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What the picker changes
  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
  • 12-week heatmap & outlet matrix — show the 12 weeks ending at the selected week (they slide back with the picker, they aren’t a fixed snapshot).
  • Per-topic volume / alias drift — same 12-week trailing window, anchored on the selected period.
  • Coverage gap quadrant — scores the selected period against the 12 weeks before it (not including it).
  • Anomaly cards — only show alerts the detector fired during the selected period. Quiet weeks legitimately show none.
What stays as-is
  • Outlet orientation strip / lean colours — context-only, drawn from the last 12 weeks of activity regardless.
  • Co-occurrence graph — recent-activity anchored, not picker-driven.
  • Source & topic profiles — all-time data for the topic; the picker doesn’t affect them.
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Topic · social

Police Accountability

395 posts · 28,086 engagement · first seen 14 Oct 2021 · last seen 10 Sep 2026

The mechanisms, processes, and debates by which New Zealand police officers, leaders, and the Police Commissioner are held answerable for their conduct, including investigations into misconduct, criminal prosecution of officers, and oversight by ministers and independent bodies.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 218 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

35%
61%
Supportive 76 Critical 133 Dismissive 1 Neutral / explainer 5 Mocking 3

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 216 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.

9%
90%
Positive 3 Neutral 19 Negative 194

Platform mix

Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.

  • reddit
    36 posts · 6,554 engagement
    6,554
  • facebook
    10 posts · 5,952 engagement
    5,952
  • youtube
    164 posts · 4,213 engagement
    4,213
  • twitter
    8 posts · 448 engagement
    448

Top posts by engagement

The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.