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Police background checks, facial recognition at NFL games, Columbus cyberattack, police commission and civilian review boards, CT reduces traffic stop racial profiling, post arrest DNA swabs, Real Time Crime Index is live, violence against teacher, ghost gun manufacturer shuttered, security robots, AI body cam tech, NJ law requires more transparency for sexual assault victims, body cam footage fees, transparency on bail decisions, and more... POLICE CONDUCT All Texas police officer licenses now searchable online  (KTAL) see also:  New Software Aims to Revamp the Police Background Check  (GovTech) and also:  Austin, police must end use of confidential police personnel file, judge rules  (Austin American Statesman) Las Vegas police refuse to comply with NFL facial recognition tech at games  (Red River Radio) Audit Calls Honolulu Police Commission’s Oversight ‘Inconsistent And Ineffective’  (Honolulu Civil Beat) see also:  Do Civilian Review Boards W...

Police conduct in Pittsburgh, US confidence in police up, releasing body cam footage, drug smuggling networks, mental health and 911, violent crime spike during COVID, facial recognition arrests, deepfake AI porn bill, gunshot detection, police algorithms, transparency advocates worry about access in TN, bail law changes, and more... POLICE CONDUCT After Jim Rogers' death, Pittsburgh got a close look at police conduct. It may not happen again  (WESA) U.S. Confidence in Institutions Mostly Flat, but Police Up  (Gallup) Anchorage police now have a 45-day deadline to release certain body camera footage  (Alaska Public Media) Crime Labs audit calls for faster processing times of forensic evidence  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Why LA is pulling the plug on a 911 pilot that sent mental health workers on some calls  (LAist) CRIME RATE ‘I want her to worry about who’s waiting on the corner’: How one man uses Facebook to frighten his children’s mother and why police do n...

The age of surveillance, facial recognition, using blockchain with body cam footage and to fight deepfakes, domestic violence, cops get sued for untested rape kits, and more... POLICE CONDUCT $455 per minute: NYC speed cameras issue over $28M in fines following expansion, data shows  (Staten Island Live) US and UK Sign Crime Data Sharing Agreement  (OODA Loop) Cities want technology vendors that listen, not just 'sell stuff'  (StateScoop) Privacy, Civil Rights Groups Press Amazon’s Ring to End Its Local Police Partnerships  (Fortune) see also:  Team-Up Aims to Give 911 Dispatch Access to Camera Feeds  (GovTech) Women All Over the Country Are Suing Police for Failing to Test Their Rape Kits  (Mother Jones) What if Your Abusive Husband Is a Cop?  (The New Yorker) CRIME RATE New FBI Data: Violent Crime Still Falling  (The Marshall Project) How to predict whether a gun owner is more likely to commit violent crimes  (MarketW...