Arrest rates, policing grant pulled, community policing, use of force, gun violence intervention program, violent crime, Charlotte’s Web operation, public art to reduce firearm injury, shutting down automated license plate readers, AI answering service calls, heavily redacted records about former officer, transparency around police chief firing, data behind prison reform, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Kansas City homicide rate of arrests, charges soars above national average (KCTV5)
The CSI Detective Who Smelled Trouble in Her Own Police Department (The Wall Street Journal)
Major Kalamazoo policing grant pulled a second time (WOODTV)
Large Police Departments May Be Starting To Grow (Jeff-alytics)
Amid bleak outlook for Tenino police force, Sheriff’s Office takes over (The Olympian)
CRIME RATE
Vallejo Police provide details on new gun violence intervention program (Vallejo Sun)
Officials: Violent crime on the decline in Connecticut (News12)
Fresno police ramp up patrols amid recent spike in violence (ABC30)
New Data Release: Can Public Art Reduce Youth Firearm Injury? Evidence from Detroit (2022–2025) (ICPSR University of Michigan)
CRIM-TECH
‘Creepy surveillance’: why some cities are shutting down Flock cameras amid privacy concerns (The Guardian) see also: Some Twin Cities suburbs shut off license plate cameras over data sharing concerns (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
New AI system could answer some New Orleans service calls (WWLTV)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
25 Investigates: Lowell police release heavily redacted records about former officer (Boston 25)
Residents in one Colorado city want transparency, answers after police and fire chiefs were fired (CBS News)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
The Data Behind Prison Reform (The Brennan Center for Justice)
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