Week of February 10, 2025

Transforming policing, Marsy’s Law Supreme Court ruling in Ohio, 911 call center reforms, school crime report, police staffing and crime rates, ICE statistics, AI for police reports, NYPD to disclose surveillance tech contracts, gunshot detection, using tech to fight crime, facial recognition, law enforcement transparency, private prisons, recidivism, and more…

POLICE CONDUCT

How to Transform Policing and Regain Public Trust (Governing)

Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments on whether cops get crime victim protections (The Columbus Dispatch)

Nonpolice response teams may cut crime, save cash, but data limited (Civic Media)

Jersey City Union President Backs McGreevey for Mayor, Calls for 911 Call Center Reforms (Jersey City Times)

CRIME RATE

Annual K-12 school crime report shows overall drop over previous year (North State Journal)

San Francisco’s police staffing is at a historic low. So is its crime rate. (Mission Local)

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Statistics (ICE.gov)

CRIM-TECH

Police are using AI to write reports. Is it a high-tech time-saver or cause for concern? (Daily Herald)

Court Orders NYPD to Disclose Surveillance Tech Contracts (GovTech)

Baton Rouge, La., Ends Contract With Gunshot Detection Company (GovTech)

Police in Tucson, Ariz., Using New Tech to Fight Crime (GovTech)

Facial recognition in policing is getting state-by-state guardrails (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

‘Damaging’ sexual assault language removed from crime data collection bill (KSL TV)

Senate passes bill to increase law enforcement transparency (Purdue Exponent)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

How many states use private prisons? (USA Facts)

Juvenile Justice Contact, Educational Trajectories, and Recidivism: A Mixed Method Evaluation (Springer Nature Link)