Week of June 21, 2021

Not all police report use of force to FBI, rise in use of force cases in Las Vegas, crime pushing responders to their limit, gun violence leaves insurmountable impacts in Yakima,  NOLA adds 70 more crime cameras, roadblocks to police records, St Louis PD stops reporting crime, and more…

POLICE CONDUCT

As shootings ‘skyrocket,’ Wichita police get council approval for federal crackdown (The Wichita Eagle)

Most Florida police agencies don’t report use-of-force data to FBI 90 of 387 departments participate statewide (Click Orlando)

Las Vegas police report shows rise in uses of force (Las Vegas Review Journal)

Teen tased by trooper on girlfriend’s porch; experts call it ‘egregious’ (WINK)

Policing in America: Racial and ethnic variations in perspectives on police activities (DataFoundation.org)

National Data on Citizen Complaints about Police Use of Force: Data Quality Concerns and the Potential (Mis)Use of Statistical Evidence to Address Police Agency Conduct (Academia.edu)

Fact check: Police rarely prosecuted for on-duty shootings (USAToday)

The Risks of ‘Driving While Black’ in Baltimore County (TheCrimeReport.org)

CRIME RATE 

Biden Pushes New Efforts to Tackle Gun Violence (NYTimes)

Crime pushing first responders to their limit, city officials worry (WFAA)

Can Criminal Justice Reform Survive a Wave of Violent Crime? (NewRepublic.com)

With Prince George’s County homicides almost doubling last year’s rate, leaders launch summer crime initiative (WUSA9)

Drive-by shootings in Yakima leave insurmountable impacts — injuries, deaths and traumatized neighborhoods (Yakima Herald)

York City gun violence study completed a year ago, revealed now, called ‘alarming’ and ‘extremely disturbing’ (York Dispatch)

Police look to ‘saturate’ high crime areas in Niagara Falls (WGRZ)

CRIM-TECH

New Orleans to spend $1M on 70 more crime cameras; see where they’ll get installed (NOLA)

A CCTV Company Is Paying Remote Workers in India to Yell at Armed Robbers (VICE)

Flint police testing out new body cameras (WCRZ)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Despite changes, organizations claim roadblocks to police records remain (News12 Connecticut)

St. Louis police haven’t published public crime data for months. Here’s why. (St Louis Post-Dispatch) see also: St. Louis, Mo., Police Say Overhaul Has Slowed Crime Data (GovTech)

Boulder Police Using New Data System to Create Strategic Plan (Governing.com)

Despite changes, organizations claim roadblocks to police records remain (News12)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Missouri lawmakers pass reforms aimed at keeping kids out of jail (The Joplin Globe)

Prison Mail Plan Sparks Opposition (WFSU)