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AI improves highway patrol response times, body cams prove useful for LVMPD, 2017 crime rate predictions, WalMart gives up private policing, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Body Cameras Increase Satisfaction, Savings for the Las Vegas Police Department (StateTech)

Assaults On Police Officers Increase Dramatically (CrimeInAmerica.net)

Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn announces retirement (JSOnline.com)

Police chief arrested in undercover child sex sting (CNN)

Nationwide, police shot and killed nearly 1,000 people in 2017 (Washington Post)

CRIME RATE

Will Keeping Mass Killers Out of the Media Spotlight Save Lives? (TheCrimeReport.org)

2017 Crime Rates Expected to Drop (Governing)

A Seven-Step Plan for Ending the Opioid Crisis (Bloomberg.com) See also: Knox County authorities change way they document drug overdoses (Knox News)

Walmart Has Given Up Its Private Policing for Shoplifters (24/7 Wall St)

Often ranked as one of the deadliest cities in America, Camden, New Jersey, ended 2017 with its lowest homicide rate since the 1980s. (CityLab)

As Baton Rouge homicide rate exceeds Chicago's in 2017, an in-depth look at how, why (The Advocate)


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