NJ reforms Paterson PD, CO police work history hidden, gun violence drives violent crime, Kia and Hyundai thefts, 2022 school crime data, AI to solve cases, open crime data, prison medical company goes bankrupt, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
AI, Tasers and more supervision: NJ’s plan to reform the troubled Paterson police department (Gothamist)
Colorado police work history data remains withheld from public despite new laws, reforms (The Gazette)
CRIME RATE
The Crime Data Explorer For Dummies (Jeff-alytics)
Hundreds of Kansas Citians are shot each year and survive. Their families have to pick up the pieces (KCUR)
Gun Incidents Drive a Climb in Violent Crime Rates (Public Policy Institute of California) see also: Ohio launches new intelligence center for fighting gun violence (State Scoop)
U.S. Cities Have a Staggering Problem of Kia and Hyundai Thefts. This Data Shows It. (VICE)
2022 School Crime Data: Report on Indicators of School Crimes and Safety (Campus Safety)
Violent Crime Task Force offers glimpse of future showdowns over criminal justice reform (Louisiana Illuminator)
CRIM-TECH
Survey, Response Tech Expected to Improve Policing in Albuquerque (GovTech)
Can A.I. solve rape cases? To find out, a Cleveland professor programmed a computer to analyze thousands of police reports (Cleveland.com)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
HPD shares new online crime data dashboard (KITV))
WISH-TV unveils interactive crime-tracking map (WISH)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
A prison medical company faced lawsuits from incarcerated people. Then it went ‘bankrupt.’ (USA Today)
Brittany Suszan 