Police oversight boards, misconduct lawsuits, DOJ oversight, solving homicides, gun crime hot spots, crime rate, domestic violence linked to other violent crime and recidivism, DNA techniques, AI in non emergency calls, police transparency, locking down police radio traffic, value of in-person prison visits for children, prison health care costs, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Boston police chief routinely rejects disciplinary recommendations by oversight board (WBUR)
DOJ to Oversee Torrance Police Department’s Reforms to Address Discrimination (Vanguard News Group)
How San Jose Police Solve So Many Homicides (Governing)
The Legal Limits of Deploying the National Guard in Unwilling Cities (Governing)
Wichita Police Department uses data to target gun crime hot spots (The Wichita Eagle)
Gov. Newsom wants to expand CHP crime crackdown statewide: Is it working? (NBC bay Area)
CRIME RATE
Crime was down before Trump took over, but maybe less than D.C. claimed (The Washington Post)
Domestic violence is linked to other violent crime, recidivism in Kentucky, study finds (Kentucky Lantern)
Crime is flat, noise is up: Raleigh police chief shares crime statistics after summer safety plan (WRAL)
CRIM-TECH
Gilgo Beach murders: A key test in use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal trials (ABC News)
Phoenix Police Put AI to Work on Nonemergency Calls (GovTech)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Calls for police transparency grow in East Lansing after weekend incident (Fox47)
More Twin Cities law enforcement locking down police radio traffic, stirring debate (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
65,000 Pennsylvania kids have a parent in prison or jail − here’s what research says about the value of in-person visits (The Conversation)
Prison health care costs up significantly as Minnesota’s incarcerated population ages (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
NJ must demolish old, ‘inhumane’ prison compound, watchdog says (New Jersey Monitor)
Brittany Suszan 