Grand Rapids reviews policing after deadly shooting, cracking down on cargo theft, sweeping up data near a crime scene legalities, the great crime decline, police surveillance technology, politics of police technology adoption, facial recognition error lands grandmother in jail, automated license plate readers, LAPD lawsuit over public crime data, publicly available data and AI, ICE body cams, pepper spray reporting cut in Berkeley, prison reform, mass incarceration, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Grand Rapids unveils plan to review policing after deadly shooting (WOODTV)
Public Safety Leaders Back Bill to Crack Down on Cargo Theft (Trucking.org)
Minnesota bill says warrants that let police sweep up data near a crime scene should be illegal (CBS News)
CRIME RATE
What’s Behind the Great Crime Decline? (KQED) see also: What’s Behind the Historic Drop in U.S. Crime (WSJ)
CRIM-TECH
Think More Carefully Before Going All In On Police Surveillance Technology (Honolulu Civil Beat)
UC Berkeley study examines the politics of police technology adoption (UC Berkeley)
Grandmother says she was wrongfully put in jail for a crime due to a facial recognition error (12 On Your Side)
Richmond’s Flock license plate readers will be turned back on through 2026 (Richmondside)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Despite public records requests and a lawsuit, LAPD still hasn’t released crime map data (LAist) see also: Legal battle over LAPD’s crime data continues (CBS LA)
How Rules for Publicly Available Data Are Shaping the Future of AI (Center for Data Innovation)
Why ICE’s body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve accountability and transparency (KHQ)
Berkeley cuts pepper spray reporting requirements for police (Berkeleyside)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Prison Reform in the United States (Brennan Center for Justice)
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2026 (PrisonPolicy.org)
Brittany Suszan 