Week of June 22, 2026

License plate data access, proactive policing, crime suppression units, crime decline and the public perception, phishing and AI, cyber crime, TikTok crimes, disclosure of facial recognition data use in criminal cases, CA stops funding for police transparency database, freed after two decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit, and more…

POLICE CONDUCT

San Francisco Police Audit Shows Feds ‘Improperly’ Accessed License Plate Data Hundreds of Times (KQED)

Faribault PD introduces new unit focused on proactive policing (Faribault Daily News)

Jefferson County sheriff launches IMPACT Crime Suppression Unit (WVLT)

CRIME RATE

Crime is falling. Why don’t residents feel safer? Statistics alone won’t change public perception, say the mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, and Kansas City, Missouri. Building trust requires visibility, relationships and consistent communication. (Smart Cities Dive)

Cyber Criminals Redirecting Users to Fraudulent Websites with Malicious Traffic Distribution Systems (FBI) see also: Cybercrime is converging. The response must converge faster (World Economic Forum) and also: Powered by AI, Cyber Threats Can Even Reach Second Graders (GovTech)

Atlanta crime data shows decline amid recent violent attacks (11Alive)

TikTok mentioned in hundreds of crime reports involving children in Yorkshire (The Yorkshire Post)

CRIM-TECH

Fort Collins drops Flock surveillance, directs data collection to stop and cameras to be removed (KUNC)

Exclusive: Phishing enters automation era (Axios) see also: Phishing now hits Americans 14 times a day, with AI making scams harder to spot (KOMO News)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

New Jersey Supreme Court orders disclosure of police facial recognition use in criminal cases (The Jersey Vindicator)

California stops funding police transparency database (The Center Square)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Atlanta man freed after two decades behind bars for crime he didn’t commit (The Atlanta Journal Constitution)