Public safety subcommittee formed in Tempe, police involved mental health crises, impact of police presence on arrests and violent crime, intimate partner violence, record low NYC crime numbers, how tech is reshaping violence, AI software to draft crime reports, driverless patrol cars, real-time police discipline transparency dashboards in MA, $2.5 million FOIA bill for one cop’s files, prison healthcare systems in AZ, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Tempe forms public safety subcommittee to rebuild trust in police (State Press)
Fear, Mistrust, and Harm in Police-Involved Mental Health Crises (Mad in America)
CRIME RATE
Downtown crime data shows impact of police presence on arrests and violent crime (KOMU)
Violent crime is falling. Intimate Partner Violence is not. What can be done? (Police Executive Research Forum)
Risk Factors for Sexual Violence Perpetration Among Adult Men: The Role of Problematic Pornography Consumption, Sexual Consent, and Rape Myths (Sage Journals)
Mayor Mamdani and NYPD tout record-low NYC crime numbers, but areas of concern remain (NBC New York)
CRIM-TECH
How technology is reshaping violence — and what can be done about it (WashU.edu)
Nampa police employ AI software to draft crime reports (KTVB)
Raleigh Police Are Considering Driverless Patrol Cars (Governing)
Florida cops say they don’t know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras (Ars Technica)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Massachusetts POST launches real-time police discipline transparency dashboards (WCVB)
HPD to launch new report management system aimed at improving case tracking, transparency (Fox 26 Houston)
A $2.5 million FOIA bill for one cop’s files (Freedom of the Press Foundation)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Despite the Machismo of Prison, These Men Collaborated on a Quilt (The Marshall Project)
What will the takeover of Arizona’s prison healthcare system look like? (Arizona Capitol Times)
