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Sheriff starts mining bitcoin, Trump FBI report missing ton of info, three percent of Americans have been to prison, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Preliminary 2017 Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities (National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund)

Police Enhancing Accountability through Community Engagement (PEACE) Initiative (Vera.org) See also Bridging the Divide between Police and Community (Vera.org)

Most California Jurisdictions Show Declines in Property Crime During Justice Reform Era (Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice)

The First FBI Crime Report Issued Under Trump Is Missing A Ton Of Info (FiveThirtyEight.com)

CRIME RATE

Three Percent of Americans Have Been To Prison- Eight Percent Have Felonies (CrimeInAmerica.net)

White Collar Crime Risk Zones uses machine learning to predict where financial crimes are mostly likely to occur across the US (The New Inquiry)

Gun Laws Stop At State Lines, But Guns Don’t (FiveThirtyEight.com)

Mayor: NYC bike path attack that killed 8 was ‘act of terror’ (Newsday.com)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Law Enforcement Executive’s Guide to Open Data (Police Foundation)

Body cam footage public in Baldwin County, but not in neighboring Mobile County (FOX10)


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