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DNA testing is coming in handy to solve crimes, robots commit more crimes than humans by 2040, community policing, bail reform reduces crime rate, AI crime prediction software gets a closer look, body cam transparency, and more... POLICE CONDUCT This City’s Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It?  (NYTimes) New Hamilton police chief focuses on community aspect of policing  (CommunityNews.org) LCSO Debuts 'Real Time Crime Center,' Allowing Analysts To Monitor Video Feeds Across County  (WJCT) Boston Police Chief Unleashes on ACLU After Officers’ Integrity Gets Questioned  (The Western Journal) For framing innocent black men, a Florida police chief gets three years in prison  (Miami Herald) CRIME RATE Stay Cool: A Warmer Winter Means More Crime, Warns Study  (StudyFinds.org) School Threat App Sees Wide Adoption in Suffolk County, N.Y.  (Government Technology) 'Home is most likely place for women to get killed', new UN st...

Alexa as a witness, Sessions is out, violent crime goes unreported,  and more... POLICE CONDUCT Sessions, in Last-Minute Act, Sharply Limits Use of Consent Decrees to Curb Police Abuses  (NYTimes) Planning begins for $1M grant to help fight crime in Flint neighborhoods  (NBC25) Improved technology, data analysis helps IMPD turn corner on crime  (CBS4) One-on-one with Henderson's Police chief to discuss crime data and community impact  (Las Vegas Now) CRIME RATE When and where America’s mass shootings have occurred in 2018  (AJC) New Jersey Outlaws Untraceable ‘Ghost Guns,’ 3-D Printing of Firearms  (Bloomberg) Vast majority of violent crime goes unreported in metro Atlanta: Hospital study  (ABC News) Randolph DA adopts Project Safe Neighborhoods to fight violent crime  (Courier-Tribune) CRIM-TECH Amazon’s Alexa might be a key witness in a murder case POLICE TRANSPARENCY  TBI Director announces more transparency on...

Legalizing marijuana doesn't create crime wave, property crime rise linked to justice reform, police officer shortage across the US, hate crimes on the rise, big data to predict crime, what is the dark web, drones to fix murder rate, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Dayton, Ohio, Police Test Brain Stimulation to Reduce Stress  (GovTech) Asheville Police Chief Tammy Hooper resigns  (Citizen Times) Bodycam footage shows police chief rescuing baby at traffic light  (ABC13) OP ED: To stop the killings, Baltimore needs more data  (Baltimore Sun) Short-staffed Santa Fe police lets gun data lapse  (Santa Fe New Mexican) Oregon State Police seek $64M to put more troopers on highways  (KVAL) CRIME RATE Legalizing marijuana doesn’t appear to have created a Colorado crime wave, according to state report  (Vail Daily) see also:  Marijuana legalization in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report  (Politifact) Is The Rise in Property Crime Related To Cr...

Violence in children, school shooting victims recount experiences, retaining police officers, marijuana and crime, hate crimes, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police officer vacancies highlight struggle between public safety expectations, reality  (13NewsNow) Policing High-Crime Areas: A Matter of Trust  (CATO Institute) The Scanner: Complaints against cops fell with body cams, but questions remain  (San Francisco Chronicle) More officers now trained in mental health crisis intervention, but Lawrence police department still short of 100 percent goal  (LJWorld.com) Hold private police partners accountable, too: For-profit companies are making millions with special access to NYPD information  (NYDaily News) ‘Please report it to us’: Dayton police noticed a change in how people talk about crime, so they posted about it  (Dayton Daily News) CRIME RATE Confirmed: Negative Events in Childhood Tied to Juvenile Crime  (MedPageToday) PHOTOS: Twen...