Licensing police in NJ, police review boards, violence dip, hackers getting more sophisticated, data sharing agreements, surveillance, body cam transparency, inmate overdoses, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Governor Murphy Signs Police Licensing Program Bill Into Law (NJ.gov)
Retired judges who hear cases may not sit on police boards, ethics panel says (The Daily Record)
Tampa’s police review board wants voters to decide if it should have subpoena power (Creative Loafing)
62 New Camden County Police Officers Spend First Day Building Relationships With Neighbors (CBS Philly)
Changing the Police: Charlie Walker’s Plan (NPR)
Pennsylvania Poaching Police Warrantlessly Installed Camera on Private Land To Surveil Hunting Club (reason)
CRIME RATE
Hackers Use More Sophisticated Scams to Drive Costly Data Breaches, Analysis Finds (NextGov)
Plenty students seem to be missing class at Orleans schools but no one is sure how many (WWLTV)
Murders, Gun Assaults Dipped in First Six Months of 2022 (TheCrimeReport.org)
Few people commit crimes while being watched before trial, early data show (Source NM)
CRIM-TECH
Data-hosting in China hampers U.S. law enforcement -prosecutor (Reuters)
Joint Statement by the United States and the United Kingdom on Data Access Agreement (Department of Justice)
Surveillance Is Pervasive Even If No One Is Looking for You (Governing)
Newly signed California bill to let police track some violent sex offenders with GPS (Washington Times)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Boulder Police Unveil New Crime Blotter, Twitter Automation (BoulderColorado.gov)
SDPD Will Adopt New Body Camera Policy to Increase Transparency: City Auditor (NBC San Diego)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Inmate overdose data for Arkansas is fuzzy (Axios)
Mental health disparities in solitary confinement (Wiley Online Library)
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