Police budgets, police accountability boards, juvenile criminal offenses, violent crime rate in the US, AI in law enforcement, phone data location data used in court, automate license plate readers, body cam funding, facial recognition use on the rise, legislation to improve police transparency, FOIA, prisoner review boards, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Lehi police asking city for additional million dollars to grow department (KJZZ)
Rochester Police Accountability Board Loses Investigatory Powers (New York Focus)
CRIME RATE
‘Killing each other’: Juvenile criminal offenses skyrocket by 100% in Durham’s quarterly crime report (Queen City News)
Something remarkable is happening with violent crime rates in the US (Vox) see also: Could 2025 See the Lowest Murder Rate Ever Recorded? (Reason)
Data broker LexisNexis discloses data breach affecting 364,000 people (Bleeping Computer)
CRIM-TECH
The Benefits and Implications of AI in Law Enforcement (State Tech)
Your phone’s data could place you at a crime scene — and N.J. courts just allowed it. (NJ.com)
Police oversight committee seeks more data on Flock camera use (OakPark.com) see also: Flock’s Newest Police Tool Sparks Data Controversy (GovTech)
Butler County police departments land body cam funding (WCPO)
Massachusetts Police Facial Recognition Use on the Rise (GovTech)
How local police are using LPR surveillance cameras (Cardinal News)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Michigan Senate Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Police Practices and Transparency, Build Community Trust (Senator Erika Geiss)
Proposed Rhode Island public records law update pushes for transparency (WJAR)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Prisoner Review Board reform, changes to police hiring clear General Assembly (WREX)
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