Underfunding the police, smart policing grant program, pushing cities out of law enforcement, police misconduct consequences, broken windows theory, hate crimes jumped in 2021, collaboration in the justice system, body cams, AI may flag parents with disabilities, police transparency, mass incarceration, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
We’re Underfunding the Police (The Atlantic)
Justice launches $8M smart policing grant program (GCN.com)
Why Some States Are Pushing Cities Out of Law Enforcement (Governing)
Aggressive Policing in Memphis Goes Far Beyond the Scorpion Unit (The Marshall Project)
Chatham County Police Department launches new app to connect with, alert public (Savannahnow.com)
These officers committed misconduct. But what were the consequences? (inewsource.org)
CRIME RATE
New FBI data show reported hate crimes in the U.S. jumped in 2021 (NPR)
What Broken Windows Theory Can Teach Us Now (Slate)
Crime isn’t really increasing, but collaboration in justice system is (Sioux Falls Simplified)
CRIM-TECH
Beyond the body-worn camera: Incorporating digital evidence management systems into the corrections environment (Corrections1.com)
Here’s how an AI tool may flag parents with disabilities (APNews)
POLICE TRANSAPRENCY
‘Push the envelope’: Unit at center of police-transparency case has history of illegal stops and searches (Concord Monitor)
Organizations raise concern with city transparency, police misconduct (Columbian Missourian)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Understanding mass incarceration in the US is the first step to reducing a swollen prison population (The Conversation)
Arrest, Release, Repeat: How police and jails are misused to respond to social problems (PrisonPolicy.org)
Brittany Suszan 