Week of April 28, 2025

Chief honored for leadership, citizen police oversight commission, using military in domestic operations, Justice Department cutting grants to help crime victims, police exemptions from deadly conduct charges in Texas, new tool for community feedback, organized crime and corruption reporting, hoax calls, deepfake legislation passed to protect victims of NCII, LED streetlights help reduce crime, leveraging tech for safer communities, Rochester new measure of public safety, data on prison deaths, and more…

POLICE CONDUCT

Elgin police chief honored nationally for leadership through progressive policing (Daily Herald)

Citizens Police Oversight Commission Releases Annual Report Highlighting Progress Toward Police Accountability, Transparency, and Community Trust (City of Philadelphia)

Bondi and Hegseth ordered to look at how military can be used in domestic operations (The Independent) see also: Trump’s New Order on Policing Seems Sweeping. But What Will It Really Change? (The Marshall Project)

Justice Department cutting grants that help crime victims (NBC News)

Texas Lawmakers Want to Exempt Police from Deadly Conduct Charges (Governing)

Police in Oakland, Calif., Will Encrypt Public Radio Feeds (GovTech)

SDPD launches new tool for community feedback on officer response (Fox 5 San Diego)

CRIME RATE

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (MacArthur Foundation)

FBI alerts public to new dangerous hoax calls: Are you at risk? (Cleveland.com)

Congress passes bill to fight deepfake nudes, revenge porn (The Washington Post)

Study shows new LED streetlights helped reduce crime in Philadelphia at night (NBC Philadelphia)

New data maintains that overall crime is down in Memphis compared to same time last year (Action News 5)

CRIM-TECH

Leveraging technology for safer communities: Scottsdale’s real-time crime center at work (Thomson Reuters)

The Hidden Dangers of Signal: Why Law Enforcement Needs a Secure, Transparent Communications Platform that is Accountable? Are we willing to risk our department’s integrity and security on an app that was not designed for lawful use? (Officer.com)

Caddo Sheriff’s Office releases parish crime statistics using modernized reporting system (KTAL)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

A new measure of public safety (Rochester Beacon)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

USA TODAY won a lawsuit to get hidden data on prison deaths. Here’s what it shows. (USA Today)