Police conduct in Pittsburgh, US confidence in police up, releasing body cam footage, drug smuggling networks, mental health and 911, violent crime spike during COVID, facial recognition arrests, deepfake AI porn bill, gunshot detection, police algorithms, transparency advocates worry about access in TN, bail law changes, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
After Jim Rogers’ death, Pittsburgh got a close look at police conduct. It may not happen again (WESA)
U.S. Confidence in Institutions Mostly Flat, but Police Up (Gallup)
Anchorage police now have a 45-day deadline to release certain body camera footage (Alaska Public Media)
Crime Labs audit calls for faster processing times of forensic evidence (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Why LA is pulling the plug on a 911 pilot that sent mental health workers on some calls (LAist)
CRIME RATE
‘I want her to worry about who’s waiting on the corner’: How one man uses Facebook to frighten his children’s mother and why police do nothing (Chicago Tribune)
Mapping drug smuggling networks in Japan: a social network analysis of trial documents (Taylor and Francis Online)
Why the US had a violent crime spike during Covid — and other countries didn’t (Vox)
AOC’s Deepfake AI Porn Bill Unanimously Passes the Senate (Rolling Stone)
Time in Crime: An Added Dimension to the Study of Crime Guns (Springer Link)
CRIM-TECH
An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her. (NYTimes)
Detroit police can no longer use facial recognition results as the sole basis for arrests (Engadget)
Texty, a new 911 service for Detroiters, introduced by police (WXYZ)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Transparency advocates worried Covenant documents ruling opens door to hide future crimes (Nashville Post)
BROKEN RECORDS: Citizens face growing obstacles to obtaining government records (Malheur Enterprise)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Slight changes seen after controversial changes to bail laws, state data show (Times Union)
Brittany Suszan 