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Kentucky crime stats undercounted homicides, enhancing the effectiveness of law enforcement mental health, Utah County's domestic violence shelter short on space, homicide rate declines, CA red flag law, Berkeley considering license plate readers, OH Marsy's law limits public right to know, Dallas restores open data feed after ransomware attack, choosing a correctional officer position, and more... POLICE CONDUCT D.C. Offering Free Software Upgrades For Hyundai Owners At RFK Stadium This Week  (DCist.com) Report: Kentucky Crime Statistics Undercounted 2022 Homicides in the State's Most Populous County  (US News) Chicago Spent $126.5M on Police Overtime in 6 Months, an Almost 50% Jump Over Last Year: Records  (WTTW) Mental Health Providers and Peers Help Enhance the Effectiveness of Law Enforcement Mental Health Interventions  (Springer Link) see also:  Miami-Dade police chief offered resignation before suicide attempt on Florida highway, mayor says  (NBC Ne...

Internal investigations, opioid epidemic and homicide, DOJ corporate crime database, black women victimization, license plate readers, ShotSpotter tech improvements, Dallas crime data dashboard inaccessible, Delaware police transparency bill, NJ criminal justice database, probation while low risk, juvenile justice funding, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Tulsa Police Defy Department Policy By Hiding Internal Investigation  (Oklahoma Watch) Baltimore County Police trial board supports firing officer for false report, lying to supervisor  (Baltimore Sun) CRIME RATE The Opioid Epidemic and Homicide  (CRIMRXIV) Chicago Injustice Unveiled: The Shocking Statistics of Black Women Victimization  (Southwest Journal) Is Birmingham really the second ‘most dangerous city in the U.S.’?  (AL.com) DOJ Launches Corporate Crime Database  (Lexology) 'Crime in Virginia' report reveals increased violent crime rates, alarming trends  (ABC13) CRIM-TECH Bibb County to install lic...

Fatal police shootings, addressing retail theft, cyber crimes, Chicago students walk out over gun violence, face recognition in US criminal investigations, "Find My" app wrongly targets a grandmother, gunshot detection in Portland, license plate readers, bodycam transparency, backlog of court cases, prison oversight, and more... POLICE CONDUCT As fatal police shootings increase, more go unreported  (The Washington Post) Iowa police chief charged with lying to ATF to obtain machine guns for resale  (Des Moines Register) Portland Cops Will Use Overtime to Address Rising Retail Theft  (Willamette Week) CRIME RATE The School That Calls the Police on Students Every Other Day  (ProPublica) Chicago high school students walk out of class over gun violence  (ABC News) The FBI is worried about a wave of cyber crime against America’s small businesses  (CNBC) What a far-right plot to take over Germany can tell us about QAnon, extremism in the US  (USA Today) The F...

Fatal police shootings, oversight commission causes police resignations, inflammatory political campaigns and policing, FBI crime data reporting, automated license plate readers aid investigations, Dallas new site for crime watchers, data on ending cash bail, how much states spend on prisons, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Fatal Police Shootings in the United States Are Higher and Training Is More Limited Than in Other Nations  (Rutgers Today) Savannah surpasses other police departments in solving murders. Why?  (GPB News) Police Union Says SDPD Officers Are Quitting Because of Oversight Commission That Doesn’t Exist Yet  (Voice of San Diego) Lawyer claims LAPD officer was targeted for being a potential whistleblower  (CBS News) 'The Onion' filed a real brief with the Supreme Court supporting man jailed for making fun of cops  (Engadget) No info: JPD yet to report crime data on new system, Sheriff in process  (The Northside Sun) Inflammatory Political Campaigns...

Police suicides, police insurance, under policing America, stand your ground laws, abandoned cars cause crime, extremist incidents, AI to fight illegal dumping, Minneapolis police drones, lack of crime data in America, reporting hazing incidents on college campus, mental health in prison, prison labor, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police Suicides: Silence is No Longer an Answer  (The Crime Report) Texas sheriff opens criminal investigation into Martha's Vineyard migrant trips  (NBC News) Insurers force change on police departments long resistant to it  (The Washington Post) ‘The Injustice of Under-Policing in America’: Paper  (The Crime Report) Federal Oversight of Police Has Cost Cleveland Millions. What’s Changed?  (The Marshall Project) The Price Kids Pay: Schools and Police Punish Students With Costly Tickets for Minor Misbehavior  (ProPublica) CRIME RATE Gun Deaths Hit an All-Time High (Again) in 2021  (The Trace) see also:  Guns Are Driving Ri...

Mental health, search and seizures, police reform and procedural justice, concealed carry linked to increased gun violence, license plate readers used to track vehicle locations, facial recognition, police data tracking needs more transparency, school-to-prison pipeline, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Cook County Sheriff dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time  (Associated Press) see also:  Crisis counselors soon to be on scene with first responders to assist individuals exhibiting mental health needs  (Hometown Stations) Female police officers are less likely to search a car during a traffic stop but more likely to find contraband when they do  (PsyPost) see also:  Police revise rules for searches after people report confusion, intimidation  (Fox5 San Diego) Beverly Hills: 99% of people arrested by ‘safe streets’ unit were Black, suit says  (The Guardian) Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy  (Academia.e...

Gun violence trends, body cam transparency, body cam law Botham Jean Act about to pass, reimagining police a year after George Floyd, will the anti-hate crime law fail, predictive policing leads to lists of suspects who have not committed any crimes (yet), do license plate readers enhance patrols, police reform, and more... POLICE CONDUCT These 3 cities began boldly reimagining policing after George Floyd’s murder  (Vox) see also:  Police Reforms and Pushback Mark a Year Since George Floyd’s Death  (Governing.com) and also:  George Floyd’s Murder Changed Americans’ Views on Policing But will those shifts lead to lasting reforms?  (The Atlantic) HEAT LISTED: Chicago’s predictive policing program told a man he would be involved with a shooting. But it couldn’t determine which side of the gun he would be on. Instead, it made him the victim of a violent crime — twice.  (The Verge) “He Died Like an Animal”: Some Police Departments Hogtie People Despite Knowing T...

Gun violence and mass shootings, looking at violence prevention programs, police mental health, extremists and racism in police ranks, use of force, police conduct, license plate readers, drones, police data lacks in domestic violence and hate crimes, treating substance abuse, and more... POLICE CONDUCT In Chesterfield, assaults on police and use-of-force incidents increased in 2020  (Chesterfield Observer) Dallas Activists, Police Officers Work Together to Offer Opportunity to Young Black Men  (NBC DFW) 'That's a massive mistake.' Police chief sounds off on lack of regular psych help for officers  (WXYZ) Pushing for police reform: Local police chiefs weigh in on recruiting challenges  (WXYZ) Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group  (AP) see also:  From Insult to Estrangement and Injury: The Violence of Racist Police Jokes  (Academia.edu) 'A nightmare scenario': Extremists in police ranks spark growing concern after Capitol riot ...

Abusing license plate readers, police use of DNA databases, effects of community policing, Congress expresses concerns over Ring doorbell relationship with PDs, State police's $12.2M database does not work, live streaming body cams, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Abilene Police 'Officer of the Year' also wins life saving award  (KTXS) Community-oriented policing to reduce crime, disorder and fear and increase satisfaction and legitimacy among citizens: a systematic review  (Academia.edu) see also: Charleston police to hold conversation with community to address crime reports  (Live 5 News WCSC) and also:  Neighborhood by Neighborhood: Community Policing in a Rust Belt City  (Academia.edu) California Police Have Been Illegally Sharing License Plate Reader Data  (Vice) see also:  Audit: police license plate readers at risk for data breaches, misuse Seymour police captain, former chief arrested on ghost employment charges  (Fox59) Neighbors sa...

Mary's law in FL hides crime data and police use of force, collecting gun violence data, police installing cameras and license plate readers on roads, the facial recognition debate, using algorithms in the justice system, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Cold but not forgotten: how a retired officer is helping solve dormant investigations  (KTVL News10) Santa Clara County clears rape kit backlog, says it has sped up processing  (The Mercury News) Police say clearance data tells more about crime incidents in Sioux Falls  (KELOLand.com) ‘It’s lunacy’: Pa. cops still busting plenty of people for pot despite de-criminalization, report says  (Pennlive.com) CRIME RATE Thirty Most Violent Cities Based On Crime Rate-2018-USDOJ  (CrimeInAmerica.net) Surge in Minnesota drug seizures reflects influence of cartels  (Star Tribune) Washington: Bill would create office to collect firearm violence data  (The Lewiston Tribune) Number of Idaho childhood sexu...

Police reform, community engagement, facial recognition tech, do license plate readers really solve crimes, unlocking and democratizing data and tech, questioning voting rights of felons, the ongoing surveillance tech ethical debate, and more... POLICE CONDUCT New Austin PD unit aims to reduce Riverside crime through community engagement  (The Daily Texan) Chicago Police Department Accepts New Recommendations to Boost Homicide Clearance Rate  (WTTW) Police Reform and the Dismantling of Legal Estrangement  (Yale Law Journal) Ring Gave Police Stats About Users Who Said ‘No’ to Law Enforcement Requests  (UpShed) Traverse City Law Enforcement Leaders Plead For More Resources  (Traverse Ticker) Washington to Use Federal Grants to Clear Rape Kit Backlog  (Governing) see also:  She was raped 15 years ago. Her rape kit was finally tested and turned up a match  (KUOW) SC sheriff guilty of misconduct, faces up to 1 year in jail and is the nin...

Ethics behind the camera/license plate reader/facial recognition surveillance tech adopted by police, hotspot policing in Schenectady, high pollen days show correlation to lower crime, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Schenectady police talk data, hotspots following conference  (Daily Gazette) New grant funds partnership to fight violent crime  (Local 21 News) Civil Rights Groups Ask Legislators To Block Ring's Surveillance Partnerships With Law Enforcement  (TechDirt) Milwaukee police officer buys children car seats instead of ticketing their mom  (CNN) CRIME RATE More sneezing, less crime? Health shocks and the market for offenses  (ScienceDirect) Crime in Maine has declined more than 56% in 7 years, annual report shows  (Press Herald) WSU study of connection between marijuana legalization, crime turns up surprises  (Spokesman-Review) 18 pounds of fentanyl seized in Southern California — enough to make 4 million lethal doses  (CBS Ne...

Facial recognition use by police agencies debated, crime prediction software ineffective, more cities want camera and license plate reader networks, violent crime in St Louis, Kansas City teens fed up with crime, and more... POLICE CONDUCT California DOJ Data Shows Drop In Police Uses Of Force In 2018  (Witness LA) Police dropping 'crime prediction' software… because it's ineffective, not because it's Orwellian  (RT.com) see also:  LAPD pioneered predicting crime with data. Many police don’t think it works  (LA Times) Top 100 Cities for Police Officers  (Safety.com) 8 reasons you may need to leave your departmentThere are many factors other than pay that determine whether an officer chooses to stay with or leave an agency  (PoliceOne.com) Coast Guard crewman jumps onto moving submarine full of drugs  (TODAY) Grand Jury investigates Fresno Police Department for long wait times on 911 calls  (KMPH) 'Something we're not proud of': Fire...