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Disbanding police forces, cops in schools, gang database scrapped, retail crime, asset forfeiture, big city crime rates, violence against MD youth, online crime data base for transparency, crime on cruise ships, prison guard corruption, and more… POLICE CONDUCT ‘It’s scary’: America’s small towns are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes (Winston Salem Journal) Do cops actuallyContinue reading “Week of September 11, 2023”

Police contract negotiations, false ticket scandal, police seizures, cash bail, fentanyl, FBI crime data, active shooter, teen curfews, AI to answer calls, real-time crime centers, police records fees, limiting FOIA, investigation into TX prisoner deaths, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Minneapolis city attorney launches probe into source of KSTP story on MPD chief (KSTP) Yale police unionContinue reading “Week of September 4, 2023”

Massachusetts releases officer disciplinary records, relationship between food insecurity and family violence, retail theft concerns and cracking down, measuring anti crime efforts, cost of body cams, DNA processing, criminal justice data tools, holistic alternatives to criminal justice, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Mass. police oversight board releases 1000s of officer disciplinary records (MassLive) East Bay police officersContinue reading “Week of August 21, 2023”

Kansas police force raids newspaper and publisher’s home, facilitating law enforcement data sharing, turnover in police agencies, violent crime falling, cost-benefit analysis of gun shot detection, license plate readers, women in prison, and more… POLICE CONDUCT A central Kansas police force sparked a firestorm by raiding a newspaper and the publisher’s home (AP News) Grant-funding opportunitiesContinue reading “Week of August 14, 2023”

Paperwork amounts to stress, new emergency response teams for mental health, social media fueling homicides in young Americans, lead exposure linked to higher risk of criminal behavior, smart city model bears fruit, body cam skeptics, police officer names secret, hiding mistreatment behind FOIA, treating addiction in prison, and more… POLICE CONDUCT “It’s frustrating … I didn’t joinContinue reading “Week of August 7, 2023”

Solving more murders, culture of wellness in criminal justice jobs, the police personality, traffic stop disparities, drop in gun violence and murders, gun homicides down slightly, generative AI for criminal justice, reducing recidivism and worker shortage, free prison calls, and more… POLICE CONDUCT New evidence that we’re solving more murders (Slow Boring) DOJ Officials Call forContinue reading “Week of July 31, 2023”

Kentucky crime stats undercounted homicides, enhancing the effectiveness of law enforcement mental health, Utah County’s domestic violence shelter short on space, homicide rate declines, CA red flag law, Berkeley considering license plate readers, OH Marsy’s law limits public right to know, Dallas restores open data feed after ransomware attack, choosing a correctional officer position, andContinue reading “Week of July 24, 2023”

Police mental health, calls for service overload, missing crime data, educators’ view on school safety, mass killings, gun purchases over the last 6 months, body cams valuable tool, crime data feed still down in Dallas, Illinois plans to eradicate cash bail, housing and rehab for former prisoners in California, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Jury awardsContinue reading “Week of July 17, 2023”

AI nonemergency call takers, White House report on improving trust and accountability in policing, doorbell footage compliance, gunfire leading cause of death for TN youth, growing up with gun violence, quitting crime, gunshot detection, cameras spark privacy debate, body cam video transparency, access to search warrants, incomplete crime data, economic benefits from criminal justice reforms,Continue reading “Week of June 26, 2023”

Internal investigations, opioid epidemic and homicide, DOJ corporate crime database, black women victimization, license plate readers, ShotSpotter tech improvements, Dallas crime data dashboard inaccessible, Delaware police transparency bill, NJ criminal justice database, probation while low risk, juvenile justice funding, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Tulsa Police Defy Department Policy By Hiding Internal Investigation (Oklahoma Watch) Baltimore CountyContinue reading “Week of June 12, 2023”