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Professionalize the police, dissolution of crime solutions committee, gun violence an emergency, ‘epidemic’ of stolen guns, ghost gun increase, using AI to analyze body cam footage, scraping government websites, relational costs of wrongful convictions, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Professionalize the police. An obvious major reform needs more attention than it’s getting. (Noahpinion) Bellevue police chief saysContinue reading “Week of February 6, 2023”

Police staffing, police training, gun violence across the US, gun violence and mental illness, effectiveness of community based solutions, politics of police statistics, body cam tech ‘trash’, gun fire detection system, NYPD Citizen-like app, police data collection is difficult, Louisiana Sheriff’s violating public record laws, crime data systems in CA, donating organs for shorter prisonContinue reading “Week of January 30, 2023”

FBI crime stats reporting problem, hate crime reporting and legislation, cost of police misconduct, gun policies that really work, technology that keeps tripping up criminals, scraping court records protected by first amendment, police open crime data websites, juvenile diversion programs working, and more… POLICE CONDUCT The Monterey Park shooting exposes a major problem with crimeContinue reading “Week of January 23, 2023”

Secrecy in the criminal justice system, destroying misconduct files, response teams for sexual assault, FBI data useless, crime task force, data use in criminal investigations, drone mounted Apple watch for gunshot detection, Marsy’s Law keeps police names secret in deadly shootings, body cam video transparency, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Sheriff’s Office Has Been Destroying RecordsContinue reading “Week of January 16, 2023”

Strongly policed cities and hot spot policing, states that don’t report crime to the FBI, statewide minimums for police pursuits, school lockdowns assessment, residents participate in crime commission forum, public genealogy data to identify criminals, facial recognition leads to wrongful arrest, reliable police data and research needed now more than ever, recidivism rates, and more…Continue reading “Week of January 9, 2023”

Police mental health and wellness, deaths during service calls and law enforcement encounters, gun violence falling in 2022, 911 junk science, facial recognition leads to false arrest, police misconduct transparency, criminal justice reform trends in 2022, and more… POLICE CONDUCT One-on-one with Acting Chief of Richmond Police: Talking staffing shortages, morale issues, violence interrupters, combattingContinue reading “Week of January 2, 2023”

Fatal police shootings, addressing retail theft, cyber crimes, Chicago students walk out over gun violence, face recognition in US criminal investigations, “Find My” app wrongly targets a grandmother, gunshot detection in Portland, license plate readers, bodycam transparency, backlog of court cases, prison oversight, and more… POLICE CONDUCT As fatal police shootings increase, more go unreported (TheContinue reading “Week of December 19, 2022”

Officers facing more stress, social workers a game changer in police departments, relationship between crime and tree canopy, FBI flawed hate crimes count, policing pregnancy, Massachusetts gun law enforcement, criminal justice reforms, Portland police new procedures regarding release of information, bail system reforms in New Jersey, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Officers facing more stress dueContinue reading “Week of December 12, 2022”

Emergency call times, police staffing shortage, red flag laws, illegal guns, San Fran robots that can kill, biometric surveillance, corporate crime data, body cams, NY prison racial disparity, college in prison, and more… POLICE CONDUCT CMPD shares more insight about long emergency call times (WCNC) Are Police Helicopter Fleets Worth the Money? (Mother Jones) Janet Lauritsen issuesContinue reading “Week of November 28, 2022”

2022 deadliest year for mass shootings, police obtain location data without warrant, agencies fail to report FBI data, crime and American opinion, justice tech procurement, campus crimes, bail in Ohio, criminal codes changed in DC, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Denver city leaders launch “downtown action team” to address crime, drugs, homelessness (Denver Post) Florida Law EnforcementContinue reading “Week of November 21, 2022”