What happens when you add more police to a city, response teams for mental health, qualified immunity, police misconduct across cities, violence interrupters, gun violence, lowering recidivism, advisory councils, real time crime centers, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
When You Add More Police To A City, What Happens? (NPR)
Columbus, Ohio, Police Have Killed Third Most Children in U.S., Compared to Other Departments: Data (Newsweek)
Race plays a role, but researchers say it’s not the strongest predictor of whether someone holds a negative view of police A meta-analysis of 66 peer-reviewed studies shows the public’s relationship with law enforcement is complicated.(The Journalist’s Resource)
Tallahassee Police launches mobile response team for mental health calls. (Tallahassee Democrat)
Federal Investigations of Police Misconduct: A Multi-City Comparison (2019) (Academia.edu)
Chief’s Advisory Council the first step in making JCPD more transparent (Yahoo)
The Most Powerful Weapon for Police Reform Is Back (Intelligencer)
CRIME RATE
Teen center helping kids navigate crime and make better choices (Fox17Online)
Manhattan to stop prosecuting prostitution, dismissing cases dating back decades (The Independent)
After a crime surge, LBPD flooded the zone on gun enforcement. Is it working? (Long Beach Post News) see also: APD creates new intervention program in hopes of driving violent gun crime rates down (KXAN)
Putting More People in Jail Won’t Reduce Crime in Dallas. Will Violence Interrupters? (DMagazine)
Data-informed crime prevention at convenience stores in Atlantic City (Taylor and Francis Online)
CRIM-TECH
Inside the rise of police department real-time crime centers (MIT Tech Review)
Chula Vista City Council approves police use of license plate readers (CBS8)
State Police Passing Costs to Local on Body, Dash Cams (GovTech)
New privacy bill would end law enforcement practice of buying data from brokers (TechCrunch)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
How Advances In Open-Sourced Data Can End Police Brutality (Forbes)
In act of civil disobedience, 7 protesters arrested for demanding release of shooting video (Knox News)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Could Cash Incentives Lower Recidivism? (TheCrimeReport.org)
Washington state governor OKs bill banning for-profit jails (AP News)
These Mississippi teens escaped life without parole. But they will still die in prison. (Clarion Ledger)
Man hit with $4,000 bill after year-long jail stay for charges that were later dismissed (WKYT)
The Women Fighting for Cannabis Justice and Data Transparency in the U.S. Prison System (Vogue)
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