New NJ dashboard detailing info on internal affairs investigations, cellphone location data, Columbus use of force, private police forces, illegal gun sales, crime rate, welfare and crime, mass surveillance on a budget, police oversight commission, prison labor, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
How police work with Google to obtain cellphone location data for criminal investigations (USA Today)
Data on Columbus Division of Police use of force, deadly shootings shows racial disparity (WBNS)
St. Louis’ Private Police Forces Make Security a Luxury of the Rich (ProPublica)
CRIME RATE
Biden’s ATF Chief Looks to Cut Illegal Gun Sales, Hate Crimes (Bloomberg Law)
Data reveals growing number of teenagers skipping school, mayor says (Action News 5)
Shooting Spree Leaves 4 Dead in Memphis and Paralyzes City (NY Times)
Has crime fallen after two Michigan counties stopped charging for some offenses? (The Detroit News)
After Pastor’s Criticism, Houston Police Chief Says Crime Is Down From Last Year (The Texan)
Las Vegas investigative reporter stabbed to death in altercation outside home, police say (USA Today)
Welfare can discourage crime more than it discourages work (CEPR)
CRIM-TECH
Tech tool offers police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’ (AP News)
Buffalo, N.Y., Advances Gunfire Detection System Test (GovTech)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
East Lansing police oversight commission demands transparency from AG in VanAtten shooting (The State News)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Grant money going toward improving criminal justice data in Louisiana (WAFB)
‘A vestige of slavery’: Why advocates are fighting to make prison labor voluntary (Fast Company)
Brittany Suszan 