Capitol attack attended by police officers, driving down the crime rate in 2021, addressing police reforms, banning facial recognition, COVID in prisons, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Columbus officials plan addresses public safety and police reform efforts Thursday (ABC6)
Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, N.J. native, picks up new job … in law enforcement (NJ.com)
Off-duty police were part of Capitol mob. Some police unions feel they can’t back them. (NBC) see also: Polk County deputy arrested for making written threats related to violence at US Capitol (ABC Action News)
ACLU report outlines complaints against Baltimore police officers (WBAL)
American policing in an age of austerity and globalization: An option to face the challenge (Academia.edu)
Federal Investigations of Police Misconduct: A Multi-City Comparison (2019) (Academia.edu)
CRIME RATE
Mayor, IMPD bank on community focus to drive down 2021 crime rates (Fox59)
Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook (TechTransparencyProject)
Wilmington homicides more than doubled in 2020. What fueled the increase? (Star News Online)
CRIME TECH
Worcester, Mass., Balks at Crime Forecasting Technology (GovTech)
Proposed ban on use of facial recognition technology by police advances in Minneapolis (Star Tribune)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Open data: A critical tool for police reform and racial equity
North Carolina state report calls for greater police transparency (KRCC)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
A State-by-State Look at Coronavirus in Prisons (The Marshall Project)
Trump pardons 73, commutes sentence for 70 others: Full list (Aljazeera)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
Proud Boys organizer arrested in Central Florida on charges from U.S. Capitol riot (Sun-Sentinel)
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