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Small town policing, disbanding civilian review boards, violent crime reduction steering committee, flawed national crime data, air pollution shaping public safety, records management vendor woes, deepfakes and criminal justice, AI in policing, police transparency, use of force policies, art therapy in prison, the death penalty, and more... POLICE CONDUCT McLean County's smaller communities embrace 'a different way of policing'  (WGLT) Scathing DOJ report on Worcester police echoes recent Springfield probe  (Mass Live) Judge says 'coaching' by Minneapolis police not discipline, records not public  (Fox 9) Tampa City Council votes to disband civilian police review board  (Tampa Bay Times) CRIME RATE Readout of the Justice Department’s Violent Crime Reduction Steering Committee Meeting  (Justice.gov) National Crime Data Has Always Been Flawed  (Jeff-alytics) Advocates urge Harris County DA’s office to address ‘potentially misleading’ crime data dashboard ...

Accountability and transparency, DOJ recommendations for protests, police efficiency, police conduct, US crime and policing trends, random acts of violence, crime ballot measures, access to police press briefings, Boston police accountability, thwarting transparency, criminal courts a black box, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Kissimmee Announces Plans for New Accountability and Transparency Measures Following Grand Jury Findings on Police Misconduct  (Positively Osceola) New DOJ recommendations for police and press bridge protest divide  (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press) Report finds lack of police efficiency leading to fewer arrests in CA  (ABC 7) Not believed: Charged with filing false report, Polk teen captured own evidence during rape  (The Ledger) Ohio Sheriff’s Lieutenant in hot water after social posts; “I am sorry. If you support the Democratic Party, I will not help you”  (WTRF) 13 Lewisville officers disciplined after 'inappropriate contact' d...

DOJ says Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights, Louisville police Chief suspended, police shootings, reporting crime data in 2022 explained, big cities big victories over crime, Baltimore city gun violence drop, police drones, facial recognition tech, license plate readers, NYPD dodge surveillance transparency laws, LAPD removes crime data from public, incarceration and crime, dying in prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Florida deputy who fatally shot airman fired for ‘not objectively reasonable’ use of force  (WFLA) Minnesota law enforcement officers are facing increase in attacks by shooters, state data shows  (CBS News) Phoenix police have a pattern of violating civil rights, Justice Dept. report says  (WGLT) Louisville community leaders calling for more transparency after LMPD police chief suspended  (KTVZ) County’s New Approach To “Emergency” Calls Is Working Swimmingly  (Rhino Times) When Police Shootings Don’t Kill: The Data That Gets Left...

Police Chief resignations, DNA data manipulation in Colorado, combatting swatting calls, higher use of force linked to training conference in NJ, addressing mental health in communities, DOJ opens investigation into Boeing, cybercrime losses reach $12.5 billion, violent crime numbers, gun violence, AI and police real time crime centers, police record transparency, reversing criminal justice reform, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Lakes Wales to begin looking for new police chief amid nepotism, transparency concerns: Memo  (Fox13 Tampa Bay) Colorado Bureau of Investigation finds DNA scientist manipulated data in hundreds of cases over decades  (WPSD Local 6) Uvalde police chief announces resignation after report on Robb Elementary School shooting  (NBC News) Georgia bill would impose harsher penalties on more 'swatting' calls  (11Alive) Use of force incidents high among cops who attended controversial police training conference  (New Jersey Monitor) Rats are 'all high...

Solving more murders, culture of wellness in criminal justice jobs, the police personality, traffic stop disparities, drop in gun violence and murders, gun homicides down slightly, generative AI for criminal justice, reducing recidivism and worker shortage, free prison calls, and more... POLICE CONDUCT New evidence that we're solving more murders  (Slow Boring) DOJ Officials Call for 'Culture of Wellness' in Criminal Justice Jobs  (National Criminal Justice Association) The “Police Personality”: Is it Real?  (Sage Journals) Most U.S. emergency call centers are understaffed  (Axios) Kansas Cops Have 'Waged War on Motorists' by Subjecting Them to Pretextual Traffic Stops, a Federal Judge Says  (reason) see also: Pittsburgh efforts to address racial bias in traffic enforcement have reduced the number of stops, but disparities remain  (Public Source) Tickets and arrests didn’t go up when SROs reintroduced to Denver schools, police data shows  (The Colorado...

Police staffing shortages, civilian response teams, USPS postal police, DOJ hotlines to report hate crimes, America's gun problem, gun violence, ICE data collection on Americans, NYPD secret database, facial recognition in schools, law enforcement polices restrict transparency and accountability, a holistic criminal justice system, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Staffing shortages are causing case backlogs at Phoenix-area police departments  (AZFamily.com) With Complaints Rising, Transit Agencies Search for Alternatives to Police  (Route Fifty) see also:  SLCPD to form new civilian response team to handle massive call volume  (Fox13) After court battle, Marilyn Mosby releases list of 305 Baltimore police officers with credibility issues  (The Baltimore Sun) Voters, investors and crime experts have eyes on bid to recall San Francisco DA  (Courthouse News Service) After years of gang list controversy, the NYPD has a new secret database. It's focused on guns. ...

COVID leading cause of death for police officers, Portland officer shortage, Durham police disregard body cam policies, gun violence, George Floyd's murder related to decrease in calls to police, sex offender registries have no impact on recidivism, DOJ reviewing law enforcement grants, more police departments adopting body cams, the FBIs crime data shortage, impact of body cams on court outcomes, calls on EU to ban predictive policing AI, and more... POLICE CONDUCT 'My dad didn't have a fighting chance': Covid is leading cause of death among law enforcement  (NBC News) New Akron police chief tells City Council community must help to quell rising gun violence  (Beacon Journal) Portland mayor wants to bring back retired police officers to help fill shortage, address gun violence  (OPB.org) Audit: Durham police officers routinely disregard policies on bodycam videos  (WRAL) Denver's 2022 city budget proposal dominated by public safety  (Denver Gazette) What the Re...

Looking at line of duty deaths, botched police raid, teleworking during COVID19, DOJ awards funding to fight violent crime, some cities still struggling with violent crime during pandemic, economic impact of open crime data, and more... POLICE CONDUCT COVID-19 Line-of-Duty Deaths  (Fraternal Order of Police) see also  National Police Week| Recognizes those Killed in Line-of-Duty  (Fox Baltimore) IMPD will have body cams by this summer, implement ‘use of force’ review board  (FOX 59) Media coverage of police misconduct and attitudes toward police  (Academia.edu) Woman shot and killed by Kentucky police in botched raid, family says  (NBC News) City Manager: Police Officers Teleworked in Case of ‘Much Worse’ COVID-19 Situation  (ALX Now) Portsmouth police chief stands up to push-back on budget demands  (Seacoast Online) Crypto Companies, Law Enforcement and Intelligence Firms Team Up to Fight Human Trafficking  (Coin Telegraph) Man repeatedly pu...

Crime rate changes during the pandemic, fines and ankle monitors for coronavirus violations, downsides of relying on predictive policing outlined by DOJ, looking at surveillance of citizens to fight pandemic, and more... POLICE CONDUCT A Minnesota trooper pulled over a doctor for speeding. Then he gave her his N95 medical masks  (CNN) A 3rd NYPD member dies of coronavirus after hundreds of officers test positive  (CNN) Kentucky puts ankle monitors on coronavirus patients who break quarantine  (Global News) and also:  Six months in jail, $11,000 fine for leaving home without a 'reasonable excuse’  (The Sydney Morning Herald) What to expect on patrol during the COVID-19 pandemicA BOLO for five call types officers may respond to during the current national emergency  (PoliceOne) 'Blue wall of silence': When the sexual assault suspect is a police officer  (Star Tribune) Flood of retired Norfolk police officers offer services in wake of corona...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions publicly addressed federal, state, and local law enforcement on July 12 in Las Vegas about sanctuary cities and efforts to combat violent crime. Sessions cited a study from the University of California Riverside claiming cities with sanctuary policies 'have more violent crime on average than those that don’t.’ Contrary to what Attorney General Jeff Sessions stated in his address to hundreds of law enforcement officials, there is no link to violent crime spike and sanctuary city status. Sessions and his staff appear to have misinterpreted one graph in the study to show a higher crime rate, when in fact the graph showed no relation. The study specifically states:  ‘We find no statistically discernible difference in violent crime rate, rape, or property crime across the cities. Our findings provide evidence that sanctuary policies have no effect on crime rates, despite narratives to the contrary. The potential benefits of sanctuary cities, ...