Week of August 26, 2024

AI chatbots in report writing, adopting police transparency reforms, fatal police encounters in Wisconsin, police radio encryption, AI deepfakes, link between local news and perceptions of crime, gun violence in the US, MD facial recognition policy, AI added to emergency communications, lack of transparency in police chief hiring, short term impacts of bail reform, and more…

POLICE CONDUCT

Police officers are starting to use AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court? (Associated Press)

NBPD has yet to adopt transparency reforms recommended one year ago Department falls short on openness, handling officer misconduct, and a new anti-discrimination policy. (The New Bedford Light)

‘A shoot can be legal. That doesn’t mean it was necessary.’ Fatal police encounters rise in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Watch)

Over and out? Bronx police radios silenced in latest encryption rollout as local journalists fear apocalyptic end to NYC crime reporting (AMNY)

Dallas names a new police oversight director after a controversial year for the board (KERA)

Topeka’s Mayor says a police chief should be hired by early November (WIBW)

CRIME RATE

Lawmakers call for crackdown on AI deepfakes after Grok backlash (The Hill) see also: ‘No country for women’: Korean rights group decries Telegram deepfake porn explosion (Hankyoreh)

The link between local news coverage and Americans’ perceptions of crime (Pew Research Center)

Gun violence in America: The root causes and the importance of data for prevention strategies (The Atlanta Voice)

CRIM-TECH

ACLU Calls for Safeguards in Maryland Facial Recognition Policy (GovTech)

Can Gov Tech Help Solve the 911 Nuisance Call Problem? (GovTech) see also: Colorado County Adds AI to Its Emergency Communications The Jefferson County Communications Center in Colorado has adopted a new platform to improve emergency operations. The new system uses artificial intelligence to improve efficiency. (GovTech)

Some Hamilton County police departments lacking technology, body-worn cameras (WLWT5)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Aurora residents concerned about lack of transparency in police chief hiring (KDVR) see also: AG concerned about ongoing turnover, oversight in Aurora Police Department (KDVR)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

The Short-Term Impacts of Bail Policy on Crime in Los Angeles (California Policy Lab)

After Juvenile Justice Reforms, Two States Return to Prosecuting More Teens as Adults (The Imprint)