My curated list of news headlines relating to crime and policing from around the world. Updated weekly. Sign up below to receive the weekly reads directly to your inbox.
Week of February 23, 2026
Crisis response system, police involved deaths, federal agents face less accountability, lag in police hiring, domestic violence, crime rate, the Breaking Bad effect, crime fighting tech, facial recognition errors, fees to view…
Week of February 16, 2026
Mental health crisis response teams, police transparency, gun violence in rural America, domestic violence, homicides decrease, international Epstein arrests and investigations, youth violence, modernizing emergency dispatch, Ring and Flock partnerships, surveillance concerns, transparency in police use of force policies, AI in policing, AI addresses safety and rehab in prison, women and the death penalty, juvenile…
Week of February 9, 2026
Beautification efforts to reduce violent crime, gun safety policies, gun homicides drop, campus crime drop, juvenile shooting victims decrease, police expand use of AI in Laredo, drones, police use of force transparency, community trust, police accountability, mass incarceration, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Hawaii island’s new chief discusses his policing approach, priorities (Star Advertiser) Amended complaint adds…
Week of February 2, 2026
Homicide clearance rates, hot spots policing, police misconduct costs, mobile crisis teams, health shocks and criminal behavior, reducing gun violence, police tech proposal rejected in Durham, automate license plate readers, Justice AI Tracker,…
Week of January 26, 2026
Police use of force, UK creating British FBI, body cam video deletion, police overtime, homicide rates fall, violent crime down, justice for trafficking survivors, LLMs as judicial decision makers, AI transparency in policing, automated license plate readers, mothering experiences from women in jail, recidivism among violent…
Week of January 19, 2026
Cellphone location data, pregnancy prosecutions, Santa Cruz cuts license plate readers, crime decreasing, murder rates plummet, how criminals get guns, zero dollar bail policy on crime, legal sports betting linked to increase in violent crime, AI and predictive policing, license plate readers and privacy concerns, transparency and accountability are not anti-law…
Week of January 12, 2026
Police budget, community trust, police transparency, crime rates drop, school shootings in 2025, preventing human trafficking, firearm violence in Chicago, calming political violence, license plate reader controversy, interactions with federal agents, police transparency tools, fake reports in prisons, how the prison system perpetuates violence, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Pensacola police chief finalists face public on…
Week of January 5, 2026
DC Chief fiery rebuke, crime data cover-up, protecting domestic violence victims, domestic violence offender registry, drop in crime, Detroit murders fall below 200 for first time in decades, mental health needs and criminal legal system, AI and policing, data driven crime prediction, AI powered police cameras, police FOIA transparency, counting the number of…
Week of December 15, 2025
DC chief manipulated crime data, active warrant arrest scam, school shootings lasting impact, HI gun deaths, underreported campus sexual assaults, gunshot detection, AI used to improve police data, drones as first responders, surveillance camera plan, police transparency, license plate readers, drone…
Week of December 8, 2025
DC chief resigns, discipline recommendations left sitting for months, arrest trends, care response teams, domestic violence, gun violence a public health epidemic, murder and death rates falling, radio encryption, police drones, AI powered facial recognition, campus hazing, body cam footage, human trafficking behind…
Week of December 1, 2025
Police collaboration, smart cities and safe streets, property crime rates, gun dealers source of trafficked firearms, regional crime data, AI transforming crime, positivity bias in crime perceptions, deepfakes, robot dogs, police use of surveillance tech transparency, use of force dashboard, body cam transparency, locking up kids, jail deaths, and more……
Week of November 17, 2025
Targeting complex criminal networks, mortality among law enforcement officers, police oversight board sees widespread refusal, New Orleans consent decree ends, San Diego police shortages, predictive policing, AI reinventing crime, US bishops call for tighter gun laws, perceptions of crime, alternatives to police response, AI in policing, facial…
Week of November 10, 2025
Essential services for crime victims slashed, LAPD stops releasing public crime data, does shuttering a school impact neighborhood violence, protecting yourself against scams, data informed youth justice, AI to communicate with non-English speakers, license plate leaders, funding police technology, UK…
Week of November 3, 2025
LAPD steps backwards in data transparency, overspending budgets, police video ordinance, impact of being a wife of a police officer, Boston requires name tags, tempered crime fighting methods, how to strengthen domestic violence response, gun violence drop, murder victims skewing older, encrypted…
Week of October 20, 2025
Sheriff cheating scandal, Cincinnati chief placed on administrative leave, law enforcement leaders annual awards, reported crime may be falling, fentanyl seizures, Ceasefire Virginia, gunshots down in Detroit, effect of street lighting on public safety, AI used to find traits of serial killers, AI police surveillance, automated license plate readers, RoboCop…
Week of October 13, 2025
Police use of force, civilian oversight board, militarizing public safety, no evidence linking antidepressant use to mass shootings, domestic violence and gun violence linked, bullying and violent crime in MI schools, MN pulls breathalyzers, transparency for AI police reports, police data transparency and…
Week of October 6, 2025
FBI axes partnership with SPLC, FOP pressures police chief, DC crime trends, political violence, criminal charges in child abuse cases, unusual approach to gun regulation, the evolving business of crime, juvenile homicides, license plate readers, AI and the business of crime, ICE raids, prison land…
Week of September 29, 2025
Police data, expanding public safety workforce, tax increases to strengthen public safety, TN crime lab backlog, cyber crime economy, juvenile crime, US lowest murder rate, FBI collects non fatal shooting data, toll of lethal gun violence, using technology to solve crimes faster, facial recognition technology, NJ and police transparency, Minneapolis transparency, campus police secrecy…
Week of September 22, 2025
Police staffing, police review boards and commissions, budget cuts, police team with mental health professionals, murder rate lowers, fighting crime, violence against women, AI could help report suspicious activity, license plate readers, police drones, police oversight lacking transparency, women in prison, and more……
Week of September 15, 2025
Police chief settlement transparency, police jurisdiction, police response times, domestic terrorism, undocumented immigrants and crime, DC crime rate, cashless bail, murders and homicides, serial killers, police cameras, police drones, police oversight, open data, crime data, transparency laws, gun crime, violent crime, household member…
Week of September 8, 2025
Police staffing shortages, police partnerships, body cams, police records database, officer involved shootings, lowering the crime rate, sexual extortion, license plate readers, deepfake abuse, radio encryption, public affairs websites, crime data, police podcast, prison education outcomes, death in prison, and more……
Week of September 1, 2025
Police oversight boards, misconduct lawsuits, DOJ oversight, solving homicides, gun crime hot spots, crime rate, domestic violence linked to other violent crime and recidivism, DNA techniques, AI in non emergency calls, police transparency, locking down police radio traffic, value of in-person prison visits for children, prison health care costs, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Boston police…
Week of August 25, 2025
Military equipment usage, community engagement, FBI monthly crime data, data drive early intervention, license plate cameras, DC crime, police drones, police transparency, crime reduction, DC data dilemma, open crime data, youth…
Week of August 18, 2025
DC under the microscope, overtime pay, NJ police conduct, FBI begins releasing monthly data, violent crime rate in Baltimore and Houston, data driven early intervention, body cams, AI in policing, transparency from ICE, drone footage, extreme heat in prison, the…
Week of August 11, 2025
Police reform, accountability and transparency, police discipline cases, shootings and homicides, DCs crime trends, nutrition labels for AI, ShotSpotter speeds response times, drone policies, license plate reader transparency, FL corrections uses AI, unjust pretrial detention, and…
Week of August 4, 2025
De-escalation tactics, CA police misconduct database, Honolulu police chief quits, disbanding police departments, murder plunge, crime drop, drop in shootings, SNAP disbursement and crime incidence, live facial recognition deployment, police drones, predictive crime, big data and generative AI, crime data transparency, how many people die in custody, prisons ink deals with…
Week of July 28, 2025
Police officer arrested by ICE, community outreach, citizens academy, decline in gun violence, crime rates falling, AI facial recognition, police surveillance, gunshot detection, license plate readers, tech disrupting trafficking, cold case technology, transparency in juvenile cases, body…
Week of July 21, 2025
Police misconduct records, homicide and violent crime fall, explaining the murder decline, Ring and Citizen share video with police, Virginia Beach letting AI answer calls, AI chatbots writing crime reports, predictive policing, police transparency difficult for smaller NY agencies, police transparency, Oklahoma prisons…
Week of July 14, 2025
Police response times, independent monitor for police reform, police job demand stress, dip in violent crime, real time crime centers, balancing public safety and privacy, robotic technology in law enforcement, drone tech to respond to emergencies, AI tool and transparency, bodycam footage transparency, voting from prison, DNA and wrongful…
Week of July 7, 2025
Union concerns, interacting with youth, civilian police review, public safety partnerships, falling crime, changes in retail crime, child grooming in London, homicides in the US, combating financial crime, license plate readers, gunshot detection, facial recognition, police drones, city wide security cameras, crime and transparency in California, citizen police…
Week of June 16, 2025
Police reform, NY police misconduct records, regional crime data, mental health, Baltimore gun violence transparency, clearance rates, relationship between climate and crime, facial surveillance, robot bomb dog, AI for report writing, gunshot detection, police drones, license plate readers, AI use in non emergency calls, real…
Week of June 9, 2025
Real time information centers, behind the scenes of being a cop, GPS monitoring juveniles, use of force concerns, new law to help solve homicides, murder rate plunging, crime trends in summer, gun violence decline, impact of gun violence and children, NG911, police drones, new crime labs, police overtime use transparency, body cam footage transparency, health…
Week of June 2, 2025
Honolulu police chief steps down, private security, new policing model in Wichita, police reform, civilian police review board, innovations in policing, police accountability boards, firearm data tracing, violent crime, ARPA violence reduction, AI, real time data fighting crime, high tech policing, cameras, police drone transparency, use of…
Week of May 26, 2025
Police budgets, police accountability boards, juvenile criminal offenses, violent crime rate in the US, AI in law enforcement, phone data location data used in court, automate license plate readers, body cam funding, facial recognition use on the rise, legislation…
Week of May 19, 2025
Police reform efforts, DOJ dismisses investigations, police department staffing, police oversight commission, community policing boards, Take It Down Act signed into law, drug possession decriminalization, cracking down on fare jumpers, crime…
Week of May 12, 2025
Medical professionals to help 911, Detroit police complaint backlog, limiting police accountability in Austin, non-consensual intimate imagery, DOJ rescinds grants, high tech policing, murder rate, gun violence, firearm involved expulsions, policing and social media, AI to enhance…
Week of May 5, 2025
Crime investigations stop in St Louis County, new software to change policing, notifications about child abuse on military bases, crime data, crime free lease movement, crime rate, internet crimes, using DNA to identify suspects face, predictive policing…
Week of April 28, 2025
Chief honored for leadership, citizen police oversight commission, using military in domestic operations, Justice Department cutting grants to help crime victims, police exemptions from deadly conduct charges in Texas, new tool for community feedback, organized…
Week of April 21, 2025
State takes control of St. Louis police department, tough on crime policies, officer recruitment, cuts to KC Sheriff, protecting survivors of domestic abuse, cracking down on violent crime, campus crime, cybercrime partnership, complaints against police,…
Week of April 14, 2025
Mental health responders, radio encryption, child exploitation, fatal and nonfatal shootings comparisons, Mexico City crime, EverShot, gun violence, Dallas response times, DOJ report on AI, AI or non-emergency calls, police military equipment, Charlotte schools withhold sexual assault data, data in…
Week of April 7, 2025
Oakland 911 answer times improving, reasons for traffic stops, police surveillance, police shortage in Philadelphia, image based sexual abuse, deepfake criminalization legislation, truancy and violent crime, ghost guns, police radio encryption, AI to predict crime, AI to write police…
Week of March 31, 2025
Police staffing, five years after George Floyd, recording police, ICE, misconduct records, NIBRS switch slows access to crime data, social media and crime trends, solving hit and runs, child deepfake and sextortion incidents, AI crime, gunshot detection, surveillance camera network, automated license plate readers, predictive…
Week of March 24, 2025
Police chief transparency, the future of police reform, police profiling, officer training, five years after Breonna Taylor’s death, fight against gun violence showing promise, ghost gun bans, navigating predictive policing challenges, drone policies, body cams, future proofing justice, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Their police chiefs were forced out. Now these residents want transparency (Las Vegas Review…
Week of March 10, 2025
Henderson police chief fired, Columbus underreported crime, smart policing, holistic approach to crime, high risk violent offenders, body cam footage fees, predictive analytics, crime data in social media, automated license plate readers, asset forfeiture, trust in community police interactions, prison, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Henderson police chief fired after ultimatum (8 News Now) Maui police chief…
Week of March 3, 2025
Kansas police gun sales, public libraries crime mitigation, violence alters human genomes, gun violence and gun data, red flag laws, police robot dogs, automated report writing, license plate cameras, body cam market shift, police misconduct…
Week of February 24, 2025
Citizen feedback for police, police chases, police misconduct and disciplinary records, police staffing levels, body cam policies, cyber attacks, gun locks, license plate readers, police surveillance, convictions transparency, LAPD crime data transparency, asset forfeiture, jail population dashboard, juvenile prison, and more……
Week of February 17, 2025
Data driven policing, police chief departure, police transparency, nonviolence work, crime stats, youth-related crime, mask wearing defendants, sanctuary cities and crime, murder rate, police cameras, AI and policing, police chief search, privatizing prison food service, women…
Week of February 10, 2025
Transforming policing, Marsy’s Law Supreme Court ruling in Ohio, 911 call center reforms, school crime report, police staffing and crime rates, ICE statistics, AI for police reports, NYPD to disclose surveillance tech contracts, gunshot detection, using tech to…
Week of February 3, 2025
Police calls for service, public safety plans, crime and justice system data, White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention shutters, campus crime, first responders embracing AI, video analytics, police drones, solar powered mobile surveillance, facial recognition, police transparency, data transparency, accountable policing,…
Week of January 20, 2025
Recent pardons critiqued by FOP, secrecy around police shootings, understaffing woes, deportations, civilian police oversight, lethal force, murder decline, gun violence trends, high-risk firearms dealers, human trafficking dashboard, license plate readers, using AI for missing children, access to public police records, body cam…
Week of January 13, 2025
Complaints against officers, New Orleans ending federal oversight, DOJ reforms in Minneapolis, crime rate falling, shooting data, anti-hazing laws, homicides, dispatch system glitch, police surveillance cameras, charging for body cam video, youth charged as adults, expungement, and…
Week of December 16, 2024
Police stops of civilians, police oversight commissions, police advisory boards, decrease in gun violence, homicide numbers, temperature and crime, juvenile crime debates, facial recognition, generative AI to draft police reports, how frequently…
Week of December 9, 2024
Small town policing, disbanding civilian review boards, violent crime reduction steering committee, flawed national crime data, air pollution shaping public safety, records management vendor woes, deepfakes and criminal justice, AI in policing, police transparency, use of force policies,…
Week of December 2, 2024
US police chiefs discuss AI, use of force, open source intelligence, AI offers data-driven approach to police reform, fewer crimes and higher clearance rates, AI to help victims of domestic violence, encrypting…
Week of November 18, 2024
Community review boards, police staffing, preventing crime, shoplifting, gun violence, domestic abuse, sexual assault investigations, crime rates, AI in criminal justice, license plate readers, FOIA, police transparency, death in custody data, and more……
Week of November 11, 2024
Joint crime office, traffic stops, police job vacancies, police commission meetings, gun violence data hub, sextortion on the rise, sexual assault, 2020 homicide spike, drones used to respond to police calls, location boost to 911 calls, accessing police records, yoga in…
Week of November 4, 2024
Accountability and transparency, DOJ recommendations for protests, police efficiency, police conduct, US crime and policing trends, random acts of violence, crime ballot measures, access to police press briefings, Boston police accountability,…
Week of October 28, 2024
Hate crime task force launched, Sheriffs’ elections, police misconduct records, police oversight committee, FBI crime stats, crime rate, perception of crime, border security, progressive prosecution policies, police drones, AI to detect weapons, AI and facial recognition, AI to…
Week of October 21, 2024
Dropping crime rates, protecting murder victims, asset forfeiture, violent victimization decreasing, reducing gun violence, cameras are unbiased, federal lawsuit challenges use of cameras for surveillance, potential of public data for social impact, Boston broken transparency website, Austin…
Week of October 14, 2024
Online reporting systems, crime rates, growing up under the gun, data driven solutions, reckless driving, drone tech to improve emergency response, AI tools convict people of murder, public safety dashboards, Louisiana juvenile detention centers, and…
Week of October 7, 2024
Call center flooded with calls, civilian review boards, police workforce and crime problems, juvenile crime, gun violence data tracker, criminalizing homelessness, domestic violence, shrink reports, victim accounts of non-reporting, tech facilitated abuse, police transparency, police tech race, surveillance cameras, Florida prisons during Hurricane Milton, rising heat and…
Week of September 30, 2024
Mental health emergency response, safe gun storage and minimum age laws, domestic violence awareness, criminal charges over pregnancy, reimagining Chicago’s public safety, surveillance cameras, AI in policing, facial recognition, deactivated bodycams,…
Week of September 23, 2024
Police leadership, police staffing, mental health calls, NCVS, FBI data, gun violence, EMS data used to identify violence, police use AI to write reports, AI detective, AI body cam review, police AI and ethics, license plate readers, police drones, the push for police transparency, cash bail, depression and anxiety and contact with the criminal justice…
Week of September 9, 2024
Traffic stops and searches, yearly crime stats, police certification and licenses, school shootings, cyber crimes, NCII and sextortion, Snapchat sued by New Mexico AG, social media facilitates violence, AI and police report writing speed, updating 911 dispatch systems, gun shot detection software, Capitol Police watchdog reports, centralizing criminal…
Week of September 2, 2024
Police background checks, facial recognition at NFL games, Columbus cyberattack, police commission and civilian review boards, CT reduces traffic stop racial profiling, post arrest DNA swabs, Real Time Crime Index is live, violence against teacher, ghost gun manufacturer shuttered, security robots, AI body cam tech, NJ law requires more transparency for sexual assault…
Week of August 26, 2024
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, and…
Week of August 19, 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…
Week of August 12, 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 medical…
Week of August 5, 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 vows…
Week of July 29, 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…
Week of July 22, 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…
Week of June 24, 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…
Week of June 17, 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…
Week of May 27, 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 oversight…
Week of May 20, 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…
Week of May 6, 2024
Fired cops, police advisory committee, police community relations, traffic stops clogging courts, police discipline records, National Crime Victimization Survey, stranger danger and violent crime, reducing gun crime, stolen guns, rap music used as evidence to convict, AI tool in criminal cases faces legal challenges, AI cameras, drones respond to 911 calls, police transparency in Pittsburgh, police data transparency, dashboards for criminal justice, and…
Week of April 29, 2024
Naming officers in police misconduct investigations, easing restrictions on marijuana, citizen oversight board, traffic stops, decline in use of force, support for police, drop in crime, National Crime Victimization Survey, expanding surveillance, proactive policing and surveillance, automated license plate readers, crypto money laundering, AI, residents demand more transparency, charging for…
Week of April 22, 2024
Police encryption and access to encrypted data, reporting police misconduct, high-speed police chases, surveillance expansion, US crime data, DOJ seeks input on AI use, machine learning flags issues with police forces sooner, AI assessing traffic stops, cyber security training, body cam transparency, forensic DNA…
Week of April 15, 2024
Florida bans civilian boards from investigating police misconduct, police reform behind closed doors in Virginia, more transparency for asset seizures, internal reviews, facial recognition laws for law enforcement, peace officers in NYC, high speed chases, crisis intervention in Tampa, homicides plummeting, crime rate drops, encrypting police radios, police surveillance, benefits of police data transparency, mental…
Week of April 8, 2024
Access to body cam footage, public safety demands better funding, illegal guns trafficked used in hundreds of shootings, Operation Ceasefire, violent crime rates, sexual assaults on cruise ships rise, AI in policing, generative AI, AI risks creating black box at heart of US legal system, police transparency committees, deaths after…
Week of April 1, 2024
Entire police force suspended, police discipline hearings, use of force, FBI crime data, undercounting sex crimes, tracking threats to Congress, how firearms move from legal to criminal use, AI in policing, predicting crime, online discussions about crime and safety, police surveillance, GPS tracking darts, use of force transparency, prosecutorial dashboards, accountability in restorative justice, and…
Week of March 18, 2024
Replacing suspect faces with Lego heads, police staffing shortages, stricter policies on pursuits and drugs, stiffer sentences for AI related white collar crime, proactive policing sent searches soaring, FBI data shows crime dropped in 2023, Chinese organized crime dominating US illegal marijuana market, fentanyl epidemic getting worse, Kentucky crime data, school hate crimes, teacher misconduct, AI and LLM can…
Week of March 11, 2024
Police Chief resignations, DNA data manipulation in Colorado, combatting swatting calls, higher use of force linked to training conference in NJ, addressing mental health in communities, DOJ opens investigation into Boeing, cybercrime losses reach $12.5 billion, violent crime numbers, gun violence, AI and police real time crime centers, police record…
Week of March 4, 2024
Liberty University fined for crime reporting violations, DC could be doing more to fight crime, FL curtails civilian oversight, PA lost data, police accountability reports, Baltimore sues ATF, fentanyl arrests surpass heroin arrests for first time, NYC deploys national guard, the cost of juvenile crime, juvenile crime rates, Shotspotter research, LAPD new RMS, police termination…
Week of February 26, 2024
Data dashboards, predictive policing, civilian oversight, social programs reduce crime, regulating AI-generated calls, Louisiana law enforcement not reporting crime stats, police IT delays access to domestic violence court orders, intersection of AI and criminal justice, body cams, ShotSpotter data leaked, encrypted scanners, town asks for more transparency from police department, juvenile courts transparency, and more……
Week of February 12, 2024
Basic police data kept secret, sports celebrations violence, violent crime drop, language models on police report writing, gunfire detection, AI surveillance to spot crime, police oversight board, releasing police chase policies, homicide transparency, correctional…
Week of February 5, 2024
Use of force rules, fatal police shootings and training, encrypting scanners, anti-crime laws, state crime victims funds, 911 calls surge, deadly shootings involving 18-20 year olds, taking on rising car thefts, big data surveillance tech, school crimes, AI and body cam footage, discrepancies in crime…
Week of January 29, 2024
Police misconduct and killings published in Louisiana, recruiting officers, 2023 gun violence trends, transit crime rates, schools and hate crimes, retail shrink and theft, Amazon revokes police access to Ring footage, halt funding to predictive policing, cyberattacks, RMS overhaul in…
Week of January 22, 2024
Shielding officer names, police overtime, Uvalde shooting grand jury, mass shootings stats, safety in schools, gun violence. DNA and AI to predict suspect’s face, facial recognition, addressing the lack of up to date crime data, surveillance transparency, AI assisted law…
Week of January 15, 2024
Police raid at wrong house leaves baby injured, neck restraints, roadside drug tests result in wrongful arrests, Operation Ceasefire in Oakland, public cameras for video evidence, police scanners to go dark, no more floppy discs for police records in Holyoke, non-lethal police weapons, AR FOIA exemption for police, AL prison returns bodies missing…
Week of January 8, 2024
Crime rate, staffing shortage, homicide drop, juvenile curfews, retail theft, police and Google, child firearm deaths, AI in policing, LMPD sued over access to police data, incarceration uptick in…
Week of January 1, 2024
Trauma and empathy training, body cams, mental health calls, smash and grab, school violence and arrests, where gun violence is surging, cameras to reduce crimes, Marsy’s Law doesn’t apply to police officers, police records transparency, prison conditions, First Step…
Week of November 27, 2023
Reviewing body cam footage, police staff shortages and mandatory overtime in Baltimore, traffic fines generate revenue, racial bias in traffic stops, Seattle homicides, gun violence, automated license plate readers, crime data…
Week of November 13, 2023
Jersey City behind on crime data reporting, responding to mental health calls, Portland progress in policing reform, police chiefs reimagine mission and culture of law enforcement, overdose sites not associated with increase in crime, impact of gratitude on unethical behavior, juvenile violence, addressing gun violence, drones as first…
Week of November 6, 2023
Feds award police funding in CT, police service requests via text, police mental health, shoplifting trends, deciphering federal crime data trends, Baltimore homicides dip, Cop Con tech, public access to police radio traffic, Clery Reporting, restorative justice,…
Week of October 30, 2023
Recruitment and retention, responses to active shooters, reducing mental health calls, officer involved shootings, 911 call prioritization, problems with FBI crime data, violent crime reduction, gaining access to Google data, juvenile crime, access to public…
Week of October 26, 2023
Denver police performance, Mississippi tough on crime talk, co-responder program, FBI data incomplete, tough on crime package in DC, Ithaca’s crime transparency problem, tracking the size of the US…
Week of October 16, 2023
2022 crime rate, violent crime decrease, property crime increases, Dodge Chargers top list for stolen vehicles, KS police chief resigns, free weekly credit reports, working with police crime data, better…
Week of October 2, 2023
Wrong crime stats at State and FBI level, Universities noncompliant with Clery Act, inventory of untested rape kits, mental health crisis teams, residents join forces to create safer blocks, predictive policing software, calls for service transparency, Mass. police disciplinary records released, ‘Prison Ramen’,…
Week of September 25, 2023
NJ reforms Paterson PD, CO police work history hidden, gun violence drives violent crime, Kia and Hyundai thefts, 2022 school crime data, AI to solve cases, open crime data, prison medical company…
Week of September 11, 2023
Disbanding police forces, cops in schools, gang database scrapped, retail crime, asset forfeiture, big city crime rates, violence against MD youth, online crime data base for transparency, crime on cruise ships, prison guard corruption,…
Week of September 4, 2023
Police contract negotiations, false ticket scandal, police seizures, cash bail, fentanyl, FBI crime data, active shooter, teen curfews, AI to answer calls, real-time crime centers, police records fees, limiting FOIA, investigation into TX prisoner deaths,…
Week of August 21, 2023
Massachusetts releases officer disciplinary records, relationship between food insecurity and family violence, retail theft concerns and cracking down, measuring anti crime efforts, cost of body cams, DNA processing, criminal justice data tools, holistic alternatives to criminal justice, and more……
Week of August 14, 2023
Kansas police force raids newspaper and publisher’s home, facilitating law enforcement data sharing, turnover in police agencies, violent crime falling, cost-benefit analysis of gun shot detection, license plate…
Week of August 7, 2023
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…
Week of July 31, 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,…
Week of July 24, 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…
Week of July 17, 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…
Week of June 26, 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…
Week of June 12, 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,…
Week of June 5, 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…
Week of May 15, 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,…
Week of May 8, 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……
Week of May 1, 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……
Week of April 24, 2023
Social workers on non-criminal police calls, increase in police salaries to combat crime, making sense of unofficial deadly force data, risks of police tech, police transparency, juvenile justice system, abuse in prison systems,…
Week of April 17, 2023
Misleading crime stats, mental health calls response, violence intervention programs, effects of increased police presence on perceptions of arrest risk, surveillance tools in your city, AI security tech, OH mayors launch data innovation, re-offending,…
Week of April 9, 2023
Encrypted radios, mental health calls for service, mental health of criminal justice professionals, youth gun deaths and gun violence on the rise, policing software blamed for errors, tighter drug laws could cause unsustainable workload, police database to fight gun crimes, debtors prison,…
Week of April 3, 2023
Public safety investment, shootings and guns on campus, gun crimes, geography of crime, cyber threats to small businesses, face recognition technology, high-tech crime-fighting plans, Civilian Complaint Review Board to receive access to body cam footage, public records in the criminal justice system,…
Week of March 20, 2023
Police staffing shortages and woes, misconduct settlements, access to mental health, gun violence data ‘unattainable’, gun violence trends, retail crime, Broken Windows Theory, procurement issues lead to crime lab backlog, data sharing, life after…
Week of March 13, 2023
Underfunding the police, smart policing grant program, pushing cities out of law enforcement, police misconduct consequences, broken windows theory, hate crimes jumped in 2021, collaboration in the justice system, body cams, AI may flag parents…
Week of March 6, 2023
Gun violence prevention programs, police accountability, FBI gun seizures, data-driven approach to targeting gun violence, domestic violence, police surveillance, addressing violent crime, predictive policing, digital data used by police, government open data portals,…
Week of February 27, 2023
Data driven policing, cracking down on crime hotspots, protecting against the Ferguson Effect, how social media shapes perception about crime, the science behind lower crime trends, gun violence, children and violence, state law enforcement data practices, body cam footage, algorithms and bias in…
Week of February 20, 2023
Using data for more equitable policing, police misconduct whistleblowers, police reforms, filming cops is protected by the fourth amendment, data-driven approach to tackle crime, juvenile violent crime, crime-fighting software illegal in Germany, improving criminal justice data collection,…
Week of February 13, 2023
Shielding police, lower murder rate with more cops, national crime data reporting needs improvement, ATF gun crime report, school shooting data, violent crime and youth, corporate white collar prosecutions at all time low, streamlining sharing of criminal justice data, impact of COVID on arrests, observing bail review hearings,…
Week of February 6, 2023
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……
Week of January 30, 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 prison…
Week of January 23, 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……
Week of January 16, 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……
Week of January 9, 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……
Week of January 2, 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, combatting…
Week of December 19, 2022
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 (The…
Week of December 12, 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 due…
Week of November 28, 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 issues…
Week of November 21, 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 Enforcement…
Week of October 2, 2022
Fatal police shootings, oversight commission causes police resignations, inflammatory political campaigns and policing, FBI crime data reporting, automated license plate readers aid investigations, Dallas new site for crime watchers, data on ending cash bail, how much states spend on prisons, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Fatal Police Shootings in the United States Are Higher and Training…
Week of September 5, 2022
New NJ dashboard detailing info on internal affairs investigations, cellphone location data, Columbus use of force, private police forces, illegal gun sales, crime rate, welfare and crime, mass surveillance on a budget, police oversight commission, prison labor, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Acting AG Platkin Launches New Dashboard Detailing Information on Police Internal Affairs Investigations Statewide (NJOAG.gov)…
Week of September 19, 2022
Police suicides, police insurance, under policing America, stand your ground laws, abandoned cars cause crime, extremist incidents, AI to fight illegal dumping, Minneapolis police drones, lack of crime data in America, reporting hazing incidents on college campus, mental health in prison, prison labor, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Police Suicides: Silence is No Longer an Answer (The…
Week of August 29, 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’…
Week of August 22, 2022
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 Reports…
Week of August 15, 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,…
Week of August 1, 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. attorney…
Week of July 25, 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 board…
Week of July 18, 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, commercial…
Week of June 27, 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 ruled…
Week of June 13, 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 massacre…
Week of June 6, 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 like…
Week of May 23, 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 at…
Week of May 16, 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 Law…
Week of May 9, 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 bus…
Week of May 2, 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 a…
Week of April 25, 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 a…
Week of April 18, 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 in…
Week of April 11, 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 reduce…
Week of April 4, 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 Stats…
Week of March 21, 2022
Police reform, gaps in national crime data, FBI not releasing three months of crime data lacking law enforcement report sharing, new Florida elections police force, surveillance by game warden unconstitutional, progress addressing mental health calls, combating homelessness with crime data, place based policing, crime trends over the past two years, criminal justice in rural America,…
Week of March 7, 2022
Use of force, behavioral health staff joining sheriff’s deputies, gun violence deaths, pandemic crime rate, gun violence, new domestic violence reporting, US AG focus on corporate crime, facial recognition, predictive policing, surveillance tech, body cam rollouts leave questions on access, open data, access to police records, court revenue, and more… POLICE CONDUCT SMPD pulling detectives,…
Week of February 28, 2022
Use of force, mental health calls, intelligence-led policing, police use of force and race, crime rate, overdose death data, body cam tech, criminal justice data, voting rights, filming police, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Kentucky sheriff honors prisoner who pulled people from rubble of collapsed candle factory (CNN) How police say they’re changing to not be seen…
Week of February 21, 2022
Crime statistics influence police strategy, firearms leading cause of life lost, Stand Your Ground laws linked to increase in homicides, gun violence declared public health crisis, AI help with 911 staffing shortages, Maine law enforcement FOIA audit, criminal justice fee’s trap people in poverty, Utah’s clean slate law, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Phoenix police release…
Week of February 14, 2022
Baltimore spy plane settlement, San Francisco rape kit DNA used to arrest rape victims, NIJ mass shooting database, Philadelphia’s lost gun reporting law, gun shot detection technology, police access to facial recognition, innovation and access to justice, and more… POLICE CONDUCT More police departments are hiring women, here’s why (THV11) San Francisco Cops Used DNA From…
Week of February 7, 2022
Hot spot policing, police accountability board, no knock warrants, gun violence, fighting drug related crime and overdoses, human trafficking, surveillance drones, body cams, mandatory sentences, FOIA watchlists, juvenile court fees, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Mayor Harrell announces ‘hot spot’ patrol crime initiative, push to rewrite local gun laws (MyNorthWest.com) Salt Lake City officers are responding faster…
Week of January 31, 2022
Should schools have SROs, mental health unit for crisis calls, gentrification and murders by youths, gun violence during the pandemic, connection between debt and crime risk, new HHS task force to prevent human trafficking, drones and robocops, Anton’s Law transparency survey, steep fees for body cam footage, school to prison pipeline, and more… POLICE CONDUCT…
Week of January 24, 2022
Developing programs for mental health calls, ending qualified immunity, cost of policing, trends to shift public safety in 2022, San Jose to require insurance and fee for gun owners, homeless camps crime, Tampa PD turns open data feed back on, Justice Department establishes initiative to strengthen crime data, expert witness reform, and more… POLICE CONDUCT…
Week of January 17, 2022
Racial and ethnic disparities in law enforcement, police accountability task force issues recommendations in Hartford, duty-to-intervene laws, police begin sending warnings and tickets via text, Marsy’s Law wrecking havoc on police transparency in Florida, Anton’s Law transparency in MD slow or non-existent, tough on crime debate, and more… POLICE CONDUCT New report finds racial, ethnic…
Week of January 10, 2022
Gun violence, stolen guns from cars, FBI launches police suicide database, US violent crime rate, racial divide in policing, gun violence, analyzing body cam footage, lack of data hinders policy efforts, freedom of the database, federal solitary confinement, and more… POLICE CONDUCT BPD looks to improve service, accountability with tracking program (Bakersfield.com) NYC Mayor Eric Adams…
Week of January 3, 2022
Police suicides, use of force tracking, body cams, 2021 homicide numbers, police use of AI, facial recognition tech used to identify insurrectionists, did bail reform work or fail, crime prediction tech, COIVD outbreaks in jail, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Florida sheriff hopes suicides of 2 deputies is ‘catalyst for change’ (NBC News) New use-of-force tracking system…
Week of December 27, 2021
Early intervention systems to reduce police violence, KKK embedded in Florida law enforcement, crisis response team achieve 70% reduction in people taken into custody, gun violence, pediatric gun violence costs, more guns than ever stolen from cars in Nashville, predictive policing, spy tech in Boston, DNA tests, Dallas roll back open data, restorative justice, and…
Week of December 13, 2021
Virtual mugshots, facial recognition, crime data, guns and suicide, Log4J flaw, retail thefts, violent crime by children, body cams, predictive policing, police misconduct database, prison population decreased in 2020, criminal justice data, marginal cost of incarceration, and more… POLICE CONDUCT NYPD Utilizes ‘Virtual Mugshots’ Despite City Hall’s Words (GovTech)The Challenge of Attracting More African Americans to…
Week of December 6, 2021
Civil forfeiture, FBI 2020 data and potential shutdown of use-of-force database, violence and relations to socio-economic structures, gun violence, body cams, justice-as-a-platform, tech and data help improve police transparency, access to police disciplinary records, data driven solutions in the justice, US public divided over prison sentences, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Yes, police in most states…
Week of November 29, 2021
Louisiana law department that polices itself, medical workers for mental health, police officer identification stickers for special needs residents, stopping retail mob thefts, Indianapolis campus safety, gun violence, transparency and trust in law enforcement, public access to body cam footage, Tallahassee backtracks on new crime alert policy, second chances in Pennsylvania’s sentencing system, and more……
Week of November 15, 2021
Officers tired of overtime, police use data driven decision making, K9 disobedience, dangerous domestic violence calls highlight need for reform, police tech and the connection to transparency, lack of data hinders studies on police, Dallas Police remove data from open data portal, data transparency builds trust in police, access to body cam footage, prison banking…
Week of November 1, 2021
Communities highlight need for crime prevention, USCs troubling delay in reporting crime, police traffic stops, inside gun detection software, Tesla police cars tested in Spokane, using tech to stop human trafficking, a billionaire’s son border war, prison staff shortages among COVID, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Dayton to use mediation response for some nonviolent 911 calls (Dayton…
Week of October 25, 2021
Police staffing crisis, use of force, addressing violent crime, focused interruption, evaluating camera surveillance use by police, geofence warrants, body cams, crime rate, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Officials vow to increase police staffing, with available officers at historic low (Berkeleyside.org) see also: Chicago on pace to lose more than 1,000 officers due to resignation, retirement (WGN) and also: How…
Week of October 11, 2021
NJ cops can’t be fired or promoted based on arrests, New Mexico removing police from mental health calls, unpacking gun violence, Chicago consent decree, new company analyzes body cam audio for problem officers, 3 states begin to share gun crime data, better crime databases needed, TN kids charged with crimes that don’t exist, and more……
Week of October 4, 2021
DHS commission looks at best law enforcement practices, CA law strips badges from bad officers, NYC union leader resigns, ‘hunting’ protestors in Minneapolis, domestic violence awareness, looking at recent FBI crime data, flawed gang database, geofence warrants, OH promises transparency in felony cases, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Columbus police to focus on gangs as part…
Week of September 27, 2021
Bipartisan talks for police reform end, tracking use-of-force not so easy, AGs address police accountability, studying the mental health of police officers, LA DA dismisses marijuana convictions, murders rose in 2020, not all agencies report data to FBI, body cams costs, police use of tech and the state of surveillance, Alabama ends open access to…
Week of September 20, 2021
COVID leading cause of death for police officers, Portland officer shortage, Durham police disregard body cam policies, gun violence, George Floyd’s murder related to decrease in calls to police, sex offender registries have no impact on recidivism, DOJ reviewing law enforcement grants, more police departments adopting body cams, the FBIs crime data shortage, impact of…
Week of September 13, 2021
Justice Dept bans no-knock entries and chokeholds, police use social media to build profiles, Chief says zero tolerance won’t work, 9/11 and the militarization of police, entire police department resigns, AI in policing, police and mental health calls, the broken windows tipping point, violence behind bars, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Justice Department announces ban on…
Week of September 6, 2021
Chicago police pause new foot pursuit policy, police in schools, staffing woes in Baltimore PD, effects of one day foot patrols on hot spots, campus sexual assault, Texas will ‘eliminate all rapists’, MN county stops prosecuting low level traffic stops, body cam law to standardize operations across the state, recidivism rates over the past 10…
Week of August 30, 2021
Mental health, search and seizures, police reform and procedural justice, concealed carry linked to increased gun violence, license plate readers used to track vehicle locations, facial recognition, police data tracking needs more transparency, school-to-prison pipeline, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Cook County Sheriff dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time (Associated Press) see…
Week of August 23, 2021
Police focus on tracking crime and use of force, 911 data sheds light on police reform, Virginia police union wants to end ticket quotas, how extreme heat changes human behavior and crime rates, license plate reader debates, ShotSpotter tech under fire, man freed from jail after disputed AI evidence, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Phoenix looks…
Week of August 16, 2021
Community policing efforts and foot patrols increase, criminal justice reform debates around crime rate, secret surveillance cameras placed and removed by Lake County (FL) Sheriff, transparency surrounding gunshot detection demanded in ABQ, restorative justice and foster care-to-prison pipeline for youth, misconceptions about police reform, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Phoenix police can’t fill at least 1,035…
Week of August 9, 2021
Body cam rollout and transparency delay, gunshot detection effectiveness, white collar crime prosecutions decline, officer wrongdoing investigations plummet after body cams, police surveillance, Dallas crime fighting plan results, taking away access to physical mail from prisoners, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Scottsdale police open internal affairs investigation after woman was falsely accused (AZ Central) Investigations into officer…
Week of August 2, 2021
Re-directing no threat 911 calls, mental health unit works toward de-escalation, homicide rate surge may be over, fixing vacancies to reduce gun violence, police use virtual reality for de-escalation training, report urges transparency with internal affairs department, navigating life after incarceration, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Pilot program designed to redirect no-threat 911 calls from Columbus…
Week of July 26, 2021
Mental health police response programs seeing results, reimagining policing in Seattle, Chicago controversial gang database still in use, Pasco County controversial intelligence program still in use, evidence from gun-shot detecting AI altered, DOJ launches firearms trafficking strike force, officers from January 6 insurrection testify, hate crime laws lack uniformity across US, reentry programs change inmates…
Week of July 19, 2021
Violence prevention spending, looking at data to keep police accountable, Colorado cop barred from policing ends up as police chief, civil litigation as instrument for police reform, gun violence, less crime around strip clubs than Airbnbs, COVID-19 leads to sweeping changes in jails, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Boston police emphasize de-escalation, disengagement in mental health…
Week of July 5, 2021
Addressing gun violence, pattern-or-practice investigations, community-led responses to public safety, the rising homicide rate post Ferguson, undue influence of surveillance tech companies on policing, improving crime data to make better policy, transparency in police departments, and more… POLICE CONDUCT The People’s Response Act would establish a division within the Department of Health and Human Services…
Week of June 21, 2021
Not all police report use of force to FBI, rise in use of force cases in Las Vegas, crime pushing responders to their limit, gun violence leaves insurmountable impacts in Yakima, NOLA adds 70 more crime cameras, roadblocks to police records, St Louis PD stops reporting crime, and more… POLICE CONDUCT As shootings ‘skyrocket,’ Wichita…
Week of June 14, 2021
Crime rate post pandemic, tackling gun violence, using data to stop crime, facial recognition tech rules blurred, body cam footage transparency, crime data transparency, license plate reader data shared transparently by police departments, some states working to make raps sheets disappear, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Police chief to provide update on pairing mental health clinicians…
Week of June 7, 2021
Federal law enforcement requires body cameras causing local Sheriff’s offices to pull deputies, police union contracts, access to public police scanners ends in Honolulu, data transparency failures of the Clery Act, ghost guns a problem in Philly, Dallas crime reduction plan working, racial profiling report compliance in Texas, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Minneapolis illegally withholding…
Week of May 31, 2021
Police reform, police conduct, morale low in Boston, violent crime increase to stall criminal justice reform, clearance rates low in some cities, Ring to make police requests public, Citizen employees raise concern, private control over policing reduces transparency, Houston’s transparency hub, and more… POLICE CONDUCT ‘We’re not afraid of transparency’: Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams…
Week of May 24, 2021
Gun violence trends, body cam transparency, body cam law Botham Jean Act about to pass, reimagining police a year after George Floyd, will the anti-hate crime law fail, predictive policing leads to lists of suspects who have not committed any crimes (yet), do license plate readers enhance patrols, police reform, and more… POLICE CONDUCT These…
Week of May 17, 2021
Complaints plummet after body cams, police unions shift stance, broken windows policing, body cam transparency, police misconduct, gun violence, crime rate, anti-Asian hate crime legislation passed, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Complaints against police plummet after body cams (WJAR) ‘This is a huge step for law enforcement.’ Police unions shift stance on protecting bad officers (CNN) The Clouded…
Week of May 10, 2021
Accessibility to body cam footage, looking at misconduct record laws in all 50 states, policescorecard.org launches, crime jumps after policing reform then lowers, hate crimes on the rise, opioid crisis, tracing guns from violent crimes, technology used to track crime, fair and accurate recidivism forecasts, over half a million people with intellectual disabilities in prison,…
Week of May 3, 2021
Body cam policies, violent crime rate this summer, gun violence prevention, gunshot detection system, activists call for police open data sets, transparency dashboard, national bail fund, and more… POLICE CONDUCT ‘This just didn’t happen overnight’: Albany police chief talks ‘social revolution’ in law enforcement (WALB) Recording a cop in Florida? Court rules you could get arrested. (Tampa…
Week of April 26, 2021
Feds fund mental health response teams, addressing the mental health of officers, reforming use of force practices, research showing body cams good investment, Houston chief focused on reforms and crime rate, Chicago sues gun store tied to 850 firearms involved in crimes, NYPD robot dog sent to the pound, Zoom court, and more… POLICE CONDUCT…
Week of April 19, 2021
What happens when you add more police to a city, response teams for mental health, qualified immunity, police misconduct across cities, violence interrupters, gun violence, lowering recidivism, advisory councils, real time crime centers, and more… POLICE CONDUCT When You Add More Police To A City, What Happens? (NPR) Columbus, Ohio, Police Have Killed Third Most Children…
Week of April 12, 2021
Body cams, records transparency, mental health, police conduct, murders rose in 2020, white supremacy highest level in 25 years, false facial recognition, potential AI and mass surveillance ban in EU, crime data, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Biden White House puts its police oversight commission on ice (Politico) Former Buffalo officer who stopped fellow cop’s chokehold on…
Week of April 5, 2021
Addressing gun violence, domestic violence rates, qualified immunity abolished in NM, police surveillance, Baltimore stops prosecuting low level crimes, COVID crime rate, mitigating youth crime, countering violent extremism, AI and algorithms in the justice system, early release programs in Mississippi, Walmart crime data transparency, and more… POLICE CONDUCT New Mexico Abolishes Qualified Immunity (Reason.com) see also: NYPD…
Week of March 15, 2021
Police surveillance tech evolves, police overtime increases in some cities, getting evicted for calling 911, minimum wage hike had no effect on crime in Seattle, open government is good government, white supremacist propaganda high in some states, Asian-American hate crimes increase, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Racial gaps continue in St. Louis County police traffic stops,…
Week of March 1, 2o21
Looking at data to prevent excessive force, software bug keeping people in prison, public health calls and policing, protests have led to decrease in police homicides, pandemic related spike in domestic violence across the nation, lowering violence without police, gun violence data transparency, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Cities spend millions on police misconduct every year. Here’s…
Week of February 22, 2021
Justice in Policing Act, minimum wage, gun violence, mental health calls, inmate mortality rates, how terrorism transformed law enforcement, racial disparities in policing, legalizing marijuana, what caused the 2020 murder spike, and more… POLICE CONDUCT House to Vote on George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (Milwaukee Community Journal)Why Cops Don’t Talk About Suicide (TheCrimeReport.org) Dayton-area police agencies…
Week of February 15, 2021
Cities implementing different forms of police reform, AI tech ban, news deserts allow for corruption in SC, dropping crime rates in some cities, drones for deescalation, ending cash bail, COVID as a case for open data, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Consultant finds Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office ‘data rich, information poor’ (Santa Maria Times) South Bend…
Week of February 8, 2021
Surveillance drones and spy planes, winter crime rate, more police agencies begin sharing crime data with the public, jail costs went up when crime went down, looking at crime concentration in specific neighborhoods, giving ex-offenders a second chance, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Memphis Police increasing patrols for ‘Operation Winter Freeze’ (NewsChannel3 Memphis) see also: Houston leaders increasing…
Week of January 27, 2025
Citizen police oversight, officer mental health, nonpolice response teams, Phoenix DOJ investigation, Laken Riley Act, crimes against police officers, NYC subway violence, crime rates, body cameras, data driven technology, transparency, body camera transparency, open crime data, encrypted police radio channels, prison, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Philadelphia Citizens Police Oversight Commission Releases Report Highlighting Evaluation of…
Week of September 26, 2024
Police leadership, police staffing, mental health calls, NCVS, FBI data, gun violence, EMS data used to identify violence, police use AI to write reports, AI detective, AI body cam review, police AI and ethics, license plate readers, police drones, the push for police transparency, cash bail, depression and anxiety and contact with the criminal justice…
Week of February 19, 2024
Alternative policing hits road blocks, police data and use of force on kids, active shooter defense industry, boosting the 911 system, crime in public schools, DOJ lack of data for online hate crimes, cyber crime, tech to fight crime, police transparency, body cams foster transparency, criminal charges more likely for black people in MI, and…
Week of January 25, 2021
Mental health resources for police and increase in mental health calls in some cities, body cams on plain clothes cops requirement in Newark, militarization of police not reducing crime or helping police, police start using different and new crime reduction programs, police surveillance is evolving quickly, and more… POLICE CONDUCT The Danger to Policing in…
Week of January 18, 2021
Capitol attack attended by police officers, driving down the crime rate in 2021, addressing police reforms, banning facial recognition, COVID in prisons, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Columbus officials plan addresses public safety and police reform efforts Thursday (ABC6) Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, N.J. native, picks up new job … in law enforcement (NJ.com) Off-duty police were…
Week of January 11, 2021
Police community partnership, examining the COVID crime rate, Capitol insurrection arrests include police officers, facial recognition, victimless crimes, private prisons, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Honoring the fallen: 264 cops killed in line of duty in 2020 with COVID deaths top cause (WSET) Former NYPD head calls for 9/11-style commission to investigate Capitol riot (The Hill) Police prepare…
Week of January 4, 2021
Capitol riots and insurrection, disinformation causes violent crime, law enforcement pushes to be eligible for COVID vaccine, homicide spike causes, NOLA bans facial recognition, studying effects of mindfulness with women in prison, and more… POLICE CONDUCT FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at the U.S Capitol Building (FBI) see also:4 dead after US Capitol breached…
Week of December 14, 2020
Police policy changes aimed at better community-policing, the ethics of using DNA databases for police work, Biden presidency police reform, police and criminologists worried about FBI crime data loss, violent crime rate, and more… POLICE CONDUCT New Jersey bill would bar agencies from judging officers based on the number of arrests (The Neighbor) A new bill…
Week of December 7, 2020
Police chiefs weigh in on Biden presidency police reforms, militarization does not reduce crime, no-knock warrants banned in Virginia, undocumented immigrants less likely to commit crime than citizens, the dos and don’ts of a police blotter, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Here’s what police chiefs think Biden should do to help address issues with law enforcement (CNN)…
Week of November 30, 2020
Evidence based policing, changing policing tactics, COVID lockdowns and crime, predictive policing, license plate readers, location tracking on mobile devices, NIBRS five fast facts, bail reform shows no effect on crime rate, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Inside the Reimagine Public Safety Task Force report: ‘Policing has got to change’ (News6 Richmond) Coronavirus, crime, and policing: Thoughts…
Week of November 16, 2020
Police chief change ups across the US, police and cities seek answers to violent crime, link between police reform and drop in violent crime, facial recognition, reducing recidivism with housing project, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Violent Crime Rates Declined in 10 Jurisdictions Following Comprehensive Police Reform (Center for American Progress) see also: North Carolina sheriffs group recommends…
Week of November 9, 2020
Police focus on relationship and numbers, shifting budget funds to fight crime, pollen analysis fights crime, COVID care in prison, AI transparency in decision making, and more… POLICE CONDUCT New York City to try responding to mental health calls without police (Reuters) see also: City Commission looks into creating crisis response unit for non-violent mental health calls…
Week of November 2, 2020
Feds warn about extremist groups harboring violence over elections, communities vote for change in policing, police make plans for homelessness, police reach breaking point, police live stream Amazon Ring cameras, AI helps 911 dispatchers, NYPD using robot dog, and more… POLICE CONDUCT COVID Biggest Cause of Police Deaths This Year (WebMD) Police reach breaking point amid…
Week of October 26, 2020
Defunding the police…or not, Indianapolis Metro police struggle with conduct and crime rate, white supremacists behind most US domestic terror attacks in 2020, sanctuary cities do not increase crime, looking at police data to make policing better, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Defund Your Local Sheriff? Police Reform on Ballots Nationwide (Governing) see also: The Misunderstood Math of…
Week of October 19, 2020
Federal crime fighting programs Project Safeguard and Operation Legend, sending mental health professionals to answer mental health related police calls, community service officers, figuring out what’s causing the violent crime spike, and more… POLICE CONDUCT New Pilot Program Will Pair Mental Health Experts With Police on Certain Crisis Calls (WTTW) see also: Removing Cops From Behavioral Crisis…
Week of October 12, 2020
Finding police chiefs is not easy, community response groups and oversight committees formed, media coverage of police, sharing data reduces crime, sensor that activates body cams, addressing violence, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Why Finding a Police Chief Just Got a Lot More Complicated (USNews) see also: Running the police department isn’t an easy job (LocalMemphis.com) Michigan law enforcement…
Week of October 5, 2020
Reimagining 911 calls for service responses, community police relationships, crime rates vary in cities, preventing police brutality with body cams, how local news affects clearance rates, human trafficking detection by banks, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Opelika police announce community relations program (AONow) see also: Ask the Undersheriff: Neighborhood watch groups help reduce crime (GoSkagit.com) and also: Community-Based Crime Reduction…
Week of September 28, 2020
FBI 2019 crime stats released, police reassess handling some 911 calls, social media brews violence, looking at Palantir surveillance used by LAPD, more police agencies nationwide share crime data on transparency portals, bail reform, and more… POLICE CONDUCT LA County Moves Closer To Redirecting Some Emergency Response Away From Law Enforcement (Witness LA) see also: Austin city…
Week of September 21, 2020
This week features mental health, social workers added to police forces, white supremacists and anarchists biggest domestic terrorist threats, police and justice system algorithms get a second look, crime data transparency ranking, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Pinellas County sheriff to announce changes to Mental Health Unit, response to calls for service (WFLA) see also: Northern Kentucky police departments…
Week of September 14, 2020
Predictive policing turns into harassment, racial bias in policing, increase in gun violence, 2019 BJS criminal victimization survey findings, body cam transparency, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Pasco County Sheriff launched an algorithm to predict who might commit a crime. Dozens of people said they were harassed by deputies for no reason. (Business Insider) Race, policing, and…
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