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Legalizing marijuana doesn't create crime wave, property crime rise linked to justice reform, police officer shortage across the US, hate crimes on the rise, big data to predict crime, what is the dark web, drones to fix murder rate, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Dayton, Ohio, Police Test Brain Stimulation to Reduce Stress  (GovTech) Asheville Police Chief Tammy Hooper resigns  (Citizen Times) Bodycam footage shows police chief rescuing baby at traffic light  (ABC13) OP ED: To stop the killings, Baltimore needs more data  (Baltimore Sun) Short-staffed Santa Fe police lets gun data lapse  (Santa Fe New Mexican) Oregon State Police seek $64M to put more troopers on highways  (KVAL) CRIME RATE Legalizing marijuana doesn’t appear to have created a Colorado crime wave, according to state report  (Vail Daily) see also:  Marijuana legalization in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report  (Politifact) Is The Rise in Property Crime Related To Criminal Justice Reform?  (CrimeInAmerica.

Arizona signs Blue Lives Matter bill and tightes rules on asset seizures by law enforcement, Florida apologizes to men wrongly convicted of rape, Birmingham moves toward police transparency, new roadside ‘Textalyzer’, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Arizona Gov. signs 'Blue Lives Matter' bill that toughens penalty for assaulting off-duty police (AZCentral.com) Arizona Gov. signs bill to tighten rules on asset seizures by law enforcement (AZCentral.com) Claims overwhelm commission investigating former Chicago police Cmdr. Burge torture (Chicago Tribune) Fla. Apologizes to ‘Groveland Four,’ Men Wrongly Convicted of Rape in 1949 (TheRoot.com) Innovative Collaboration Between ODU and Norfolk Police Will Analyze 'Procedural Justice' Protocols (ODU.edu) CRIME RATE Bill Haslam signs repeal of new Nashville, Memphis marijuana laws (Tennessean.com) Md. Governor Hogan signs laws to aid rape prosecution (Baltimore Sun) Complaints mount against Utah judge

Sessions DOJ shake up, Trump eases scrutiny of police, making law and data more accessible, Joe's Tent City shuts down, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Sessions orders Justice Department to review all police reform agreements (Washington Post) Police Unions Hail Trump’s Easing of Scrutiny. Local Officials Worry. (NYTimes) Law and the New Order: A Fresh Wave of District Attorneys Is Redefining Justice (Governing) Large Majority Favors Criminal Justice Reform Belief that crime is increasing grows by ten percentage points since 2015 (Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs - LSU) CRIME RATE Governors from 4 states with legal marijuana ask Trump administration to leave them alone (Business Insider) Analysis: Undocumented Immigrants Not Linked With Higher Crime Rates (Governing) Why Solving Old Murders Can Help Prevent New Ones (TheCrimeReport.org) This company’s drugs helped fuel Florida’s opioid crisis. But the government struggled to hold it acco

Police shootings, body cams, Uber for 911, SWAT raids, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Military-Trained Police May Be Less Hasty To Shoot, But That Got This Vet Fired (NPR) Indiana town's entire police force quits (IndyStar) Campus police officer shoots teen during confrontation at Nevada high school (FoxNews) See Also: Reno officer's shooting of knife-wielding teen sparks debate (CBS) Let’s Listen to Cops—If We Want Real Policing Reform (TCR) Civil Rights Group Issues ‘Travel Warning To Black Americans’: Stay Out Of Eastpointe, It’s Too Dangerous For You (CBSLocal) SWAT raids are more about symbolism than reducing crime in the long term (USAPP) Popularity of private security group growing in Albuquerque (KOB.com) PROTECTING OR POLICING? School-based police officers are paid to protect our kids. But sometimes they do more harm than good (HuffPo) NYC Jail Admissions Drop 46.9% Over Two Decades (TCR) Georgia Police Shooting: 2nd