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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”

Violent crime, surveillance via self driving cars, police review boards, the search for a new Seattle Chief of Police, diving into crime data, gun violence in DC, the violent incel culture, justice focused algorithms, Oklahoma’s lack of jail data, junk science in the criminal justice system, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Inside the FBI: Keeping LawContinue reading “Week of May 16, 2022”

FBI crime data mess, co-responder pilot program, police resignations, Flint puts more police on the streets, stolen guns increases, firearm related violence skyrockets, crime rate, Detroit reports decrease in crime, regional data center in Hampton Roads, well-being in prison, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Delaware Attorney General asks for a federal investigation after lacrosse team busContinue reading “Week of May 9, 2022”

Minneapolis calls in outside agencies to assist with crime, hot spot policing, female police chief asks for equal pay, Facebook data and the fourth amendment, schools can make streets safer, body cams. police data transparency, crime data transparency, juvenile crime bill, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Watch “The Friendliest Town” a documentary that centers on aContinue reading “Week of May 2, 2022”

Minnesota police race discrimination, Justice Department releases funds to hiring officers, crisis hotlines, gag rules frustrate police accountability, shortcomings of police on campus, violence against police, juvenile gun possession, police surveillance, tech suppliers hostile to transparency, Illinois politics and prison board, and more… POLICE CONDUCT The Minnesota Department of Human Rights on Wednesday released aContinue reading “Week of April 25, 2022”

Fusion centers, Chicago consent-decree, inflation and crime, guns leading cause of death among children and teens, crime reduction and prevention plans, firearm violence, body cams, data brokers access to public data, campus crime transparency, mass incarceration, resentencing in TN, abuse in DJJ facility, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Latest consent-decree report hits Chicago police leadership inContinue reading “Week of April 18, 2022”

Violent crime plans, civilian review boards, public safety index, ghost guns, USPS suspends service due to crime, 911 systems and open data, Google location data and police, police surveillance, facial recognition, criminal justice data portal, body cams and transparency, ex-convicts housing, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Little Rock collaborating with Pine Bluff in effort to reduceContinue reading “Week of April 11, 2022”

FBI not releasing crime stats for 2021, place based police strategies, gun control studies, communities split on use of traffic cams, access to bad cop records, access to court and legal data, TikTok influencers reshape life behind bars, felony classification system in Oklahoma, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Why the FBI Won’t Release Quarterly Crime StatsContinue reading “Week of April 4, 2022”