Community review boards, police staffing, preventing crime, shoplifting, gun violence, domestic abuse, sexual assault investigations, crime rates, AI in criminal justice, license plate readers, FOIA, police transparency, death in custody data, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Community Review Board Approves Long-Sought Agreement With Nashville Police (Nashville Banner) see also: New Austin police oversight group selected at random through lottery (KVUE) and also: Detroit police oversight board launches dashboard tracking complaints against officers (Detroit Free Press)
Law Enforcement Suicides Online platform provides current data on suicides, aims to reduce stigma (FBI)
Technology Helps Fill Gaps Amid Public Safety Staffing Shortages (GovTech) see also: Pryor Creek Police Chief discusses how department is managing while down 5 patrol officers (Fox 23)
City of Memphis allocates $1 million into community-based organizations to help prevent crime (Local Memphis)
Bay Area Leaders Want Newsom to Make BART Safer. But No One Agrees on How (KQED)
Legislative report finds state’s sagging crime clearance rate holds back public safety initiatives (Yahoo)
CRIME RATE
Kids are dying from accessing loaded guns. A grieving Indiana mom is fighting to stop it. (CBS)
Preventing Gun Violence by Investigating Attempted Gun Purchases by Domestic Abusers (Everytown Research) see also: Looking to prior encounters with the police can help prevent domestic violence (The Conversation)
Breaking the Curse of Gun Violence (The Philadelphia Citizen)
Shoplifting Trends in Time and Space A Study of Two Major American Cities (Council on Criminal Justice)
These big Pa. counties file charges in few sex crimes, denying justice to victims (Penn Live) see also: ‘We need to believe our victims’: How some areas get sex crime prosecutions right (Penn Live)
Sexual Misconduct Prevention Education and Reporting to Title IX Coordinators Among College Students (Taylor & Francis Online)
More tips, targeting neighborhoods: Why DC police say violent crime is falling (WTOP)
‘Difficult to pinpoint’ | Austin police address recent uptick in violent crime (KVUE)
Study’s Findings Include Paradoxical Relationship Between Academic Test Scores and Property Crime in Houston Neighborhoods (National Criminal Justice Association)
CRIM-TECH
The Peril — and Promise — of AI in Criminal Justice (Governing)
Stockton moves toward implementing license-plate readers on city streets (Stocktonia)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
25 Investigates: Head of Boston office of police transparency calls series of issues ‘unacceptable’ (Boston 25)
Kissimmee debates reinstating police oversight board amid calls for transparency (Click Orlando)
Jay-Z’s Team Roc sues Kansas City, Kansas, for records related to alleged police misconduct (NBC News)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
How States Are (and Aren’t) Collecting Death-In-Custody Data (Project on Government Oversight)
Arkansas Governor Sanders’ office denies FOIA request related to Board of Corrections (5 News)
Family of incarcerated loved ones disgusted by DOJ’s findings at Fulton County Jail (11Alive)
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