Denver police performance, Mississippi tough on crime talk, co-responder program, FBI data incomplete, tough on crime package in DC, Ithaca’s crime transparency problem, tracking the size of the US criminal justice system, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Delayed homicide autopsies pile up in Mississippi despite tough-on-crime-talk (ABC News)
Supreme Court Asked (Again!) To Rule That Recording Cops Is Protected By The 1st Amendment (TechDirt)
Sheriff gives 2023 Buncombe County crime data, eyes making co-responder program permanent (Citizen Times)
CRIME RATE
The FBI released its annual national crime stats. The data is horribly incomplete (The Guardian)
4 key takeaways from the FBI’s annual crime report (NPR)
Scoop: D.C. mayor to unveil new tough-on-crime package (Axios)
41 arrested in ‘Operation Big Easy,’ targeting 7 high-crime neighborhoods (Fox8)
CRIM-TECH
iPhone Crash Detection Feature Causes Headaches for 911 (GovTech)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Ithaca’s Crime Transparency Problem (Ithaca.com)
New criminal justice data tool launched in East Baton Rouge (WAFB)
City of Asheville shares dashboards, data resources related to downtown safety and cleanliness (AshevilleNC.gov)
Viewpoint: Michigan ranks among worst for government transparency. Legislature must fix that (Lansing State Journal)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
The Footprint: Tracking the Size of America’s Criminal Justice System (Council on Criminal Justice)
Brittany Suszan 