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Fake robberies in visa fraud scheme, managing mental health crises, digital dragnets, algorithmic bias in predictive policing, mass surveillance, license plate readers and privacy laws, AI to help solve cold cases, AI police radio app causes panic, body cam audit logs, FOIA, police transparency laws, geofencing warrants, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Cambridge Police Commissioner Christine Elow to Retire After More Than 30 years With Department  (CambridgeMA.gov) Police Chiefs Allegedly Faked Robberies in $5,000-a-Pop Visa Fraud Scheme  (The Wall Street Journal) Should police be turning up at all? Managing mental health crises in an English Constabulary under the Right Care, Right Person framework  (Taylor and Francis Online) Seaford police chief presents the department's new strategic plan  (Delaware Public Media) Ethics complaint raises serious allegations against Miami Police Chief Manny Morales  (Florida Politics) CRIME RATE Supreme Court weighs phone searches ...

Coronoavirus affecting first responders, using AI ethically to fight crime, geofencing warrants, open data makes safer cities, coronavirus upends justice system, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Miami Beach Commissioner Asks if City Should Infect First Responders With Coronavirus  (Miami New Times) Concerns about virus are changing how police respond to non-emergency calls  (KBTX) Video Appears To Show Louisiana Cop Planting ‘Crack’ On Handcuffed Black Suspect  (NewsOne.com) CRIME RATE Kansas City Looks To Florida For Help Solving Its Gun Violence Problem  (WUNC) CRIM-TECH How AI is being used to help fight crime  (Engineering and Technology) see also:  Cops need to come clean on predictive policing of 250,000 people  (The Bristol Cable) Coming to terms with biometrics in policing  (The Hindu) Data from man's ankle bracelet led police to charge him as an armed home invader, but court says that was unconstitutional  (Univer...