Crime rate, drug and gun seizures, young people and gun violence, police in schools, surveillance, AI submits false tip, criminal justice deploying AI faster than rules around it, drone as first responder, police transparency dashboard, use of force, transparency surrounding gifted police dog, problems with lethal injection, women’s mass incarceration, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
After survey finds crime no longer top worry, NOPD touts progress (WWLTV)
New federal report reveals massive drug and gun seizures across western Virginia (29News)
Mamdani orders NYPD to review use-of-force practices, increase transparency (City and State NY)
CRIME RATE
What the Data Say About Young People and Gun Violence (Annie E Casey Foundation)
Data shows violent crime dropping in Minnesota despite recent concerns about gang violence (CBS News)
For Texas Schoolchildren, Minor Misbehavior Can Mean Criminal Charges (NY Times)
CRIM-TECH
Hundreds of police, government & home cameras feed footage to KCKPD investigations (The Beacon News)
Anthropic’s Claude AI submits a false tip on a Philadelphia unsolved homicide case (CBC)
Criminal Justice Is Deploying AI Faster Than Rules Around It (GovTech)
Drone as a First Responder (Prince William County Police)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Massachusetts POST Commission launches new police transparency dashboards (WWLP)
Flock Is Catching Flak. Experts Say Other Police Surveillance Tools Are More Worrisome (KQED)
Who gifted a $10,600 police dog to an Upstate NY city? Officials aren’t saying (New York Upstate)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Problems With Lethal Injection Continue Plaguing States (Governing)
Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2026 (Prison Policy Initiative)
Running With Conviction: Eligibility for Elected Office With a Felony Conviction (The Sentencing Project)
