Internal investigations, opioid epidemic and homicide, DOJ corporate crime database, black women victimization, license plate readers, ShotSpotter tech improvements, Dallas crime data dashboard inaccessible, Delaware police transparency bill, NJ criminal justice database, probation while low risk, juvenile justice funding, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Tulsa Police Defy Department Policy By Hiding Internal Investigation (Oklahoma Watch)
Baltimore County Police trial board supports firing officer for false report, lying to supervisor (Baltimore Sun)
CRIME RATE
The Opioid Epidemic and Homicide (CRIMRXIV)
Chicago Injustice Unveiled: The Shocking Statistics of Black Women Victimization (Southwest Journal)
Is Birmingham really the second ‘most dangerous city in the U.S.’? (AL.com)
DOJ Launches Corporate Crime Database (Lexology)
‘Crime in Virginia’ report reveals increased violent crime rates, alarming trends (ABC13)
CRIM-TECH
Bibb County to install license plate reading cameras on Macon streets, sheriff says (The Telegraph)
ShotSpotter Technology Improvements (SoundThinking)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Dallas City Crime Dashboard Inaccessible (The Dallas Express)
New crime data access is a ‘step towards greater transparency’ says a Leicestershire Police crime analysist (Harborough Mail)
Police transparency bills pass Delaware House committee despite advocate pushback (BaytoBaynews.com)
Jackson police transparency (WLBT)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
N.J. unveils sweeping new crime database showing arrests, race of defendants (NJ.com)
Many Youth Kept on Probation Despite Being at Low Risk for Rearrest (Pew)
The funding crisis in juvenile justice (NC Newsline)
Brittany Suszan 