This is a repository copy of Watch groups, surveillance and doing it for themselves. White Rose Research Online URL for this paper: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/138670/ Version: Published Version Article: Spiller, K. and L'Hoiry, X.D. orcid.org/0000-0001-9138-7666 (2019) Watch groups, surveillance and doing it for themselves. Surveillance and Society, 17 (3/4). pp. 288-304. ISSN 1477-7487 10.24908/ss.v17i3/4.8637 Reuse This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. This licence only allows you to download this work and share it with others as long as you credit the authors, but you can’t change the article in any way or use it commercially. More information and the full terms of the licence here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing
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[email protected] [email protected] Abstract! This paper focuses on surveillant relations between citizens and police. We consider how online platforms enable the public to support the task of policing, as well as empowering the public to work without and beyond the police. While community-supported policing interventions are not new, more recently mobile and accessible technologies have promoted and enabled a DIY (Do-It- Yourself) culture towards policing amongst the public.