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Fusion centers, Chicago consent-decree, inflation and crime, guns leading cause of death among children and teens, crime reduction and prevention plans, firearm violence, body cams, data brokers access to public data, campus crime transparency, mass incarceration, resentencing in TN, abuse in DJJ facility, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Latest consent-decree report hits Chicago police leadership in key areas: Community policing and building community trust  (Chicago Tribune) Tips for reaching 911 during cell phone outages  (ABC10) 13 Nassar victims file $130 million in claims against FBI for 'gross negligence'  (The Detroit News) FBI Partnering with Fusion Centers to Tackle Threats  (FBI.gov) Baltimore aims to be one of the first cities to address police staffing shortages by hiring civilian investigators  (KOMU) CRIME RATE As inflation keeps rising, more small-time thefts count as felonies  (AXIOS) see also:  Inflation in US could lead to rise in crime ...

FBI not releasing crime stats for 2021, place based police strategies, gun control studies, communities split on use of traffic cams, access to bad cop records, access to court and legal data, TikTok influencers reshape life behind bars, felony classification system in Oklahoma, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Why the FBI Won't Release Quarterly Crime Stats for 2021  (TIME) see also:  The Alarming Gaps in National Crime Data  (The Trace) Struggle continues to hire Burlington police, several community officers hired  (WCAX) Newport News looks to expand program that sends mental health professionals on 911 calls  (DailyPress) see also:  ‘People don’t think clearly in crisis:’ California law enforcement turns to mental health clinicians on toughest 911 calls  (Yuba.net) Experts: Place-Based Strategies Are Effective, Central to Police Reform  (NCJA.org) $14 million jury award for Denver protesters could resonate around U.S. There are at least 29 pending la...

Police reform, gaps in national crime data, FBI not releasing three months of crime data lacking law enforcement report sharing, new Florida elections police force, surveillance by game warden unconstitutional, progress addressing mental health calls, combating homelessness with crime data, place based policing, crime trends over the past two years, criminal justice in rural America, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Anne Arundel County Council votes against investigative powers for Police Advisory Board (Capital Gazette) DOJ Launches Voluntary Police Reform Program  (TheCrimeReport.org) Florida Is Set to Create a New Police Force to Investigate Elections  (Bolts Mag) School resource officer data shows more than 2,000 criminal charges laid over one decade: Researchers  (The Edmonton Journal) Most LAPD officers who violate policy in shootings avoid serious punishment, report shows  (Los Angeles Daily News) MD Bill Would Limit Police Interrogation of Youths without Adult Pre...

Civil forfeiture, FBI 2020 data and potential shutdown of use-of-force database, violence and relations to socio-economic structures, gun violence, body cams, justice-as-a-platform, tech and data help improve police transparency, access to police disciplinary records, data driven solutions in the justice, US public divided over prison sentences, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Yes, police in most states can seize your money even if you’re not charged with a crime  (11Alive) The Emerging National Tragedy of Police Suicides  (TheCrimeReport.org) FBI may shut down police use-of-force database due to lack of police participation  (Washington Post) see also:  New report hits DOJ over lack of police shooting data  (AXIOS) Gender Differences in Law Enforcement Officer Stress and Coping Strategies  (SagePub Journals) Denver DA supports some recommendations in public safety task force report  (9News) Ron DeSantis calls for Florida state military guard that he would ...

Not all police report use of force to FBI, rise in use of force cases in Las Vegas, crime pushing responders to their limit, gun violence leaves insurmountable impacts in Yakima,  NOLA adds 70 more crime cameras, roadblocks to police records, St Louis PD stops reporting crime, and more... POLICE CONDUCT As shootings ‘skyrocket,’ Wichita police get council approval for federal crackdown  (The Wichita Eagle) Most Florida police agencies don’t report use-of-force data to FBI 90 of 387 departments participate statewide  (Click Orlando) Las Vegas police report shows rise in uses of force  (Las Vegas Review Journal) Teen tased by trooper on girlfriend’s porch; experts call it ‘egregious’  (WINK) Policing in America: Racial and ethnic variations in perspectives on police activities  (DataFoundation.org) National Data on Citizen Complaints about Police Use of Force: Data Quality Concerns and the Potential (Mis)Use of Statistical Evidence to Address Police Agency Co...

2017 NIBRS FBI data released, shootings are contagious?, Atlanta turns ex-cons into farmers, using crime data to make safer cities, police property seizures scrutinized, and more... POLICE CONDUCT 2017 NIBRS Crime Data Released. Law Enforcement Continuing Transition to More Detailed Reporting System  (FBI) Rockford Police scores high marks during audit  (rrstar.com) SPD Chief Ben Raymond wants more communication with victims' families  (KSLA12) ACLU: N.J. police unfairly taking cash, property from criminal suspects  (WHYY.org) see also:  Texas police made more than $50 million in 2017 from seizing people’s property. Not everyone was guilty of a crime.  (Texas Tribune) CRIME RATE Shootings are contagious: Prosecutors study King County gun violence from a public-health angle  (Seattle Times) Criminally Insane in Oregon Attack Twice as Many People Than Previously Known, New Data Shows  (ProPublica) Spotify Ditches Market Street Office...

Fighting the violent crime rate, 2017 crime data finally available, civil forfeiture overhaul, lunar phases and temperature linked to crime rates, treating violence like a disease, and more... POLICE CONDUCT ‘In seconds you can be fighting for your life.’ How routine calls can quickly turn dangerous for police  (Sacramento Bee) What happens to police departments that collect more fines? They solve fewer crimes.  (Washington Post) After Backlash Over Racist Comments, New Jersey Sheriff Resigns  (Governing) Deputy caught allegedly planting drugs in body cam footage  (WDHN) Philly agrees to overhaul civil forfeiture program to settle lawsuit  (Philly.com) CRIME RATE Early Data from Nation’s Largest Cities Show 2018 Crime and Murder Rates to Decline  (Brennan Center for Justice) 2017 FBI Crime Statistics Released Annual Statistics are Available in Crime Data Explorer  (FBI) see also:  Crime in Texas and New Mexico is increasing, while...

Things are getting worse in Mexico, FBI releases first half 2017 prelim stats, hate crime data woes, rural areas experience mass incarceration, crime prediction software comes into question, school gun violence, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Sheriff’s office data show Wells Branch crime initiative worked  (Statesman.com) Baltimore Police officer who turned off body camera charged with tampering with evidence; others cleared  (Baltimore Sun) “Get Out of Jail Free” Cards  (MarginalRevolution.com) Poor crime reporting could cost Mississippi law enforcement agencies federal funds  (Clarion Ledger) No cops to be charged in 2016 shooting of Paul O’Neal  (Chicago Sun Times) see also:  Punishing Police Won’t Curb Officer-Involved Shootings: Study  (TheCrimeReport.org) Confusion, varying thresholds keep many Minnesota agencies from reporting hate crime data  (Star Tribune) CRIME RATE School Shooting in Kentucky Was Nation’s 11th of Year  ...

Jeff Sessions gets it wrong (again), AI and machine learning in policing, 2016 NIBRS data released, data on police shootings, the opioid crisis, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Research Shows Police Body-Worn Cameras Reduce Misconduct and Cost for Las Vegas (GovTech) Data on both fatal and nonfatal police shootings from the 50 largest local police departments in the United States (Vice) Autopsy Doctor Resigns, Says Sheriff Overrode Death Findings to Protect Officers (KQED) CRIME RATE 2016 NIBRS crime data released (FBI) Jeff Sessions misrepresented crime statistics from his own department's report  (NewsWeek) How we win the opioid war: Report (TheCrimeReport) See also:  NIJ Report: Opioid Crisis Is a Driver of Homicide Boom (Washington Free Beacon) CMPD, prosecutors call domestic violence an 'epidemic' (WBTV) Why is internet gambling a crime? (TheCrimeReport) Mass shootings aren't more frequent, but they are deadlier: Study (NBC Chicago...

NIBRS data 2016 NIBRS data was released this week. The data is available directly here on the FBI’s website . NOte that NIBRS is different than UCR. 2016 UCR data was released about a month ago. A lot of agencies are making the migration of UCR to NIBRS. We took a stab defining the difference between UCR and NIBRS a couple of years ago.   Check it out in a blog post here. Of the reported NIBRS offenses , 22.7% were crimes against persons, 14.8% were crimes against society, and 62.5% were crimes against property. More than half (52.4%) of the victims knew their offenders, but did not have a familial relationship to them. Nearly one quarter (24.3%) of the victims were related to their offenders. There’s an  array of information  included in the reports. You should check it out if you have time. For the purpose of this post, we took a deeper look at the data on offenses related to weapons. Overview of weapons data Each crime incident that involves a w...

Best policing strategies up for debate, LAPD officer caught on body cam planting drugs, FBI explanation doesn’t add up, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Science Says These Police Tactics Reduce Crime (Scientific American) See also: What strategies work best in policing? (psmag.com) Tough-talking sheriffs raise their voices in Trump era (WaPo) Body Cam Video Shows LAPD Officer Planting Drugs (NBC Bay Area) Justice Reform Means ‘Thinking Outside Silos,’ Says New John Jay President (TheCrimeReport.org) CRIME RATE The gun numbers: just 3% of American adults own a collective 133m firearms (The Guardian) The Opioid Files: More Than 100 States and Cities Are Suing Drug Companies (Governing) Google study finds phishing attacks more efficient than data breaches (SCMedia) POLICE TRANSPARENCY The FBI’s Explanation For Why It Released Less Crime Data Doesn’t Add Up (FiveThirtyEight) ‘CRIM-TECH’ Fewer Prisoners, Less Crime? The Elusive Promise of Algorithms (TheCrimeR...

We're going to start digging into FBI UCR state data. First stop, crime rate in California . There are an estimated 18,000 police agencies in the US. FBI reporting is only required if an agency wants to receive federal funding and not all 18,000 agencies report to the FBI. UCR data is reported anywhere from monthly to quarterly to the FBI. The FBI then publishes the national data about every 6 months.  Some agencies have moved over to the FBI NIBRS reporting program. NIBRS was created to create a higher level of classification on crime that's reported to the FBI. More and more agencies are moving to NIBRS reporting, but there is no timeline as to when 100% of agencies will be using NIBRS. 2016 data for NIBRS has not been released yet. If you want more information on the NIBRS program,  head here . Keep in mind, SpotCrime collects RMS/CAD data - the data found on SpotCrime is more up-to-date and robust than FBI data. RMS/CAD helps tell a better picture of what your...