Focus on police transparency, recruiting police officers, Phoenix DOJ report, gun ownership and gun violence, stolen guns, crime trends, drones in rural America, AI surveillance cameras, real time crime centers, AI to overcome bias, sharing license plate data, facial recognition, youth incarceration decline, recreational cannabis on recidivism, bail reform, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
New Mathis police chief focused on transparency, brighter days (South Texas News)
Why It’s So Hard to Recruit Police Officers (Governing)
‘Important for our community to see’: Phoenix PD releases records connected to DOJ report (12News)
Group protests outside Columbus police headquarters, demands transparency in deadly shooting (WOSU)
CRIME RATE
Gun ownership and gun violence: A comparison of the United States and Switzerland (CRIMRXIV)
Stolen guns on the rise despite drop in certain other crimes, St. Pete police say (Fox13)
People are now blurring their homes on Google Maps to deter potential burglars (ABC7)
CRIM-TECH
WATCH: How Drones Are Saving Lives in Rural America (GovTech)
San Antonio Mulls AI Surveillance Camera Pilot Downtown (GovTech)
Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work (Cobb County Courier)
When Professors Partner With Police Universities are leveraging AI to help police overcome bias in crime fighting—while contending with the technology’s own biases. (Inside Higher Ed)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
A Mother on a Mission for Full Police Transparency (The Marshall Project)
Hamilton Co. Sheriff’s Office launches new mobile app and online crime dashboard (Local 3 News)
A hollow victory in fight to bring transparency to cops’ use of facial recognition technology (New Jersey Monitor)
Stopping bad cops requires transparency and accountability (The Hill)
Advancing Transparency: The Pennsylvania State Police’s Commitment to Equitable Law Enforcement (MyChesCo)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
New Alabama mega prison’s price tag now double its original projected cost (WBRC)
Youth Incarceration Declined 75% Between 2000 and 2022 (The Sentencing Project)
The Effects of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Recidivism (TandFOnline)
Texas’ overcrowded and understaffed jails send people awaiting trial to other counties and states (Texas Tribune)
Bail Reform and Public Safety (Brennan Center for Justice)
WA Prisoners Still Isolated Despite Reform Efforts (National Criminal Justice Association)
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