Rethinking police training, hiring police officers, violent crime keeps failing, homicides hit four year low in Kansas City, American gun violence, license plate reader programs, massive genetic database for policing, school district says ‘No’ to electric shock gloves, lack of transparency in police rewards, police transparency, mental health in detention, incarceration rates declining, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Why Massachusetts Is Rethinking Police Training (Governing)
Philadelphia Found a Faster Way to Hire Police Officers (Governing)
Sex Work and Policing in the United States (Sage Journals)
Fairfield police recognized for GIS system (Daily Republic)
CRIME RATE
Violent crime keeps falling in Boston and biggest U.S. cities (Axios)
KC homicides hit a four-year low (Axios)
FBI data shows violent crime falling nationwide, with murders and robberies down sharply (ABC News 4)
In California’s Biggest Cities, Turner’s Outdoorsman is a Top Source of Crime Guns (The Trace)
A Dichotomy of American Gun Violence (The Trace)
CRIM-TECH
Fort Mitchell shuts down license plate reader program after privacy concerns (WLWT)
3.3 Million US Citizens’ Data Collected for ‘Massive Genetic Database for Policing’ (Military.com)
Omaha School District Says ‘No’ to Electric Shock Gloves (GovTech)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
DC ANC files lawsuit alleging lack of transparency in police rewards that lead to convictions (WTOP)
New Anson police chief sets sights on transparency and community engagement (KTXS)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
“He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis. (PorPublica)
More than half of people in the Harris County Jail have mental health indicators, data shows (ABC13)
Incarceration rates are declining. A new study explores some of the reasons why. (University of Wisconsin)
Brittany Suszan 