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Different views on criminal justice reform, how red flag laws and background checks for gun purchases work, NYPD suicide rate and trust in the system, and more... POLICE CONDUCT After Officer's Firing, Wary Members of NYPD Say No One Has Their Backs  (Governing) see also:  Police officer kills himself, the 9th NYPD death by suicide this year  (USA Today) Dunwoody police force improves training on mental illness  (AJC) Remember The Surveillance Plane That Flew Over Baltimore? It Could Fly Again  (CBS Baltimore) IRS using Data Analytics to Uncover Criminal Arrangements  (JDSUPRA) Palm Beach Police Dept. has the highest arrest rate in Florida, but what does that actually mean? Days after Carroll County sheriff calls Walmart security ‘poor,’ company officials to meet with police leaders  (Capital Gazette) CRIME RATE How background checks and ‘red flag’ gun laws work  (PBS) Louisiana Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Roll Back Criminal-Justice Reform  (NY Mag

Boston's first black police commissioner, 'bad apples' not behind disproportionate killing of black men, 50 new gun control laws since Parkland, VA in state of emergency during Charlottesville anniversary, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue  (USAToday) If police officers need a second job, we've reached peak austerity  (Independent) William Gross Sworn In As Boston's First Black Police Commissioner, Stresses Community Policing And Diversity  (WBUR) Bad policing, bad law, not 'bad apples,' behind disproportionate killing of black men  (EurekaAlert) Chicago police solve one in every 20 shootings. Here are some reasons why that's so low  (Chicago Trubune) CRIME RATE Ray Lewis: Crime in Baltimore Decreased When I Played for Ravens  (Bleacher Report) Can you change how criminals think? Chicago hopes behavioral therapy can cut gun violence  (USA Today) After Parkland,

Todd Henderson Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago has given an interesting lecture on predicting crime. Listen here: http://webcast-law.uchicago.edu/podcast/henderson_128K.mp3 Download paper here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1118931