Murder clearances increase, murder rates decrease, geofence warrants, does gunshot detection reduce crime, behind the badge, police review commission, police tech upgrades, voice phishing detection, AI for public safety, license plate reader transparency, using AI to analyze criminal judgements, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Murders in 2025 Were Likely Solved at the Highest Rate This Century (Jeff-alytics)
Court rules that law enforcement’s use of “geofence warrant” was a “search” (SCOTUSblog)
Savannah launches ‘Behind the Badge’ series to expand public understanding of police training (WSAV)
CRIME RATE
Does Acoustic Gunshot Detection Technology Reduce Crime? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Springer Link)
‘Shrouded it in darkness’: Sacramento County Grand Jury critical of police review commission (Fox40)
U.S. murder rate approaches a record low (NPR)
CRIM-TECH
St. Joseph, Mo., Rolls Out $1.6M in Police Tech Upgrades (GovTech)
Proactive detection of voice phishing networks using call log analysis and machine learning (Scientific Reports)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Fargo Police Department debuts Flock Safety transparency portal (Valley News Live)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
AI for Justice: How to Analyse Thousands of Criminal Judgments Using Artificial Intelligence (BRDO)
Brittany Suszan 