Feds award police funding in CT, police service requests via text, police mental health, shoplifting trends, deciphering federal crime data trends, Baltimore homicides dip, Cop Con tech, public access to police radio traffic, Clery Reporting, restorative justice, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Feds award $8.8 million in police funding to Connecticut, municipalities (Inside Investigator)
Community can now receive Santa Monica Police service request updates on their phone (SantaMonica.gov)
In one 24-hour period, 4 LA county sheriff employees died by suicide: What we know so far If you or someone you know needs mental health support, contact the national Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 (USA Today)
CRIME RATE
Shoplifting Trends: What You Need to Know (Council on Criminal Justice)
New Data Shows Violent Crime Is Up… And Also Down. Property crime and violence against young people are both up, recent federal data shows, but other crime trends are murkier. (The Marshall Project)
Pennsylvania’s violent crime rate declines (Axios)
Baltimore homicides on track to dip below 300 for first time in 9 years: Who’s responsible for the drop (Fox Baltimore) see also: Crime data discrepancy: BPD’s past and present reporting not matching up (Fox Baltimore)
CRIM-TECH
I Went to the Real ‘Cop Con.’ Here’s The Tech Police Are Testing. (The Markup)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Public to lose access to law enforcement radio traffic in Pennington, Minnehaha Counties (Rapid City Journal)
Penn State denied students access to campus crime data. A student wants a federal investigation. (The Morning Call)
UCF students create crime-tracking social media (Nicholson Student Media)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Walking the walk: Ex-prisoners, lived experience, and the delivery of restorative justice (Sage Journals)
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