Mental health, search and seizures, police reform and procedural justice, concealed carry linked to increased gun violence, license plate readers used to track vehicle locations, facial recognition, police data tracking needs more transparency, school-to-prison pipeline, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Cook County Sheriff dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time (Associated Press) see also: Crisis counselors soon to be on scene with first responders to assist individuals exhibiting mental health needs (Hometown Stations)
Female police officers are less likely to search a car during a traffic stop but more likely to find contraband when they do (PsyPost) see also: Police revise rules for searches after people report confusion, intimidation (Fox5 San Diego)
Beverly Hills: 99% of people arrested by ‘safe streets’ unit were Black, suit says (The Guardian)
Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy (Academia.edu)
Police Say Demoralized Officers Are Quitting In Droves. Labor Data Says No. (The Marshall Project)
Grand jury in Elijah McClain investigation indicts officers, medics in 2019 death (NBC News)
How Target Got Cozy With the Cops, Turning Black Neighbors Into Suspects (Bloomberg)
CRIME RATE
Concealed Carry Is Linked to Increased Gun Violence in Wisconsin (Center for American Progress)
Florida domestic-violence database is a good start | Commentary (Orlando Sentinel)
The Economic Imperative to Stop Gun Violence (The Philadelphia Citizen)
The Proliferation of Ghost Guns: Regulation Gaps and Challenges for Law Enforcement (The Police Foundation)
As murders spike nationwide, one city is trying to create peace, turning to its librarians for help (Denver ABC 7)
CRIM-TECH
Citizen attitudes towards the public release of police body-worn camera video footage (TandFOnline)
Flock Safety Gives Users Expanded Vehicle Location Abilities (GovTech)
Federal Agencies to Increase Facial Recognition Use, GAO Finds (GovTech)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Guest Post: Data can transform policing — but first we need the data (Washington Post) see also: VERIFY: Who is tracking deadly police shootings? WUSA9
Lewiston, Auburn police move to encrypted radio system, silencing civilian scanners (Sun Journal)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Arkansas inmates not told they were given anti-parasite drug (ABC News)
Indiana Corrections Uses Software to Reduce Prison Assaults (GovTech)
Youth Violent Offending in School and Out: Reporting, Arrest, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline (TandFOnline)
Brittany Suszan 