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AI chatbots in report writing, adopting police transparency reforms, fatal police encounters in Wisconsin, police radio encryption, AI deepfakes, link between local news and perceptions of crime, gun violence in the US, MD facial recognition policy, AI added to emergency communications, lack of transparency in police chief hiring, short term impacts of bail reform, andContinue reading “Week of August 26, 2024”

Focus on police transparency, recruiting police officers, Phoenix DOJ report, gun ownership and gun violence, stolen guns, crime trends, drones in rural America, AI surveillance cameras, real time crime centers, AI to overcome bias, sharing license plate data, facial recognition, youth incarceration decline, recreational cannabis on recidivism, bail reform, and more… POLICE CONDUCT New MathisContinue reading “Week of August 19, 2024”

Uvalde shooting records, DOJ report on Columbus Police, co-response and homelessness, violent crime dropping sharply in major US cities, gun violence, permitless carry, teen homicides plummet, gunshot detection debate, body cam footage review through AI, police VR training, license plate readers, cheap jail and prison food make people sick, corrections staff charged with falsifying medicalContinue reading “Week of August 12, 2024”

Former police chief facing charges over KS newspaper raid, police misconduct laws, CT ticket scandal, unmarked cruisers, campuses fail to report crime, crime and punishment in DC, Surgeon General’s declaration on gun violence, Cleveland’s summer of safety, drug use and criminality, Austin 911 system hacked, AI and crime analysis, encrypting police radios, Houston chief vowsContinue reading “Week of August 5, 2024”

Houston ignored cases, NJ police discipline, traffic stop racial disparities, homicides falling, kids’ online safety bill, image based sexual abuse, youth and delinquency, DNA, gunshot detection impact, AI to predict crimes, DA transparency dashboard, death in prisons, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Houston police misused ‘lack of personnel’ code for eight years, Chief Satterwhite says, leadingContinue reading “Week of July 29, 2024”

Police conduct in Pittsburgh, US confidence in police up, releasing body cam footage, drug smuggling networks, mental health and 911, violent crime spike during COVID, facial recognition arrests, deepfake AI porn bill, gunshot detection, police algorithms, transparency advocates worry about access in TN, bail law changes, and more… POLICE CONDUCT After Jim Rogers’ death, PittsburghContinue reading “Week of July 22, 2024”

New police chief promises trust and transparency, better crime data means better crime policy, racial profiling, Boeing criminal charges, family violence, gun violence public health crisis, active shooters targeting public spiked, Biden gun safety law, gun violence, automated license plate readers, gunshot detection software, body cam transparency, California in contempt over prison mental health staffing,Continue reading “Week of June 24, 2024”

DOJ says Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights, Louisville police Chief suspended, police shootings, reporting crime data in 2022 explained, big cities big victories over crime, Baltimore city gun violence drop, police drones, facial recognition tech, license plate readers, NYPD dodge surveillance transparency laws, LAPD removes crime data from public, incarceration and crime,Continue reading “Week of June 17, 2024”

Police conduct, retired officers back to work, misconduct files released, lack of data stalling cases, association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence, crime victim federal aid drops, crimes against USPS workers, AI in policing, police tech and AI ease workforce woes, WisDOJ sued over police transparency, states that publish current crime data, independent oversightContinue reading “Week of May 27, 2024”

Police oversight, officer resilience, misconduct data, gun violence, green space and crime, ADHD and criminality, predictive policing, drones as first responders, police transparency, police hiring and crime, juvenile justice programs, states spending on prisoners, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Problems continue to plague the Minneapolis Community Commission on Police Oversight (MinnPost) see also: Speaking of Reform: Experimental InsightsContinue reading “Week of May 20, 2024”