Police contract negotiations, false ticket scandal, police seizures, cash bail, fentanyl, FBI crime data, active shooter, teen curfews, AI to answer calls, real-time crime centers, police records fees, limiting FOIA, investigation into TX prisoner deaths, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Minneapolis city attorney launches probe into source of KSTP story on MPD chief (KSTP)
Yale police union distributes flyers alleging a crime-ridden New Haven during contract negotiations (Yale Daily News)
CT State Police false ticket scandal could jeopardize prosecution of criminal cases (The Register Citizen)
Report: $25.3 million seized by Kansas law enforcement between 2019 and 2022 (WIBW)
CRIME RATE
Students criticize the University of North Carolina’s response to an active shooter emergency (NBC Washington)
Welcome To Crime Data Fall. You’ve heard of Hot Girl Summer, now the crime data craze is sweeping the land! (Jeff-alytics)
Is Cash Bail Reform Working? Behind the Controversy (The Washington Post)
Apple exec gets bribery charge for allegedly offering Calif. sheriff iPads for gun permits (SFGate)
Counterfeit pills: the lethal doses of fentanyl hiding in plain sight (ABC10) see also: Fentanyl, meth listed as top drug threats in Kansas by national law enforcement group (KSNT)
Cities are embracing teen curfews, though they might not curb crime (Missouri Independent)
CRIM-TECH
Frederick County’s 911 Center Will Soon Be Able To Translate Calls, Text Messages (WFMD)
GM Is Using Google AI to Answer OnStar Calls (The Messenger)
Police real-time crime centers are becoming data powerhouses (StateScoop)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Baltimore police ‘arbitrary and capricious’ in denying public records fee waiver, high court rules (The Daily Record)
New Jersey’s public records law is a ‘sword and shield’ against corruption, citizens say Bills before lawmakers would restrict how often you can file requests, among other changes (New Jersey Monitor)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Texas congressman calls for an investigation as prisoner deaths spike in heat (KGOU)
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