Mental health crisis response teams, police transparency, gun violence in rural America, domestic violence, homicides decrease, international Epstein arrests and investigations, youth violence, modernizing emergency dispatch, Ring and Flock partnerships, surveillance concerns, transparency in police use of force policies, AI in policing, AI addresses safety and rehab in prison, women and the death penalty, juvenile justice data, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Mental health crisis response team to launch in April (Idaho Mountain Express)
Wichita Falls police chief vows transparency amid criticism (KFDX)
CRIME RATE
Crime Hits a 50-Year Low, Unless an Abuser Sleeps Beside You (Psychology Today)
Gun Violence in Rural America Is the Forgotten Public Health Epidemic (Center for American Progress)
Feeling unsafe in neighborhoods may predict lower cognition and more mental health symptoms (Medical Express)
Homicides in California Have Decreased Dramatically (Public Policy Institute of California)
When Has Murder Been This Low? (Jeff-alytics)
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested: King Charles says ‘law must take its course’ as ex-prince taken into custody (The Guardian) see also: Two senior Norwegian diplomats being investigated over Epstein links (The Guardian)
Durham mayor sounds the alarm about ‘out of control’ youth violence (WRAL)
CRIM-TECH
Arlington County, Va., Modernizes Its Emergency Dispatch (GovTech)
Undergrad’s “SafeWalk AI” app uses crime data to assess street safety for pedestrians in urban areas (Bryant University)
Ring cancels Flock partnership amid broader surveillance concerns (GeekWire) see also: Super Bowl ad sparks debate: Is Ring Camera’s pet-finding feature an invasion of privacy? (WHEC)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Initiative strengthens transparency in police use-of-force policies (Phys.org)
AI in Policing: Transparency Is the Safeguard (Right On Crime)
Police Radio Dispatch Changes Raise Transparency Concerns, End Journalists Access in Metro Detroit (The Metro Detroit News)
East Lansing Police Department Pledges Openness After Year Marked By Transparency Rollbacks (East Lansing Info)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
How AI Can Help Address Safety and Rehabilitation in Prisons (GovTech)
“What to Know”: Women and the Death Penalty (Death Penalty Information Center)
What Juvenile Justice Data Reveal — And What the Numbers Can’t Tell Us (Annie E Casey Foundation)
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