Hot spot policing, police accountability board, no knock warrants, gun violence, fighting drug related crime and overdoses, human trafficking, surveillance drones, body cams, mandatory sentences, FOIA watchlists, juvenile court fees, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Mayor Harrell announces ‘hot spot’ patrol crime initiative, push to rewrite local gun laws (MyNorthWest.com)
Salt Lake City officers are responding faster to critical 911 calls, police data shows (Salt Lake Tribune)
Minneapolis Suspends No-Knock Warrants After Police Killing (The New York Times)
Opinion: Police Accountability Board Mandate Could Be an Opportunity (Maryland Matters)
Mother’s desperate search for answers in son’s death earns rare victory against police (NBC News)
CRIME RATE
What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S. (Pew Research Center) see also: ‘It’s gotten out of control because now there’s no accountability.’ Ealum breaks down gun crime data (Owensboro Times) and also: Drops in St. Louis violent crime not greater in Cure Violence areas last year, analysis shows (St Louis Post Dispatch)
Firearm Dealers and Local Gun Violence: A Street Network Analysis of Shootings and Concentrated Disadvantage in Atlanta (SAGE Journals)
Baton Rouge listed in DEA’s new initiative to fight drug-related crime, overdose rates (BR Proud)
FTC Report: Social Media Scams Are Becoming More Common (GovTech)
It’s Not Just Rising Crime: Rogue Prosecutors Are a Huge Problem (Heritage.org)
Club owners and gubernatorial candidate say “backroom deals” behind crackdown on The Block (Baltimore Brew)
Air Force ordered to pay more than $230M in Texas church shooting (Air Force Times)
Louisiana DA: Teens Accused of Violent Crime to Face Adult Prosecution (US News)
Uncovering human trafficking in Boulder County (Daily Camera)
California crime story: The numbers, explained (Jefferson Public Radio)
CRIM-TECH
LAPD Emails Reveal Fallout of Citizen’s Botched Manhunt (VICE)
Do Good Doorbell Cams Make Good Neighbors? (WIRED)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Minneapolis has an inconsistent history of releasing body camera video when police kill someone (MinnPost)
Note for readers: Where are the daily police blotters? (Point/Plover Metro Wire)
D.C. Police Delayed Or Denied Public Records Requests From Critics On ‘Watchlist,’ Says Lawsuit (DCist)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
The Rise and Fall of a Prison Town Queen. A family feud over drugs, money and fried fish roils the heart of the Texas prison system. (The Marshall Project)
Mandatory Sentences Make Comeback in Georgia Anti-Crime Bill (USNews)
Virginia couple operates trucking company to give felons second chance (10News San Diego)
Metropolitan Crime Commission releases report on controversial ‘701 release’ policy (WDSU)
‘It Brought Life Back to Prison’: Content Analysis of Prison-Based Dog Training Programs in Four Midwestern Prisons (Taylor and Francis Online)
A massive criminal justice reform bill 5 years in the making is now up for debate in Ohio (The Enquirer)
While other states move to reduce or end juvenile court fees, Florida stays put (Miami Herald)
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