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Looking at data to prevent excessive force, software bug keeping people in prison, public health calls and policing, protests have led to decrease in police homicides, pandemic related spike in domestic violence across the nation, lowering violence without police, gun violence data transparency, and more...  POLICE CONDUCT Cities spend millions on police misconduct every year. Here’s why it’s so difficult to hold departments accountable.  (FiveThirtyEight) New research suggests that Black Lives Matter protests have led to up to a 20% decrease in police homicides  (University of Massachusetts Amherst) see also:  Policing, brutality, and the demands of justice  (Taylor and Francis Online) Can Good Data Improve Policing and Prevent Excessive Force?  (GovTech) and also:  Advocating for Justice: Case studies in combating discriminatory policing  (Academia.edu) Report: Spokane police more likely to use force against Black, Native American residents  (KREM) Three law enforcement, justice bill

Justice in Policing Act, minimum wage, gun violence, mental health calls, inmate mortality rates, how terrorism transformed law enforcement, racial disparities in policing, legalizing marijuana, what caused the 2020 murder spike, and more... POLICE CONDUCT House to Vote on George Floyd Justice in Policing Act  (Milwaukee Community Journal) Why Cops Don’t Talk About Suicide  (TheCrimeReport.org) Dayton-area police agencies using special teams on mental health calls  (DaytonDailyNews) see also:  Orlando launching pilot program to send mental health professionals to nonviolent calls for service  (WFTV) and also:  Bello task force calls for expansion of mental health response programs  (Rochester City Newspaper) The Impact of Terrorism on the Transformation of Law Enforcement in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada Since the 1960s: The Relevance of 9/11 to the Thin Blue Line  (Academia.edu) "Good Cops Are Afraid." The Toll of Unchecked Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro  (

Body cam implementation and video release times move toward faster transparency, studying the mental health of police officers and first responders, effects of a smaller police budget, police misconduct multi-city comparison, gun safety, pandemic crime, police partnerships with predictive policing companies, crime prediction software, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Iowa City to consider police liaison job to go on mental health calls  (The Gazette) Jersey City’s Quality of Life Task Force Introduces New Office, Promotes Resident Response Center in 2021  (TAPinto.net) Fewer Police, No Parades: The Squeeze on Local Budgets  (Governing) Proposed Virginia bill would require police to release body cam footage within 15 days  (WRIC) see also:  Bill would require every Illinois cop to wear body cameras by 2025 — but will departments comply?  (Journal Star) Stress response of police officers during COVID‐19: A moderated mediation model  (Wiley Online Library) see also:  Occupational Stress and Ang

Police-community relationships, mental health unit, end of access to open crime data across the country, assessing the crime rate with data, greater transparency in MD, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Policing is a relationship driven business  (Police Foundation) What is harm focused policing?  (Police Foundation) Officers are proud of their work but feel burnout, frustration, Austin Police survey shows  (KXAN) Police officer buys groceries for couple who allegedly tried to shoplift food for children  (Fox5NY) Polk Sheriff calls out Amazon for not helping track down driver accused of delivery theft  (WESH) El Paso County Sheriff's Office expanding mental health unit  (KOAA) CRIME RATE Erie police see mixed results in effort to curb gun crime  (GoErie.com) Oakland Mayor, Council, CAO, Police Chief Introduce Anti-Violence Czar, Talk Crime Data  (Oakland News Now) Charlotte Analyzes Crime Data, Provides Recommendations to Reduce Violent Crime  (Spectrum News) Charles

Homemade and untraceable guns, the abortion crime rate debate, pot legalization looked at in Louisville,  CA moves to ban facial recognition from police body cams, mental health incorporated into policing, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Once enemies, now police join forces with violence data activists  (Ozy.com) see also:  Cochise County joins violent crime data-sharing program  (Benson News-Sun) How KCPD calls for service can impact your call for help  (KSHB) ‘Future Of Policing’: How The LASD Incorporates Mental Health SharePrint This! ‘Future Of Policing’: How The LASD Incorporates Mental Health  (Hometownstation.com) see also  DA Calls For De-Escalation Training For Police Who Encounter Mentally Ill  (KPBS) Raleigh police chief rejects need for citizen-led review board  (ABC11) Police Seizing More Homemade, Untraceable Weapons Used in Local Crimes  (NBC San Diego) Ex-Allentown police chief Joel Fitzgerald fired as Fort Worth chief after incident in Washington  (The Mor

The facial recognition debate, cyber attacks affecting agencies and residents, data sharing and analysis makes agencies better, AI predicts opioid deaths, undocumented immigrants do not increase crime, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Data Drives Down Nashville’s Emergency Response Times  (GovTech) Hill Country's mobile mental health crisis unit logs 200+ calls in Redding since January  (Redding.com) Axon misled city about contract terms when police switched to new bodycam vendor  (MuckRock) KBI: Probe of possible ‘double dipping’ at KCK police chief’s lake house sent to DA  (The Kansas City Star) DC police disproportionately target black people for minor violations: study  (WTOP) Does being tough on crime actually deter crime?  (arsTechnica) CRIME RATE Crime commitment: Data sharing at core of collaborative approach to combating city's issues  (Mandurah Mail) Cyber Crime Victims Lost $2.7B in 2018, FBI Reports  (MeriTalk) see also:  Why Rewards for Loyal Spenders A

Mental health focus of police, connection between weather/pollution/crime, asset seizure laws cause police to forfeit millions, open data API in your city, prison population is shrinking, and more... POLICE CONDUCT First responder mental health given new focus  (PostRegister) Military law enforcement falling short in its response to domestic violence incidents, watchdog finds  (MilitaryTimes) Police agencies forfeit millions after new law chokes off funds from asset seizures  (The Sun) Kentucky State Police violated law in denying use-of-force investigations, attorney general rules  (WDRB) CRIME RATE Researchers have found a link between air pollution and crime  (World Economic Forum) Weather and crime: is there a connection?  (ZMEScience.com) Neighbors technology could help reduce property crime  (The Champion Newspaper) Is the US ready for its first supervised injection site for drug users?  (Governing) First major drug distribution company, former executives, cri

Shutdown squeezes law enforcement, border wall had no effect on crime in El Paso, combating gun violence, body cams pay off, AI in policing, Austin misclassifies rape cases, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Mobile Crisis Response Team tackles mental health, addiction  (WDTN) Baton Rouge's latest defense against domestic violence? Using data to flag potential abusers  (The Advocate) After nearly 18 months of recovery, JSO officer who was shot in the face is back on the job  (WOKV) APD chief says misclassifying rape cases was a systemic problem  (KXAN) Ruling in 7-year-old Jacksonville boy’s shooting death changed from “justifiable” homicide to “excusable”  (First Coast News) Shutdown Squeezes Law Enforcement, Threatens US Security, Agents Say  (TheCrimeReport.org) ‘Disrespect’ by Cops Reduces Civilian Reporting of Crime: Study  (TheCrimeReport.org) CRIME RATE Did construction of a border fence cut down on crime rates in El Paso?  (El Paso Times) Single-Gender Social Or

Predicting crimes hits departments nationwide, not sure why homicide rates rising, Amazon deploys facial recognition tech with police departments, using DNA and genealogy to solve murder cases, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Mining Social Media Data for Policing, the Ethical Way  (Data-Smart City Solutions) DPS says body cam clears trooper of sexual assault; accuser’s attorney apologizes  (WFAA) What LEOs wish the public knew about ALPR technology and data usage  (PoliceOne.com) CRIME RATE Sex offender registry: More harm than good?  (CT Mirror) No Easy Explanation for U.S. Homicide Rise: Criminologists  (TheCrimeReport.org)  Violent Crimes Reported to Police Hit Record Lows  (CrimeInAmerica.net) The unconscionable backlog of unprocessed rape kits in California  (LATimes) Eight charts on guns in America  (Newsday) Managing risk: How organized crime has changed the retail security business  (Kentucky.com) Posting mugshots on internet draws criminal charges from Califo

Criminal justice data for prison reform, regulating algorithms, Baltimore scrutiny, gun violence, Apple watch helps investigators, new mental health unit, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Pugh says new police technology, changes to recruiting will continue to lower violence rates  (Baltimore Business Journal) St. Paul Police launch new Mental Health Unit  (KARE11) How heroin overdoses in the suburbs exposed Baltimore's corrupt police squad, the Gun Trace Task Force  (Baltimore Sun) To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google  (WRAL) Are America’s Police Getting an Unfair Rap?  (TheCrimeReport.org) Why There Are So Many Bad Sheriffs  (Governing) CRIME RATE Patriots’ Julian Edelman May Have Thwarted a School Shooting  (NYTimes) Multiple Cleveland homes sprayed with bullets Easter night  (Cleveland19) Guns are responsible for the largest share of U.S. homicides in over 80 years, federal mortality data shows  (WaPo) Firearm, Violent and Immigration Offenders Reoffe