Week of November 4, 2024

Accountability and transparency, DOJ recommendations for protests, police efficiency, police conduct, US crime and policing trends, random acts of violence, crime ballot measures, access to police press briefings, Boston police accountability, thwarting transparency, criminal courts a black box, and more…

POLICE CONDUCT

Kissimmee Announces Plans for New Accountability and Transparency Measures Following Grand Jury Findings on Police Misconduct (Positively Osceola)

New DOJ recommendations for police and press bridge protest divide (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press)

Report finds lack of police efficiency leading to fewer arrests in CA (ABC 7)

Not believed: Charged with filing false report, Polk teen captured own evidence during rape (The Ledger)

Ohio Sheriff’s Lieutenant in hot water after social posts; “I am sorry. If you support the Democratic Party, I will not help you” (WTRF)

13 Lewisville officers disciplined after ‘inappropriate contact’ during prostitution busts (KDFW)

CRIME RATE

An Overview of US Crime and Policing Trends (Jeff-alytics)

The Crime and Safety Blind Spot: Are random acts of violence at an all-time high? (R Street)

Crime in Detroit is at its lowest since 1966, community groups help, police say (WXYZ)

135 homicides and counting: Can Birmingham’s new crime commission stop the violence? (AL.com)

Three takeaways from crime ballot measures around the country (NPR)

Des Moines police shared its crime statistics in 2023. What does the data show? (Des Moines Register)

CRIM-TECH

Inside the Massive Crime Industry That’s Hacking Billion-Dollar Companies (Wired)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

With help from RCFP, ‘stringer’ organization gains access to police press briefings (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press)

25 Investigates: People who reach out to Boston’s police accountability office face long waits (Boston 25 News)

‘Highly problematic’: Metro officers’ use of app thwarts transparency, critics say (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Why criminal courts are still a black box for data journalists (Nieman Lab)

California voters pass tough-on-crime initiative to make some shoplifting, drug offenses felonies (ABC10)