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Body cam footage, police recruitment and low morale, diverting calls from police, does welfare reduce crime, schools underreporting crimes, violent crime, signs of a mass shooting, ‘force multipliers’, veteran crimes, department of corrections data portal, FOIA backlog, keeping minors our of prison, and more… POLICE CONDUCT How Body Cam Footage Shows Contradictions in Police ReportsContinue reading “Week of August 22, 2022”

Law enforcement witness interviews, APD plan to address crime and public safety, school safety, gun crimes, gun policy, judges staying up to date on tech, evidentiary value of body cams, recidivism report, bail reform in Texas, jail suicide rates, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Council demands action after hearing emergency calls are getting downgraded to ‘non’Continue reading “Week of August 29, 2022”

FBI crime data reporting lacking, estimation procedures for missing FBI data, understanding policing in America, civilian policing, Clery Act compliance, Biden’s Safer America Plan, storage for body cams, FOIA enforcer, the Visiting Room Project in prison, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Johns Hopkins wants to change policing. Many fear it won’t work. (The Washington Post) New policy,Continue reading “Week of August 15, 2022”

Officer and 911 operator shortage, racial profiling, Do Not Defund, police firearm dangers, teachers’ safety, electric vehicles in the police fleet, FL database on bad cops, public crime data, early release doesn’t equal violent crime, and more… POLICE CONDUCT As dozens in government housing arrested for potential violence, concerns raised about racial profiling (WTVR) Va. attorneyContinue reading “Week of August 1, 2022”

Licensing police in NJ, police review boards, violence dip, hackers getting more sophisticated, data sharing agreements, surveillance, body cam transparency, inmate overdoses, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Governor Murphy Signs Police Licensing Program Bill Into Law (NJ.gov) Retired judges who hear cases may not sit on police boards, ethics panel says (The Daily Record) Tampa’s police review boardContinue reading “Week of July 25, 2022”

FBI crime data collection still stymied, calls mount to block warrantless data collection by police, FBI failed to complete 1M gun background checks, ‘systemic failures’ in Uvalde, looking at the crime wave, mental health may not prevent mass shootings, kids and guns, ShotSpotter tech under fire, predicting crime with AI, Marsy’s Law in FL, commercialContinue reading “Week of July 18, 2022”

SCOTUS ruling will make law enforcement jobs harder, “Warrior Mindset” in policing, concealed carry laws lead to more gun crime, school shootings at highest number in 2 decades, behavioral health officers, CA DOJ data breach,  “epidemic of hate”, online data could be used against women seeking abortion, Uvalde shooting transparency, AZ prison health care ruledContinue reading “Week of June 27, 2022”

POLICE CONDUCT What Can FBI Data Say About Crime in 2021? It’s Too Unreliable to Tell. Nearly 40% of law enforcement agencies around the country did not submit any data in 2021 to a newly revised FBI crime statistics collection program. (The Marshall Project) Texas police want to block officers’ body cam footage of Uvalde massacreContinue reading “Week of June 13, 2022”

Reviewing police like Uber drivers, LA State police under investigation, SF DA recalled, dispatching mental health specialists, ‘gag order’ against assault in schools, mass shootings, reducing gun violence, assault weapons ban, drone plans at Axon, surveillance networks, NY States criminal justice data, and more… POLICE CONDUCT In this small Va. town, citizens review police likeContinue reading “Week of June 6, 2022”

Police staffing shortages, civilian response teams, USPS postal police, DOJ hotlines to report hate crimes, America’s gun problem, gun violence, ICE data collection on Americans, NYPD secret database, facial recognition in schools, law enforcement polices restrict transparency and accountability, a holistic criminal justice system, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Staffing shortages are causing case backlogs atContinue reading “Week of May 23, 2022”