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License plate data access, proactive policing, crime suppression units, crime decline and the public perception, phishing and AI, cyber crime, TikTok crimes, disclosure of facial recognition data use in criminal cases, CA stops funding for police transparency database, freed after two decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit, and more... POLICE CONDUCT San Francisco Police Audit Shows Feds ‘Improperly’ Accessed License Plate Data Hundreds of Times  (KQED) Faribault PD introduces new unit focused on proactive policing  (Faribault Daily News) Jefferson County sheriff launches IMPACT Crime Suppression Unit  (WVLT) CRIME RATE Crime is falling. Why don’t residents feel safer? Statistics alone won’t change public perception, say the mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, and Kansas City, Missouri. Building trust requires visibility, relationships and consistent communication.  (Smart Cities Dive) Cyber Criminals Redirecting Users to Fraudulent Websites with Malicious...

Filming police, police discipline, police department closures, crime data, police drones, AI in policing, license plate readers, facial recognition, open data, mental health emergency responses, employment and prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT He filmed police actions for transparency. Then came arrests — of him  (AZ Central) Record number of NJ police subject to major discipline in 2025  (NJ Spotlight News) Another Minnesota police department closes, marking 40 in the past decade  (KARE) Law enforcement uses tear gas after hundreds in Senatobia protest following police shooting of toddler  (Mississippi Today) CRIME RATE National Guard $185 Million DC Surge Cut Property Crime 24% — Not Murders  (Military.com) Fulop Administration Failed to Properly Report Crime Data to Feds, According to Audit  (Jersey City Times) Data shows mixed picture for youth safety in Cincinnati including more crashes, less juvenile violent crime  (WCPO) Colorado criminal cases...

Crime victims funding, police departments growing again, police oversight office, mental health calls, crime risk, violent crime and teenagers, automate license plate readers, AI in policing, police drones, gunshot detection, police transparency violations in Phoenix, felony crime dashboard, prison healthcare, and more... POLICE CONDUCT South Carolina Toughens Penalties for Harming Police K-9s  (Governing) Slashing victims funding, Moore’s crime office ‘lost its way,’ grantees say  (The Daily Record) New FBI Data Shows Large Police Departments Are Growing Again  (Jeff-alytics) Mayor Solomon Releases Findings of JCPD Crime Data Audit Showing Over 3,250 Crimes Not Reported By Fulop Administration  (JerseyCityNJ.gov) Aurora closer to creating internal police, fire oversight office in wake of consent decree  (Sentinel Colorado) Scrutiny of police reactions to mental health calls leads to new ideas  (Democrat & Chronicle) CRIME RATE Path vs. places: route-le...

Summer action plans, LAPD removes crime data, where darkness and crime overlap, firearms tax, UofM crime data research unit, murders down in Baltimore, dropping crime rates, AI assisted system for non emergency calls, surveillance cameras, gun shot detection, crime mapping, prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Anchorage police chief cites overnight shift, K-9 role in officer’s repeated shootings  (KTUU) Raleigh police release Summer Action Plan, highlighting priorities for warmer months  (CBS17) Nashville police has lower base pay, lagging real-time tech compared to other similar cities, report finds  (WSMV) LAPD Removed Crime Location Data. Here's Why It Matters.  (SpotCrime) CRIME RATE Where darkness and crime overlap  (Vital City) A New Firearms Tax Design Could Reduce Homicides Without Costing Gun Owners  (ProMarket) Firearm Storage in Households With Children  (JAMA Network) This Gun Shop Stayed Open Despite Repeated Violations. Then a Cop Was Kille...

Dear SpotCrime Subscriber, For years, residents across Los Angeles relied on public crime data to stay informed about safety in their neighborhoods. That transparency has now disappeared. The Los Angeles Police Department has significantly reduced the availability and usefulness of public crime data during its transition to a new records system. Specifically, it removed block-level crime location information from its open crime data feed, making it effectively impossible for the public to determine where crimes occurred. For more than a decade, SpotCrime has helped Los Angeles residents stay informed by turning public crime data into alerts, maps, and neighborhood awareness tools, Millions of alerts have been delivered to families, commuters, business owners, journalists, researchers, and community members trying to make informed decisions about safety. Now, that flow of information is being restricted. What makes this especially troubling is that independent journalists and watchdog o...

Minneapolis police chief resigns, police chases, police overtime, lowest murder rate on record, crime rates dropping, youth firearm crimes, officers and tech for proactive policing, privacy questions over police surveillance technology, police access to citizen data, drone as first responder, lack of transparency on crime in LA, bad cop list, license plate reader cameras, Wisconsin prison population heading toward record high, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara resigns after allegedly interfering with investigation into his conduct  (NBC News) Milwaukee police chases continue to reach extremely high speeds  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Judge releases Louisville police officer indicted for theft, misconduct over timecard inaccuracies  (WDRB) CRIME RATE 2026 Will Likely Have The Lowest US Murder Rate Ever Recorded  (Jeff-alytics) New FBI data: Crime rate drops across US, Ohio  (Dayton Daily News) New Mississippi gun law targets youth ...