Police layoffs transparency, police civilian oversight board, police chief contract, disciplinary records kept secret, police chief search, gang activity in the Twin Cities, hate crimes, scam based human trafficking, guns stolen from vehicles, the double edged sword of video technology, police transparency and accountability, police scanner transparency, police custody death raises questions, Florida’s prison zoo, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Former Hollister police employees call for transparency after layoffs (KSBW)
Police Civilian Oversight Board Completes Evaluation of Interim Independent Police Monitor (CityofMadison.com)
St. Louis Police Chief’s New Contract Sparks Dispute (STL News)
Over $330K in illegal drugs seized across Virginia in one week: VSP (WRIC)
7News finds unfunded law keeping MPD disciplinary records secret amid crime data scandal (WJLA)
Accountability, transparency prioritized by residents as search for KCPD police chief continues (KCTV5)
CRIME RATE
What does gang activity actually look like in the Twin Cities? (MPR News)
LA Sees Increase in Reported Hate Crimes in First Seven Months of 2026 (MyNewsLA.com)
2025 policing trend: Fewer serious crimes, more minor arrests (NPR)
Scam-Based Human Trafficking Through a Trauma-Informed and Intersectional Lens: An Integrative Narrative Review (Sage Journals)
Majority of Guns Reported Stolen in Nashville Taken from Vehicles (Nashville.gov)
CRIM-TECH
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Detroit activists demand transparency, call for police chief’s removal (ClickOnDetroit)
Community leaders call for transparency, accountability from CMPD (WCNC)
Walla Walla police sit down with Apple Valley News Now after questions over scanner transparency (Apply Valley News Now)
New Delaware law limits what police can share about arrests, raising transparency concerns (WBOC)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Elk Grove Police Custody Death Raises Questions about Transparency, Restraint Practices and Mental Health Response (Davis Vanguard)
‘Former inmates want to come back to visit’: inside Florida’s prison zoo (The Guardian)
‘Put them down with gas’: Abuse and retaliation inside a California women’s prison (Cal Matters)
