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Body cams, search and seizure laws, hot spot policing, use of force policies, police funding, community policing drives down crime, tech in police reform, facial recognition, bias in machine learning, and more...Subscribe to the weekly reads by signing up for SpotCrime email alerts or head to our Substack . POLICE CONDUCT Riverside chief talks policing present and future Special 'conversation' addressed use of force, funding priorities, solutions  (Riverside-Brookfield Landmark) Updated use-of-force policy draft includes ban on chokeholds, emphasizes de-escalation  (WSBT) Sheriff: Lack of funding and low staffing forcing department to respond to fewer calls  (Action News Now) see also:  Shreveport public safety committee discusses funding sources for pay increases  (Shreveport Times) Body cam video shows Pasco deputy rescuing 5 people after boat capsized in Gulf of Mexico  (Tampa Bay Times) Reaction comes after Portland police have little presence at dueli...

Police data transparency portals launching nationwide, police chiefs resigning nationwide, budget cut woes, violent crime rate, taking a look at police tech, AI may help reduce recidivism, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police officers face multifaceted, compounding stressors that can lead to adverse events  (Science Daily) Police chiefs most open to reform are the ones leaving  (Governing) see also:  Seattle's police chief resigns after council votes to cut department funds  (NPR) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, other Texas leaders want to freeze property tax revenues for cities that cut police budgets  (SanMarcosRecord.com) 'Statistically, this is very unusual' | The same seven officers were involved in multiple shootings in Sacramento County  (ABC10) see also:  Failure of oversight: How dozens of officers kept their police certification despite convictions  (PilotOnline.com BODY CAM FOOTAGE: Tuscaloosa PD officers rescue several people during flash fl...

Gun violence increasing, homicides increasing, have we already defunded police in America, officer applications down in some cities, officials at odds about how to reduce violent crime, police surveillance, police launch transparency websites, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Defund the Police? We’ve Already Done It Successfully in America.  (Kottke.org) Cincinnati police used force less last year than any other year on record, database shows  (Cincinnati.com) Anti-cop sentiment is up, but complaints against NYPD are down: CCRB data  (NYPost) National Survey on Officer Safety Training: Findings and Implications  (National Police Foundation) El Paso police officer applications down nearly 50 percent from average  (KFOX14) Just How Many Cops Are ‘Bad Apples’?  (TheCrimeReport.org) Behind the Badge: Coronado PD Training, Accountability, Statistics  (Coronado Times) Inside the special law enforcement unit that brings down child predators  (Echo-Pilot) CRIME...

Placing blame on the murder spike, top cops avoid questions about Breonna Taylor, looking at police funding, AI in policing, coronavirus related to crime?, the end of predictive policing, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Louisville's top cops refuse to answer questions on Breonna Taylor case  (ABC News) Salt Lake City unveils policy changes to police use of force, body camera compliance  (Desert.com) Governor Kemp signs Georgia ‘police protections’ measure into law  (AJC) We train police to be warriors — and then send them out to be social workers  (Vox) see also:  As TV news reports look more like cop shows, viewers are left in cuffs  (Deadline) Policing and Crime Reduction: The evidence and its implications for practice  (Academia.edu) Indianapolis plans meeting on public safety. First in a series open to the public  (The Indy Channel) Activists call to defund police, but how much money do they actually receive?  (Middletown Transcript) see also:...