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Police fleeing the force, schools spending money on active shooter insurance, Ceasefire program curbs gun violence, poverty leads to more crime, bail reform, opioids killing rural areas, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Mobile ballistics program links active and cold cases, other crimes in Mississippi  (Clarion Ledger) The militarization of police does not reduce crime  (Pacific Standard) Kentucky police officer gets $300K in whistleblower lawsuit  (WKYT) Proactive policing declines as officers flee the force  (The News & Advance) CRIME RATE Economists: More Guns, Not the Crack Epidemic, Drove ’90s Murder Boom  (The Daily Beast) Study: Oakland’s multi-faceted Ceasefire program curbs shootings, homicides  (The Mercury News) As green space went up, crime went down in poor neighborhoods  (Crain's) see also:  The Geography of Urban Violence  (CityLab) and also:  High poverty, high crime rate  (The Pueblo Chieftain) Pred...

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, ...

Tribal data collection, 3D guns, officer fatality report, DC police camera hack, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Polive officer helps homeless man shave in parking lot before job interview. Man gets job offer . (Newsweek) How Police Are Changing Lineups to Avoid False IDs  (Governing) Are civilian oversight agencies actually holding police accountable?  (Urban.org) Feds want reimbursement for Gwinnett sheriff’s $70K muscle car  (AJC) 2018 Mid-Year Preliminary Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities Report  (NLEOMF.org) Entire Blandford Police Department resigns, effective immediately  (WWLP) see also  Entire North Carolina police department suspended after arrest of chief, lieutenant  (News3LV) CRIME RATE More Schools Are Buying ‘Active-Shooter’ Insurance Policies  (Wall Street Journal) All your questions about 3D guns answered  (CNN) DC police collect 1,000 illegal guns as homicide rate climbs  (WTOP) 'CRIM-TECH' Data...

Rural America is struggling with rising crime rates, police using big data, hot weather means more crime, binge drinking causing crime, Uber monitors driver criminal records in real time, sporting events lead to rise in violence, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Does legal weed make police more effective?  (WaPo) The chief wanted perfect stats, so cops were told to pin crimes on black people, probe found  (Miami-Herald) FBI to Add National Data Exchange System to National Instant Criminal Background Check System  (ESR) Toronto police plan to deploy 200 more officers to priority areas in evening to combat gun violence  (The Star) Body cam footage shows officers use coin toss to decide whether to arrest driver  (The Holl) CRIME RATE In Rural America, Violent Crime Reaches Highest Level in a Decade  (Governing) Heatwave: Is there more crime in hot weather?  (BBC) A massive new study puts a pin in one of the oldest myths about mental illness. R...

Community policing focus for agencies, deciphering PredPol through it's manual, Orlando's round two of facial recognition, Milwaukee ACLU ruling, health data and crime relationship and more... POLICE CONDUCT 73 Law Enforcement Line-of-Duty Deaths in First Half of 2018 Firearms-related fatalities increase 24 percent over same period last year  (NLEOMF.org) Long Island's top cops use technology to target guns, gangs and drugs  (Newsday) The Park City Police Are Reaching Out To HOA's To Lower Crime Rates In Neighborhoods  (KPCW) see also:  Police outreach in DC community where tensions are high doesn't go as planned  (WUSA) Baltimore police stopped noticing crime after Freddie Gray's death. A wave of killings followed.  (USAToday) Callback system aims to close loop for APD reports  (KTVA) Common Council approves historic settlement with ACLU over unconstitutional traffic stops (Milwaukee Independent) CRIME RATE Live in a Chicago neighborhoo...

Policing the homeless lessons learned, AI and facial recognition used by more agencies, data analysis drives policing, Uber safety algorithm, fact checking illegal immigration, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Operation I.C.O.N. reducing crime by half in KCK neighborhood  (KSHB) New study finds a relationship between US police department receipt of military excess hardware and increased suspect deaths  (SAGE Journals) Size of Memphis Police Force Study Weighs Numbers in Ranks and How to Use Them  (Memphis Daily News) Lessons learned from 25 years of policing the homeless  (PoliceOne.com) Nonprofit Roca begins relentless pursuit of Baltimore's most dangerous young men — to change them  (Baltimore Sun) CRIME RATE How to Determine if the Neighborhood Where You’re Buying a House Is Safe  (ZING!) Florida among top states for murder-suicides  (Miami-Herald) Is Illegal Immigration Linked to More or Less Crime?  (FactCheck.org) Hackers May B...

Treating violence like a disease, calculating the cost of opioid overdoses, drones use AI to detect violence, Chicago under surveillance, and more.. POLICE CONDUCT 80 arrested, 95 pounds of meth and 75 guns seized in largest drug bust initiative in recent history  (Q13Fox) Illegal activity at Worcester's Union Station has 'dropped dramatically' with new police precinct, chief says  (MassLive) DOJ Bulks Up D.C. Office to Prosecute Violent Crime  (Washington City Paper) How a Tiny Website Became the Police's Go-To Genealogy Database  (The Atlantic) CRIME RATE 6 killings in 7 days: Cincinnati's deadliest week in three years  (Cincinnati.com) Where killings go unpunished: New WashPost probe allows others to access information  (Poynter) 30,000 Cameras Can't Be Wrong: Chicago Banks On Surveillance To Solve Violence Problem  (TechDirt) Gun violence is a disease — has DC found a cure? (The Hill) see also  Treating violence like a diseas...

Worst State for officers to work, 'Big Brother in Coral Gables, predicting risk of opioid overdoses, China turns to robotic policing, drones fighting crimes, bitcoin price manipulation investigation, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Idaho ranked among worst places for police officers to work  (Idaho State Journal) Hacker Breaches Securus, the Company That Helps Cops Track Phones Across the US  (Motherboard) Supreme Court extends privacy protection to cars in a driveway  (LA Times) 'Big brother' in Coral Gables? Police capture data that says a lot about people's lives  (Miami Herald) How the municipal court money machine burdens city residents Lawsuits allege that small towns across the U.S. cracking down on “nuisance law” violations unfairly burden homeowners  (Curbed.com) CRIME RATE 2018 has already outpaced 2017 in K-12 school shooting deaths  (Vox) Why this Traverse City homeless shelter lets alcoholics drink  (Detroit Free Press) U.S. L...

Violent crime surges in Iowa, FBI cybercrime report, guns kill more teens than road accidents,  data and gun violence, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Connecticut to create tracking system for rape kits  (New Haven Register) New approach to drug crime gains national attention  (TimesUnion.com) Philadelphia cop charged in Gun Trace Task Force case asks for pre-trial release  (Baltimore Sun) Bodycam video shows Texas officers rescuing woman from sinking car  (KWTX) see also  Sheriff’s deputy saves baby after being flagged down by desperate motorist  (Lakeland Ledger) Everyone can now patrol this city's streets for crime. ACLU says that's a bad idea  (NJ.com) CRIME RATE 'Everything has gotten worse.' Violent crime is surging in rural Iowa, fueled by the state's meth and mental health crises  (Des Moines Register) Ring Launches ‘Neighborhood Watch’ App as First Amazon-Backed Offering  (SecuritySales.com) Schemes, Data Breaches ...

States changing policing laws, hackers set up emergency sirens, Taser offers free body cams, San Bernardino Elementary school shooting, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Federal judge approves Baltimore policing consent decree, denying Justice Department request for delay (Baltimore Sun) Seattle police make dramatic turnaround with use-of-force reforms, federal monitor finds (Seattle Times) Demoralized Chicago Police officers change union presidents (Chicago Sun Times) LEO NEAR MISS: A voluntary, non-disciplinary reporting system that allows law enforcement personnel to read about and anonymously share “close calls” or “near misses”, which provide lessons learned that can protect others from similar incidents. (leonearmiss.org) Sheriff uses threatening video to warn heroin dealers in Florida (St Louis Today) To Protect and Serve: New Trends in State-Level Policing Reform, 2015-2016 (Vera.org) One sign protests over police are working: states are changing their la...

Presidential Executive Orders on crime, civil asset forfeiture, price of police public records requests varies, police tech trends, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Trump signs executive orders he says will crack down on cartels, violence toward cops (NY Daily News) Presidential Executive Order on a Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety (WhiteHouse.gov) Presidential Executive Order on Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking (WhiteHouse.gov) Sheriffs Still Looking for Clarity on Deportation (PewTrusts.org) ‘I can’t breathe’: Video shows deputies pepper-spraying man in a restraint chair (Washington Post) Civil asset forfeiture creates perverse incentives that can cost you your property. (USNews.com) CRIME RATE Police Chiefs to Trump: Cut Crime, Prisons (TheCrimeReport.org) Authorities Hope To Avoid Knee-Jerk Reaction To Crime Stats (NPR) San Diego crime report s...

Annapolis Police Chief fired, America’s murder rate, transparency in police misconduct cases, Alexa can now tell you about crime, and more… POLICE CONDUCT College town cops are part of the problem at Baylor, other football factories  (Orlando Sentinel) Annapolis police Chief Pristoop fired, mayor confirms. Dismissal comes after deadliest year in state capital's history (WBAL) Under Obama, the Justice Department aggressively pursued police reforms. Will it continue under Trump? (LA Times) Race and the Police use of Force Encounter in the United States (OUP) President Trump Meets With National Sheriffs’ Association (LawOfficer.com) Violence erupts in Paris suburbs over police sodomy case (USAToday) CRIME RATE America's murder rate is rising at its fastest pace since the early 1970s (Economist) Chicago Still Isn’t the Murder Capital of America (TheTrace) America’s Oldest Crime Victims (TheCrimeReport) Baltimore police to divert low-...

Social media monitoring, Women in Public Safety, 2016 FBI crime stats, and more... POLICE CONDUCT In Phoenix, Women Are Breaking Public Safety's Glass Ceiling (GovTech) Alabama police agency uses social media monitoring service (Anniston Star) Local Panama City police departments feeling strained long after recession (JHG.com) ‘He shot her down’: Two officers dead in Orlando manhunt for murder suspect (WaPo) CRIME RATE Fort Lauderdale shooting suspect faces possible death penalty (CNN) Preliminary Crime Stats for 2016 Released. Report Covers January through June (FBI.gov) Violent Crime Reports Up 5.3% in First Half of 2016 (TheCrimeReport.org) Spike in assaults, especially in middle schools, dominates SPS crime report (News-Leader) Dylan Roof Sentenced To Death For Charleston Church Shooting  (CBS) POLICE TRANSPARENCY California Bill Seeks Police Surveillance Transparency (CATO Institute) New police training addresses use-of-force, tra...

Chicago's awful start to 2017,  2016 police and civilian deaths, shootings, body-cam dilemmas, and your dumb criminal of the week. POLICE CONDUCT 2016 Preliminary End-of-Year Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities Report (NLEOMF.org) 1,085 People Killed by Police in the US in 2016 (The Guardian) Why Some Problem Cops Don’t Lose Their Badges (Wall Street Journal) Changing the “Culture of Policing”—One Recruit at a Time (TCR) NYPD Changes Policy, Will Allow Officers to Wear Turbans (CNN) NOPD improved response times in 2016, but effects of depleted force still widely felt (TheAdvocate) Trump tweets Chicago might need federal help on violence (Chicago Tribune) How to stop guns, gangs and poverty? Chicago seeks solutions after violent 2016 (Chicago Tribune) CRIME RATE Chicago: 4 in custody after mentally disabled man tied up, tortured on Facebook Live  (Fox32) 2016 ends with 762 homicides; 2017 opens with fatal Uptown gunfight in Chicago (C...

Amazon Echo data involved in murder case, body cams, prison populations, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Wilmington police strategy making inroads (Delawareonline.com) Police seek Amazon Echo data in murder case (Endgadget) Man killed, Eastern Shore deputy injured in Chestertown shooting (Baltimore Sun) Boston Police Are Solving More Homicides (Boston Globe) Tear gas and K-9 end 11-hour Lakeland police standoff (TheLedger) Allhands: Why Phoenix Police needs more civilians (AZCentral.com) The Reasonable Killing of an 89-Pound Boy : A child is gunned down for stealing change in heavily armed St. Louis, and Missouri gets a taste of what justice looks like when the NRA calls the shots. (The Trace) POLICE TRANSPARENCY 'Nerds' brainstorm uses for open city data. Even public safety data is in the pipeline. (MontgomeryAdvertiser.com) A look inside SLCPD's CompStat meeting (Good4Utah.com) ‘CRIM-TECH’ Neosho Police Department receives gran...

Chicago Goes 4 Days Without Fatal Shooting, Indy Chief resigns, ‘Threat Scores’, FBI Crime Map, and more... POLICE CONDUCT San Francisco Police Instate New Use Of Force Policy (ABC7) Columbia police get federal grant for more officers (ABC17) Heroes for Helpers: local law enforcement helps buy gifts for underprivileged kids (NBCRightNow.com) Former Milwaukee police officer charged in fatal shooting (CNN) Indianapolis Police Chief Troy Riggs Resigns (IndyStar) Police Accreditation: Learning About CALEA (SpotCrime) 84% of Americans Oppose Civil Asset Forfeiture (CATO Institute) New Orleans Agrees To Pay $13.3 Million For Police Post-Katrina Killings (HuffPo) POLICE TRANSPARENCY Schools With Police But No School Counselors: A Closer Look (Edweek.org) Slow down! Here are DC’s speed traps and red light cameras (Technic.ly) ‘CRIM-TECH’ Police are starting to use software which assigns people "threat scores" based on social media pre...