Wrong crime stats at State and FBI level, Universities noncompliant with Clery Act, inventory of untested rape kits, mental health crisis teams, residents join forces to create safer blocks, predictive policing software, calls for service transparency, Mass. police disciplinary records released, ‘Prison Ramen’, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
FBI publishes wrong crime numbers for St. Louis again amid technology woes for city police (St Louis Today) see also: LMPD says ‘none’ of its crime numbers are correct in annual Kentucky report (WDRB)
Liberty University failed to disclose crime data and warn of threats for years, report says (AP News) see also: UNM is noncompliant with crime transparency law Daily Crime log missing data, LoboAlerts never sent (Daily Lobo)
New bill seeks to pressure police nationwide to take inventory of untested rape kits or lose funding (USA Today)
Non-carceral emergency response initiatives require a cultural shift (Prism Reports) see also: Budget proposal would expand mental health crisis team to more of Dane County (WPR)
What does it take to solve a shooting? (Vital City)
CRIME RATE
Cantrell: NOPD actions aided in crime reduction (WGNO)
Crime concerns lead residents to join forces to create safer blocks (KSAT)
CRIME-TECH
Predictive Policing Software Terrible at Predicting Crimes (Wired)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
JCPD launches new portal for residents to follow calls (ABC7 News)
Thousands of Mass. police disciplinary records released by POST Commission (WGBH)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
In ‘Prison Ramen,’ Author Gustavo Alvarez Wants to Put Inmates’ Culinary Ingenuity on Full Display (Eater)
Georgia prison conditions at crisis level, protesters say (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Brittany Suszan 