SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police civilian review boards, police background checks, transparency
Police background checks, facial recognition at NFL games, Columbus cyberattack, police commission and civilian review boards, CT reduces traffic stop racial profiling, post arrest DNA swabs, Real Time Crime Index is live, violence against teacher, ghost gun manufacturer shuttered, security robots, AI body cam tech, NJ law requires more transparency for sexual assault victims, body cam footage fees, transparency on bail decisions, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
All Texas police officer licenses now searchable online (KTAL) see also: New Software Aims to Revamp the Police Background Check (GovTech) and also: Austin, police must end use of confidential police personnel file, judge rules (Austin American Statesman)
Audit Calls Honolulu Police Commission’s Oversight ‘Inconsistent And Ineffective’ (Honolulu Civil Beat) see also: Do Civilian Review Boards Work? (Governing)
Columbus fraternal order of police president says city cyberattack never should have happened (WBNS) see also: Names of undercover police, crime victims found on dark web from Columbus data breach (WOSU)
Project helps CT police reduce traffic stop racial profiling, creating national model, study says (NewsTimes)
How Post-Arrest DNA Swabs Threaten Innocent People's Privacy (reason)
CRIME RATE
The Real-Time Crime Index Is Live! (Jeff-alytics)
CRIM-TECH
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
New NJ law requires more transparency for victims in sexual assault investigations (NJ Spotlight News)
Fees for police body camera footage lead to ‘pretty steep’ charges thanks to new law (AZ Mirror) see also: How police are dealing with high price of body-worn camera programs (Mass Live)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Fulton leader calls out sheriff after company pulls services to jail over $1M owed (Atlanta News First)
A call for transparency—lawmakers push for more clarity on bail decisions as new report highlights uptick in rearrests (Action News 5)
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