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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”

Police data, military policing, relationship between income and crime, murder rate is falling, gun violence reduction plans, AI and police forces, police data transparency, license plate readers, drones as first responders, transformative juvenile justice, bond data dashboard, and more… POLICE CONDUCT APD Uses Data to Drive Policework (Alameda Post) Researchers find little evidence military policing reducesContinue reading “Week of June 5, 2023”

NJ police fail to follow citizen complaint law, misconduct records published, dispatcher shortages, mental health related 911 calls, large portion of crimes go unsolved in CA, cracking down on gun crimes, tracking phones without a warrant, youth justice, and more… POLICE CONDUCT 80 NJ Police Departments Fail To Follow Citizen Complaint Law: Report (Patch)  Attorney GeneralContinue reading “Week of May 15, 2023”

Mental health specialists during emergencies, deadly year for WI police, why are there mass killings, crime trends, hacking crime wave, cities dealing with ransomware attacks, combating the Mississippi crime rate, DNA ‘lab in a box’, missing body cam video, erasing ‘trail penalty’, and more… POLICE CONDUCT N.J. advocates ‘encouraged’ by recent analysis of program thatContinue reading “Week of May 8, 2023”

Crime sparks change in policing in DC, LA police pursuits, online crime reporting, gun stolen from cars every 36 hours in 2022 in Henrico County, preventing gun violence, new CrimeLocal app, crime in summer, gun deaths data, AirTags to fight car thefts, police transparency, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Rise in overall crime sparks change inContinue reading “Week of May 1, 2023”