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Coronavirus continues to effect domestic violence, crime on subways, a call for researchers to embrace open crime data, looking at effectiveness and equity, GA no longer allows private companies to copyright the law, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Policing during a pandemic (Part 1): A new normal  (CCX Media) Life as a prosecutor during coronavirus: People spitting at grocery clerks, telling police they have COVID-19 during arrests  (CPR News) Effectiveness vs equity in policing: Is a tradeoff inevitable?  (Academia.edu) Baltimore police have seized 165 illegal firearms, arrested 19 murder suspects during coronavirus state of emergency  (CBS Baltimore) RPD, other agencies tracking calls for service over groups larger than 10  (WDBJ) Thousands of criminal charges delayed during the pandemic, Maricopa County data shows  (AZCentral) COVID-19: PGPD temporarily suspends beard policy and issues N95 masks to officers  (WJLA) CRIME RATE Not every COVID-19 testing site is legit  (

The future of policing always makes me think of the movie Minority Report, a movie that examines whether free will can exist if the future is set and known in advance. In the movie, Tom Cruise gets accused of a murder he hasn’t committed yet, and because of the technology used in the movie, is arrested. Predictive policing is a buzzword these days. So what is Predicitive Policing and does it work? Predictive Policing, also known as PREDPOL, is a police strategy created to solve crimes, prevent crimes, and predict where future crimes might happen. The main goal is to remove the opportunity to commit crime before it’s even there. Holy Minority Report, Batman! I don’t believe our laws would ever let technology ever decide the fate of a person who hasn’t committed a crime yet. However, I do think technology has and will continue to helped deter crime. There are a series of features needed - data collection, software, police, and response i in order for PREDPOL predictions and anal