12 Actions Canada Can Take Using ISED to Hold Policing Accountable — With T

12 Actions Canada Can Take Using ISED to Hold Policing Accountable — With Tools They’re Not Using Today

By Gerard King | Cyber Analyst | www.gerardking.dev

1. Real-Time Radio Spectrum Auditing of Police Comms

ISED oversees Canada’s electromagnetic spectrum. It could monitor and audit encrypted and unencrypted police radio traffic to identify:

Gaps between official dispatch logs and real-world activity.
Use of unauthorized frequencies or signal-jamming.
“Dead-air” manipulation used during off-the-record misconduct.

2. AI-Powered Deconfliction Logs Using HPC

Using ISED's access to high-performance computing infrastructure, machine learning models could compare internal police narratives to:

Location data,
Officer-to-officer communication graphs,
and dispatch records — at national scale.
Discrepancies would trigger automatic case review flags.

3. Police Device IMEI Surveillance for Accountability

Every mobile device, even department-issued phones or bodycams, has an IMEI or MAC address. ISED can cross-reference those with:

Cell tower handoffs,
Location drift data,
Rogue hotspot creation,
To confirm or disprove officer presence at key incidents or suppressed cases.

4. Black-Box Officer Movement Logging via Public Infrastructure Sensors

ISED coordinates smart infrastructure (traffic lights, city IoT, 5G arrays). These assets can be repurposed to verify officer routes against claims in:

Pursuits,
Crowd control claims,
or delayed response reports.

5. Enforce Encryption Audits & Metadata Retention Compliance

Police agencies using end-to-end encryption may obscure misconduct. ISED could enforce:

Encryption key escrow
Minimum metadata retention periods
Mandatory federal audits of local law enforcement data custody practices.

6. Leverage Canadian Superclusters for Pattern Recognition

Using the Digital Supercluster, ISED can deploy centralized anomaly detection systems that:

Flag outlier behavior (e.g., excessive arrests by one officer),
Detect report tampering or evidence suppression in CAD/RMS,
Identify “citation farming” and racial profiling.

7. Analyze Drone and Bodycam Spectrum for Hidden Modifications

Officers have been caught disabling bodycams or modifying drones. ISED’s signal intelligence can detect:

Downed video stream timestamps
Signal tampering
Unregistered devices operating on secure bands

8. Create a Civilian AI-Forensics Lab at the ISED Level

Instead of waiting for military or RCMP SIGINT review, ISED could establish a civilian-run lab to:

Reverse-engineer deleted case files
Recover data from damaged bodycams
Run deep forensic analysis on internal surveillance video

9. Machine-Learning Oversight of Use-of-Force Logs

Most use-of-force entries are self-reported and rarely audited. ISED could create an automated federal force incident review AI that compares:

Force type used,
Officer’s history,
Context (race, location, etc.)
to determine risk levels of excessive or racist enforcement.

10. Spectrum Geofencing for Protest Surveillance Violations

Officers often conduct unauthorized surveillance of protests. ISED could deploy spectrum anomaly detection geofences to identify:

IMSI catchers (cell-site simulators),
Unauthorized UAVs,
Off-protocol surveillance devices — and report violations in real time.

11. Cross-Database Intelligence to Flag “Digital Redlining”

Some police agencies redirect patrols based on predictive data that discriminates against poor or racialized communities. ISED can analyze this through:

Heat maps,
Funding vs. enforcement trends,
Sentiment vs. citation databases — to expose discriminatory resource allocation.

12. Weaponized Data Disclosure Registry

ISED can lead a federal transparency framework for when:

Police departments use automated tools against civilians,
Share citizen data with foreign agencies,
Or co-opt cybersecurity tools without oversight.

This database could become a public register of enforcement tools — including AI systems and predictive analytics — and their real-world application and abuses.

Conclusion: ISED Has the Tools. Now Give It the Mandate.

The real threat to authoritarian policing isn’t public outrage — it’s independent civilian audit infrastructure with federal reach. ISED already has the capabilities: spectrum control, machine learning partners, HPC clusters, and direct oversight of digital standards. All that’s missing is the political will to apply it where it’s needed most: law enforcement transparency.

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