Oakland 911 answer times improving, reasons for traffic stops, police surveillance, police shortage in Philadelphia, image based sexual abuse, deepfake criminalization legislation, truancy and violent crime, ghost guns, police radio encryption, AI to predict crime, AI to write police reports, Ohio new body cam video charges, rethinking girls’ incarceration, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Oakland’s 911 answer times are improving, according to state data (NbC Bay Area)
Here are the top 10 reasons police gave for traffic stops in Fresno and Clovis (The Fresno Bee)
Tulsa’s surveillance gamble (The Frontier)
It Will Take ‘Years of Momentum’ to Fix Philadelphia’s Cop Shortage (Governing)
Did Colorado lawmakers try to bar police from asking, “Do you know why I pulled you over?” (The Colorado Sun)
CRIME RATE
How The Media Is ‘Economically Exploiting’ Survivors of Image-Based Sexual Abuse. Five things you probably didn’t know about the crime better known as ‘revenge porn’ (Byline Times) see also: Revenge porn victim ‘constantly paranoid’ after topless images shared online (BBC) and also: New Jersey Governor Signs Law Criminalizing Deepfakes (GovTech)
Oregon has spent $46 million fighting black market cannabis. Officials can’t tell if it’s working (OPB)
Fields of victimization: when crime generates crime (Springer Nature Link)
The link between truancy, violent crime and how Louisiana is working to break (WGNO)
InvestigateTV+ Weekend: Ghost guns are becoming an issue in America (KBTX)
CRIM-TECH
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill (The Guardian) see also: Can AI predict who will commit crime? (Biometric Update)
How Scottsdale police are using AI to help write crime reports (AZFamily)
Flock Safety Pitches Drones as First Responders to 911 Calls (GovTech)
DNA technology brings closure to 5 CA cold cases, including 1976 murder of Karen Percifield (ABC7)
Lawsuit challenging Illinois State Police use of license plate readers dismissed (WGLT)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Montgomery County Police Working to Encrypt Radio Communications (Montgomery Community Media) see also: Snohomish County law enforcement to encrypt police airwaves (Herald Net)
Ohio sheriffs navigate transparency costs with new video charge law (WTOL)
Discover how a bill almost changed public access to police records (Atlanta News First)
Journalists’ demand for ‘Cop City’ records puts Atlanta Police Foundation secrecy on trial (Atlanta Civic Circle)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
How One California County Rethought Girls’ Incarceration (Governing)
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