Misleading crime stats, mental health calls response, violence intervention programs, effects of increased police presence on perceptions of arrest risk, surveillance tools in your city, AI security tech, OH mayors launch data innovation, re-offending, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Antioch police chief assures residents there will be no gaps in service (The Mercury News)
McCurtain County residents demand Sheriff, Commissioner’s resignation (KFOR)
Exclusive: Analysis shows Jackson police chief misled council members, public about city’s crime rate (WLBT) see also: Editorial: With a Touch of Orwell, Mayor Misleads Again on Crime Stats (Jersey City Times)
Indy FOP wants police to stop responding to mental health calls after officer indictments (IndyStar)
CRIME RATE
Police chief says Austin has seen a big drop in violent crime since state troopers started helping out (Austin Monitor)
D.C.’s Violence Intervention Programs To Receive In-Depth Evaluation (DCist)
Fact Check: House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Crime in New York City (Brennan Center for Justice)
Addressing the ‘Dirty Little Secret’ of Deterrence: Testing the Effects of Increased Police Presence on Perceptions of Arrest Risk (Springer Link)
CRIM-TECH
Here’s how to find the surveillance tools police use in your city (KTAR) see also: Philadelphia to install more than 100 security cameras near rec centers to deter gun violence (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Privacy, Justice Reform Advocates Voice Police Tech Concerns (GovTech)
ZeroEyes Aims to Sell AI Security Tech to the Feds (GovTech)
Wash. county invests $4M in Real Time Crime Center to deliver precision policing (Police1)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
University of Florida removes years of campus crime data online (WUSF)
San Francisco GPT wants to make public data more accessible (Axios)
Ohio Mayors Alliance Launches Data Innovation Initiative with Results for America (Ohio Mayors Alliance)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
More than half the people released from California prisons did not re-offend: CDCR study (Fox11)
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