DHS commission looks at best law enforcement practices, CA law strips badges from bad officers, NYC union leader resigns, ‘hunting’ protestors in Minneapolis, domestic violence awareness, looking at recent FBI crime data, flawed gang database, geofence warrants, OH promises transparency in felony cases, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Columbus police to focus on gangs as part of crackdown on violence (WBNS)
St. Louis is overhauling its 911 system to fix long hold times (STLPR)
California enacts law to strip badges from bad officers (AP News)
Flagstaff City Council approves $2.5 million contract for mobile alternate response unit (AZ Daily Sun)
Fatal police violence by race and state in the USA, 1980–2019: a network meta-regression (The Lancet) see also: More Than Half of Police Killings Are Mislabeled, New Study Says (New York Times)
New DHS commission will look at best law enforcement practices: Mayorkas (ABC News)
Body cam footage shows MPD officers talking about ‘hunting’ protesters (KMSB)
Riverside County sheriff acknowledges he was dues-paying member of Oath Keepers (OC Register)
New York City police union leader resigns after FBI raids his office and home (CBS News)
CRIME RATE
What The Latest Crime Data Can — And Can’t — Tell Us (FiveThirtyEight.com) see also: Politics Podcast: How To Make Sense Of The Latest Crime Data (FiveThirtyEight.com)
Panama City Police raise awareness for domestic violence (WJHG)
With windfall, city tries to reach kids trapped in violence (AP News)
Largest human trafficking sting in Ohio history nets 161, including politician, firefighter (The Columbus Dispatch)
CRIM-TECH
How a Secret Google Geofence Warrant Helped Catch the Capitol Riot Mob (Wired.com)
The City’s Investigation Into the Police Data Loss Is Damning (DMagazine.com)
Effort to Replace Flawed Gang Database Stalled, Top Cop Tells City Council (WTTW)
Private Data/Public Regulation (LawFare)
Controversial gunshot sensors now in more Sacramento area spots. Here’s what we know (The Sacramento Bee)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
FOIC to Review Bodycam Footage Release Request in Old Saybrook Incident (Zip06)
Revealed: pipeline company paid Minnesota police for arresting and surveilling protesters (The Guardian)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Ohio court data project promises to bring transparency, improve justice in felony cases (CantonRep.com)
Charleston County men find equality in court; arrests are a different matter, study finds (The Post and Courier)
Brittany Suszan 