Crisis response system, police involved deaths, federal agents face less accountability, lag in police hiring, domestic violence, crime rate, the Breaking Bad effect, crime fighting tech, facial recognition errors, fees to view public records, Idaho officer misconduct transparency, intellectual disability in the criminal justice system, criminal records increase prison terms, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
City’s crisis response system under scrutiny after three police-involved deaths in eight days (Baltimore Beat)
Why federal agents face less accountability than local police (Axios)
‘Not even treading water’: Washington state continues to lag in police hiring (KOMO)
MPD officer accused of misusing police equipment to monitor dating partner (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
CRIME RATE
State attorney urges AG to restore funds to help domestic violence victims (Central Florida Public Media) see also: Domestic violence homicides are on the rise in NC. Could a red flag law stop it? (The News and Observer)
The ‘Breaking Bad’ Effect From Cancer Is Real, Study Finds (Science Alert)
Is US crime at a historic low? (BBC)
CRIM-TECH
Police AI chief admits crime-fighting tech will have bias but vows to tackle it (The Guardian)
Your phone is now a crime scene in your pocket (WFMD)
Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away (The Guardian)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Alexander to withdraw bill imposing fees to view public records (Johnson City Press)
Idaho records exposed officer misconduct. Then the state decided to conceal them. (Investigate West)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
How AI Can Help Address Safety and Rehabilitation in Prisons (GovTech)
Tools for Intellectual Disability in the Criminal Justice System (CRIMRXIV)
Re-Punished for the Past: How Criminal Records Increase Prison Terms and Racial Injustice (The Sentencing Project)
Brittany Suszan 