Reviewing body cam footage, police staff shortages and mandatory overtime in Baltimore, traffic fines generate revenue, racial bias in traffic stops, Seattle homicides, gun violence, automated license plate readers, crime data transparency, future of US jails, GA understaffed prisons, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Mobile public safety director to review all use of force body cam footage amid growing tensions (AL.com)
Baltimore police union sounds alarm over severe staffing shortages and mandatory overtime (Fox Baltimore)
This Louisiana Town Runs Largely on Traffic Fines. If You Fight Your Ticket, the Mayor Is Your Judge. (ProPublica.org)
DOJ announces expansion of program to Memphis to fight violent crime in the city (LocalMemphis.com)
City efforts to address racial bias in traffic enforcement have reduced the number of stops, but disparities remain (PublicSource.org)
CRIME RATE
Seattle Ties Record For Homicides Set In The 1990s (The Seattle Medium)
On guard but not sworn: The relationship between school security guards, school resource officers, and student behavior, discipline, and arrests (Wiley Online Library)
‘Everybody in this community has a gun’: How Oakland lost its grip on gun violence (CNN)
Amended Kansas Crime Index finds violent crimes actually increased in 2022 (WIBW)
ANOTHER Cautionary Crime Data Tale (Jeff-alytics)
CRIM-TECH
Bay Area Sheriff to Make Case for ALPR Technology (GovTech) see also: How Important Is Surveillance Tech on Public Transit? (GovTech)
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records (Wired)
Aurora, Ill., Police Call Technology a ‘Force Multiplier’ (GovTech)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Pennington County Sheriffs Office makes service calls public (BlackHillsFox.com)
Worries over secrecy grow as state officials shield records from the public (The Virginian-Pilot)
Peoria Police roll out crime data campaign (CIProud.com)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
The Future of American Jails: A National Survey of Jail Leaders’ Ideals (Sage Journals)
Violence, suicides mount in Georgia’s woefully understaffed prisons (AJC)
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