Police background checks, facial recognition at NFL games, Columbus cyberattack, police commission and civilian review boards, CT reduces traffic stop racial profiling, post arrest DNA swabs, Real Time Crime Index is live, violence against teacher, ghost gun manufacturer shuttered, security robots, AI body cam tech, NJ law requires more transparency for sexual assault victims, body cam footage fees, transparency on bail decisions, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
All Texas police officer licenses now searchable online (KTAL) see also: New Software Aims to Revamp the Police Background Check (GovTech) and also: Austin, police must end use of confidential police personnel file, judge rules (Austin American Statesman)
Las Vegas police refuse to comply with NFL facial recognition tech at games (Red River Radio)
Audit Calls Honolulu Police Commission’s Oversight ‘Inconsistent And Ineffective’ (Honolulu Civil Beat) see also: Do Civilian Review Boards Work? (Governing)
Columbus fraternal order of police president says city cyberattack never should have happened (WBNS) see also: Names of undercover police, crime victims found on dark web from Columbus data breach (WOSU)
Project helps CT police reduce traffic stop racial profiling, creating national model, study says (NewsTimes)
Justice Department watchdog finds failures in FBI’s handling of child sex abuse cases (ABC)
How Post-Arrest DNA Swabs Threaten Innocent People’s Privacy (reason)
CRIME RATE
The Real-Time Crime Index Is Live! (Jeff-alytics)
The Country’s Biggest Ghost Gun Manufacturer Has Shuttered (The Trace)
How to stop mass shootings before they start (Vox)
South Korea faces deepfake porn ’emergency’ (BBC)
Frenchman goes on trial charged with enlisting dozens of men to rape his drugged wife (France24)
No such thing as free money: TikTok trend leads to huge consequences (WTOP)
CRIM-TECH
Meet the security robot patrolling an Atlanta neighborhood (AJC)
USC becomes first campus in the state to use AI Body Cam Technology for police officers (WIS 10)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Modesto Police Review Board report calls for better transparency & de-escalation techniques (AOL)
New NJ law requires more transparency for victims in sexual assault investigations (NJ Spotlight News)
NOPD launches new tech to improve transparency and public safety (FOX8)
Fees for police body camera footage lead to ‘pretty steep’ charges thanks to new law (AZ Mirror) see also: How police are dealing with high price of body-worn camera programs (Mass Live)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Fulton leader calls out sheriff after company pulls services to jail over $1M owed (Atlanta News First)
A call for transparency—lawmakers push for more clarity on bail decisions as new report highlights uptick in rearrests (Action News 5)
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