, we still hold
the preconcived idea that police are all the same
corrupt and abusive officers of the law.
Under the Duterte Administration, pro-
active policing is now having an effect in the
Philippines.
We, especially Filipino Australians, are no
longer worried about ‘tanim bala’ or ‘stambays
sa kanto’. We know about ‘hulidap’, and
unfortunately it still happens.
The one thing that can assist in policing is the
vigilance of the media.
With a strong media, the community is
empowered by being aware of what is right or
wrong policing practice.
In the Philippines, we also need P\proactive
media reporting to prevent police abuses from
the likes of ‘Tulfo Brothers’ and others that can
have that deterrent effect.
The press cannot report before the event,
but by making the people aware of people’s
rights the Philippines can have similar effects to
Australian policing practices.
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