Police chiefs weigh in on Biden presidency police reforms, militarization does not reduce crime, no-knock warrants banned in Virginia, undocumented immigrants less likely to commit crime than citizens, the dos and don’ts of a police blotter, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Here’s what police chiefs think Biden should do to help address issues with law enforcement (CNN)
Knoxville PD: New co-responder program workers respond to dozens of calls in first months (WBIR)
Fort Hood’s Inexperienced, Overburdened CID Faces New Scrutiny in Army Investigation (Military.com)
Austin Police Association claims police officers are resigning because of budget cuts. Here’s what the data says (KVUE)
The Impact of Terrorism on the Transformation of Law Enforcement in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada Since the 1960s: The Relevance of 9/11 to the Thin Blue Line (Academia.edu) see also: New Study Findings: Militarizing Local Police Does Not Reduce Crime (Louisiana State University) and also: Wielding a gun makes a shooter perceive others as wielding a gun, too (Colorado State University)
RCMP could easily identify officers accused of sexual assault, says former Supreme Court justice Social Sharing (CBC)
Northam signs ‘Breonna’s Law’ making Virginia 3rd state to ban no-knock search warrants (WAVY)
Lewiston police looking to expand mental health, substance use support for residents (Sun Journal) see also: Orlando mental health experts could respond to many 911 calls (FOX35)
CRIME RATE
Five myths about criminal justice (Newsday)
St. Louis County seeing opioid overdose numbers increase this year (WDIO)
Austin PD’s data officer has concerns with recent crime but urges caution with the numbers (KXAN)
Undocumented immigrants far less likely to commit crimes in U.S. than citizens (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
State: Spike in violent crime ‘indirect impact’ of pandemic (WOODTV)
FBI Releases 2019 NIBRS Crime Data (FBI.gov)
CRIM-TECH
MA police bill limits facial scans (SalemNews.com)
How banks use AI to catch criminals and detect bias (The Next Web)
Birmingham police getting 3 more years with crime-predicting software (CBS42)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
The DOs and DON’Ts of a public crime blotter (SpotCrime blog)
Changes to Chicago Data Require Nimble Journalism (McKinley Park News)
Washoe Sheriff wants public to pay fee — $200 an hour — for copies of body camera footage (Reno Gazette Journal)
Activists demand Google open up about user data shared with police (Mashable)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Pretrial Risk Assessment Tools More Accurate Than ‘Human Judgments Alone’: Experts (TheCrimeReport.org)
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