FBI not releasing crime stats for 2021, place based police strategies, gun control studies, communities split on use of traffic cams, access to bad cop records, access to court and legal data, TikTok influencers reshape life behind bars, felony classification system in Oklahoma, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Why the FBI Won’t Release Quarterly Crime Stats for 2021 (TIME) see also: The Alarming Gaps in National Crime Data (The Trace)
Struggle continues to hire Burlington police, several community officers hired (WCAX)
Newport News looks to expand program that sends mental health professionals on 911 calls (DailyPress) see also: ‘People don’t think clearly in crisis:’ California law enforcement turns to mental health clinicians on toughest 911 calls (Yuba.net)
Experts: Place-Based Strategies Are Effective, Central to Police Reform (NCJA.org)
Who are the Police? Descriptive Representation in the Coercive Arm of Government (Princeton.edu)
Police Fatal Shootings of Civilians Persist at ‘Alarming Rate’ (TheCrimeReport.org)
CRIME RATE
Do Studies Show Gun Control Works? (ReasonTV)
Neighbors and businesses call for crackdown on crime in Tacoma (Fox 13)
NYC Major Crime Up 36.5% as Adams Tries to Curb Shooting Spike (Bloomberg)
CRIM-TECH
Ohio Communities Split on Police Use of Traffic Cameras (Governing.com)
Big data policing is revolutionizing law and order like never before (Analytics Insight)
Inspector general says post office surveillance program exceeded legal authority (Yahoo! News)
Phoenix Police Drones are Coming Sooner Than You Think (Phoenix New Times)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
An Increasing Number Of Cop Shops Feel The General Public Shouldn’t Have Access To Crime Stats (TechDirt)
Getting “bad cop” records still means fee negotiations, court battles and wrangling with agencies and unions (Baltimore Brew)
ACLU, NAACP sue over South Carolina ban on ‘scraping’ court records (Reuters) see also: Advocates Push For More Public Access To Legal Data (Law360)
Penetrating the ‘Black Box’ of Criminal Justice Data (TheCrimeReport.org)
New data portal looks to offer more transparency from Monroe County D.A. and RPD (WHAM)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Out of prison, TikTok influencers are reshaping how we think about life behind bars (NBC News)
How a Proposed Felony Classification System Would Affect Justice in Oklahoma (Oklahoma Watch)
Brittany Suszan 