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Jeff Sessions gets it wrong (again), body cams and transparency, murder is up again, opioid laws getting signed nationwide, looking at time served and prison populations, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

How two ICE programs let sheriffs cash in on immigration crackdown (Austin-American Statesman)

Building Trust in Police: What Really Works? (TheCrimeReport.org)

Indianapolis Police to Change Policies After Fatal Shooting (USNews)

2017 Preliminary Mid-Year Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities Report (NLEOMF.org)

What Cops Know: You can learn a lot about a city by seeing it through the eyes of police officers who patrol it (Chicagomag.com)

Latest: Minneapolis police say re-evaluating bodycam policy after shooting (StarTribune)

Body camera footage shows officer planting drugs, public defender says (Baltimore Sun)

Jeff Sessions’s praise of DARE shows he just can’t quit the 1980s (Vox)

Ex-police officer Ray Tensing will not be tried again in fatal shooting (CNN)

Jeff Sessions Announces Justice Department Will Increase Asset Forfeiture (Reason.com)


CRIME RATE


Crime in England and Wales Is Rising at Fastest Rate in a Decade (NYTimes)

Murder Is Up Again In 2017, But Not As Much As Last Year (FiveThirtyEight)

Chicago Lays Off Prosecutors as Bodies Pile Up (Daily Beast)

Chicago teens developed an app to help them steer clear of gunfire as they walk to and from school each day (Chicago Sun Times)

Advocates Urge Veto of Rhode Island Bill to Open Prescription Drug Database to Law Enforcement (GovTech) See also: Jasper County, MO to consider monitoring program for prescription drugs (Joplin Globe) And also: Gov. Scott Walker (WI) signs bills fighting opioid abuse (Journal Sentinel)

NH Governor Sununu signs marijuana decriminalization bill into law (NH1.com)

'Nobody kill anybody': Murder-free weekend urged in Baltimore (Baltimore Sun)

At some Texas universities, students accused of rape can transfer without a record (TexasTribune) See also: Uproar Over Education Department Officials' Approach To Campus Sexual Assault (NPR)


POLICE TRANSPARENCY

After criticism, BART resumes providing riders daily crime log (SFGate.com)

Bad public records policy helps hide bad behavior in Wareham (MuckRock)

City Of Chattanooga Launches City Insider Open Data Application (Chattanoogan)



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