Police raid at wrong house leaves baby injured, neck restraints, roadside drug tests result in wrongful arrests, Operation Ceasefire in Oakland, public cameras for video evidence, police scanners to go dark, no more floppy discs for police records in Holyoke, non-lethal police weapons, AR FOIA exemption for police, AL prison returns bodies missing organs, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
‘It’s the wrong house’: Audio of Ohio police raid that left a baby injured raises new questions (NBC News)
Neck-restraint bans, law enforcement officer unions, and police killings (Wiley Online Library)
Study Estimates Roadside Drug Tests Result in 30,000 Wrongful Arrests Every Year (reason)
CRIME RATE
Oakland seeks to resurrect Operation Ceasefire after new audit links its end to rising crime (ABC 7)
Residential addiction treatment for U.S. teens is scarce and expensive, OHSU-led study finds (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
Pittsburgh’s new police records system will help federal agencies better understand crime, say officials (StateScoop)
CRIM-TECH
No more floppy discs; Holyoke Police Department will overhaul how it manages data (MassLive)
More Police Are Using Your Cameras for Video Evidence (The Marshall Project)
Police Tech Firm Wrap Is Betting Big on Non-Lethal Weapons (GovTech)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Appellate court narrows FOIA exemption for police investigations (Arkansas Times)
Police scanners in Johnson County will soon go dark. What does that mean for transparency? (Johnson County Post)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Alabama prisoners’ bodies returned to families with hearts, other organs missing, lawsuit claims (CBS News)
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