Stop LAPD Spying Coalition recently released the report, “Automating Banishment: The Surveillance and Policing of Looted Land.” It looks at the way that policing and surveillance has been strengthened over time to quell resistance and implement strategies of colonial domination. The report also takes a closer look into Skid Row and South Central to discuss these policing mechanisms like Operation LASER, PredPol, the Citywide Nuisance Abatement Program, etc. During the drafting of this report, LAMC 41.18d was passed and the police commission released their Echo Park Rehabilitation After Action Report, this created urgency around releasing our report and creating materials to strengthen the long-term movement-building efforts of the organization to resist the stalker state. We decided it would be important to reach out to youth, recruit them, and develop a curriculum centered on building their knowledge around policing and surveillance. I used literature review, content analysis, and popular education methods to create a 3-module curriculum. Starting with the youth’s experiences we aim to explore policing and surveillance mechanisms that show up in their daily lives, from there we analyze the problem– broaden it from the local to the global and develop plans to envision change and implement actions. The purpose of the curriculum is to conduct a knowledge exchange among youth and facilitators, introduce or expand their knowledge around policing and policing mechanisms rooted in US settler colonialism and domination as well as abolition. Ultimately, we aim to spark their involvement in local and global campaigns to dismantle and abolish the police and develop abolitionist future that enhance the care and humanity of our communities. You can read the full report here.