Crime statistics, racial disparities in policing, DC crime data manipulation investigation, state criminal database access, FBI crime reporting funding, answering 911 calls, homicide rate dropped to historic lows, home alarms cost, Tyler Tech buys CODY Systems, water utilities face cyber security incidents, license plate readers, public records fees, ICE detention, prison sales, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Why Crime Statistics Cannot Explain Racial Disparities in Policing (Vanguard News Group)
Washington crime stats system experienced a ‘systemic breakdown’ of internal controls, report says (WTOP)
Two DC police officers leave department amid crime data manipulation investigation (WJLA)
Five Alabama law enforcement agencies could lose access to state criminal database (Alabama Reflector)
Pennsylvania gets $1M to improve FBI crime reporting (Axios)
Baltimore Is Rethinking Who Answers 911 Calls (Governing)
CRIME RATE
Pine Bluff Police Department statistics show April-June crime dropping in 2026 (KARK)
In California’s richest town, the home alarms are usually false. But the cost is very real (San Francisco Chronicle)
CRIM-TECH
Tyler Technologies Buys Public Safety Tech Firm CODY Systems (GovTech)
Water Utilities in Seven States Report Cybersecurity Incidents (GovTech)
Columbus police create new ‘Flock’ information portal amid data-sharing concerns (CW Columbus)
In one California town, Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to police (Business Insider)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
ACLU of Nevada files lawsuit against LVMPD over public records fees, policies (KTNV)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
More people booked into ICE detention in June than in any month since crackdown began (CBS News)
Homeland Security buys former prison in west-central Minnesota for $500 million (MPR News)
CoreCivic sells Kansas prison, leaving Leavenworth with oversight and financial questions (Kansas Reflector)
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