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POLICE CONDUCT
South Carolina Toughens Penalties for Harming Police K-9s (Governing)
Slashing victims funding, Moore’s crime office ‘lost its way,’ grantees say (The Daily Record)
New FBI Data Shows Large Police Departments Are Growing Again (Jeff-alytics)
Mayor Solomon Releases Findings of JCPD Crime Data Audit Showing Over 3,250 Crimes Not Reported By Fulop Administration (JerseyCityNJ.gov)
Aurora closer to creating internal police, fire oversight office in wake of consent decree (Sentinel Colorado)
Scrutiny of police reactions to mental health calls leads to new ideas (Democrat & Chronicle)
CRIME RATE
Path vs. places: route-level crime risk driving taxi and shared bicycle substitution in New York City (Science Direct)
‘Super-connected’ teenagers key to tackling violent crime, study suggests (University of Cambridge)
CRIM-TECH
PoliceAI to speed up investigations and fight crime (Gov.UK)
A Flock license plate reader linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. He was five miles away. (Times of San Diego)
Fort Worth police crime-fighting drone program takes off in partnership with Flock Safety (Fort Worth Report)
Detroit is spending millions on gunshot detection tech – is it an effective tool in the fight against violent crime? (The Conversation)
Westchester Drivers Challenge County Police Department’s Warrantless Mass Vehicle Surveillance System (Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
ACLU Files Lawsuit Against City of Phoenix for Police Transparency Violations (ACLU)
Ohio launches felony crime dashboard online (The Vindicator)
Transparency concerns continue for East Lansing’s Independent Police Oversight Commission (The State News)
KPD chief explains interruption in police reports, won’t expand availability (KDHNews)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Florida taxpayers pay billions to Centurion, the prison health care provider and lawsuit magnet (Florida Bulldog)
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