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Gun violence prevention programs, police accountability, FBI gun seizures, data-driven approach to targeting gun violence, domestic violence, police surveillance, addressing violent crime, predictive policing, digital data used by police, government open data portals, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Mayor Duggan to launch gun violence prevention program at State of the City  (Detroit Free Press) Mayor to Mayor: Taking the lead on police accountability  (Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab) FBI gun seizure orders from people who fail background checks hit historic rates  (USA Today) CRIME RATE A data-driven approach to targeting gun violence  (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal) Criminal justice analysis center releases new insight into domestic violence reported in N.C.  (North Carolina Department of Public Safety) see also:  Report details how one police department addresses domestic-related repeat calls for service  (Police1.com) Rise in bus driver assaults triggers new protec

Data driven policing, cracking down on crime hotspots, protecting against the Ferguson Effect, how social media shapes perception about crime, the science behind lower crime trends, gun violence, children and violence, state law enforcement data practices, body cam footage, algorithms and bias in criminal justice, and more... POLICE CONDUCT New Indiana State Police squad using data to crack down on crime hotspots  (Fox 59) see also:  Police to rely on data-driven stats to prevent crime  (CBS Miami) LAPD may no longer send armed officers to these police calls  (KTLA) Protecting against the Ferguson Effect: do legitimacy and pro-policing news matter?  (Taylor and Francis Online) How one city cut gun violence in half and may become a model around the country  (KAKE)  CRIME RATE How Social Media Shapes Our Perceptions About Crime  (Stanford.edu) Why are Dallas crime trends down? The chief explains the science behind it - and hints at 4-day work week  (WFAA) Gun violence is on the rise in D

FBI crime stats reporting problem, hate crime reporting and legislation, cost of police misconduct, gun policies that really work, technology that keeps tripping up criminals, scraping court records protected by first amendment, police open crime data websites, juvenile diversion programs working, and more... POLICE CONDUCT The Monterey Park shooting exposes a major problem with crime data  (Axios) FBI Recognizes Sharp Increase In Crime Statistics Reporting  (KSFR) Justice Department report says police aren't fully reporting hate crimes to the federal government: "An incomplete picture"  (CBS News) The hidden billion- dollar cost of repeated police misconduct  (Washington Post) Disoriented KCK police officer in viral video deserves help — and public needs clarity | Opinion  (Kansas City Star) Tampa city council candidate Chase Harrison had 10 sustained violations as a police officer  (Creative Loafing Tampa) CRIME RATE Shot on the Job: Philly’s Public Workers Are Under Fi

Strongly policed cities and hot spot policing, states that don't report crime to the FBI, statewide minimums for police pursuits, school lockdowns assessment, residents participate in crime commission forum, public genealogy data to identify criminals, facial recognition leads to wrongful arrest, reliable police data and research needed now more than ever, recidivism rates, and more... POLICE CONDUCT London experience suggests strongly policed cities don’t always benefit from hot-spot approach  (Policing Insight) Federal appeals court rules against former police officer fired for Facebook post  (The Free Speech Center) States That Don't Report Crime to the FBI  (24/7 Wall St) New Indiana policy sets statewide minimum for police pursuits  (Fox59) CRIME RATE Can School Lockdowns Save Lives? An Assessment of Drills and Use in Real-World Events  (Taylor and Francis Online) NYC leaders acknowledge 22% increase in overall crime, while pointing to signs of progress  (CityandStateNY.co

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 FBI’s Warning About ‘Sext

Emergency call times, police staffing shortage, red flag laws, illegal guns, San Fran robots that can kill, biometric surveillance, corporate crime data, body cams, NY prison racial disparity, college in prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT CMPD shares more insight about long emergency call times  (WCNC) Are Police Helicopter Fleets Worth the Money?  (Mother Jones) Janet Lauritsen issues call to modernize nation’s crime statistics during presidential address at American Society of Criminology conference  (UMSL.edu) Police forces scramble to fill vacancies as crime rises CRIME RATE 19 states have red flag laws, but they are rarely used to stop gun violence  (Poynter) Why crime data may not present an accurate picture  (KSMU) Where are the criminals in Rochester getting their illegal guns?  (WHEC) CRIM-TECH San Francisco will allow police to deploy robots that kill  (AP News) A conversation on AI-powered gunshot detection with a police technology expert  (Carolina Public Press) Mass. issue

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 and Racial Bias in P

Body cam footage, police recruitment and low morale, diverting calls from police, does welfare reduce crime, schools underreporting crimes, violent crime, signs of a mass shooting, 'force multipliers', veteran crimes, department of corrections data portal, FOIA backlog, keeping minors our of prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT How Body Cam Footage Shows Contradictions in Police Reports Around North Texas  (Dallas Observer) see also:  Dallas police officers now have to wear body camera on off-duty jobs, chief says  (WFAA) Omaha, Bellevue police find good, bad in social media  (WOWT) See If Police in Your State Reported Crime Data to the FBI There are growing gaps in U.S. crime stats. Use our tables to check on your state and local agencies.  (The Marshall Project) LAPD not meeting recruitment goals, chief says  (LA Daily News) see also:  Chief resigns, 5 officers leave as Ypsilanti Police Department suffers from low morale  (MLive) and also:  Report shows violent crime down in Du

Officer and 911 operator shortage, racial profiling, Do Not Defund, police firearm dangers, teachers' safety, electric vehicles in the police fleet, FL database on bad cops, public crime data, early release doesn't equal violent crime, and more... POLICE CONDUCT As dozens in government housing arrested for potential violence, concerns raised about racial profiling  (WTVR) Va. attorney general visits Fairfax Co. police amid officer shortage, violent crime spike  (WJLA) Kootenai County reduces public services amid 911 operator shortage  (Idaho Capital Sun) Do Not Defund: Roland Fryer and Rafael Mangual on Crime and Policing in the 21st Century  (Hoover Instution) Viewing Firearm Danger Through the Lens of Police Officers  (SAGE Journals) CRIME RATE Shootings and Homicides in Chicago Down From Historic Highs of Past Years, Overall Crime Still Up  (NBC Chicago) Teachers’ Safety and Workplace Victimization: A Socioecological Analysis of Teachers’ Perspective  (Taylor and Francis Onl

Licensing police in NJ, police review boards, violence dip, hackers getting more sophisticated, data sharing agreements, surveillance, body cam transparency, inmate overdoses, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Governor Murphy Signs Police Licensing Program Bill Into Law  (NJ.gov) Retired judges who hear cases may not sit on police boards, ethics panel says  (The Daily Record) Tampa's police review board wants voters to decide if it should have subpoena power  (Creative Loafing) 62 New Camden County Police Officers Spend First Day Building Relationships With Neighbors  (CBS Philly) Changing the Police: Charlie Walker's Plan  (NPR) Pennsylvania Poaching Police Warrantlessly Installed Camera on Private Land To Surveil Hunting Club  (reason) CRIME RATE Hackers Use More Sophisticated Scams to Drive Costly Data Breaches, Analysis Finds  (NextGov) Plenty students seem to be missing class at Orleans schools but no one is sure how many  (WWLTV) Murders, Gun Assaults Dipped in First Six Months

Reviewing police like Uber drivers, LA State police under investigation, SF DA recalled, dispatching mental health specialists, 'gag order' against assault in schools, mass shootings, reducing gun violence, assault weapons ban, drone plans at Axon, surveillance networks, NY States criminal justice data, and more... POLICE CONDUCT In this small Va. town, citizens review police like Uber drivers  (The Washington Post) Louisiana State Police under investigation for excessive force or racially discriminatory policing  (ABC News) SFPD refused to help stop San Francisco Quickly car burglary ring, report alleges  (SFGate) see also:  San Francisco votes overwhelmingly to recall progressive DA Chesa Boudin  (CBS News) Public Safety Dept announces changes to address staffing levels at Public Safety Answering Points  (Vermont Biz) The Executive Order on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety Is a Foundation to Bui

FBI crime data mess, co-responder pilot program, police resignations, Flint puts more police on the streets, stolen guns increases, firearm related violence skyrockets, crime rate, Detroit reports decrease in crime, regional data center in Hampton Roads, well-being in prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Delaware Attorney General asks for a federal investigation after lacrosse team bus stop and search  (WTOC) see also:  Body camera footage contradicts sheriff's account of how deputies acted on Delaware State lacrosse bus  (MSN) Pritzker signs slate of public safety bills into law in Peoria, including co-responder pilot program  (WCBU) Mental Models: A Method for Attacking any Policing Problem  (Justice Clearing House) Evanston Police Department had an increased level of resignations in 2021. Here’s what the future looks like  (The Daily Northwestern) Alabama Police Chief Sued Over His Response To Anti-Police Brutality Protests  (TechDirt) Flint police hope visibility of new officers

Minneapolis calls in outside agencies to assist with crime, hot spot policing, female police chief asks for equal pay, Facebook data and the fourth amendment, schools can make streets safer, body cams. police data transparency, crime data transparency, juvenile crime bill, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Watch "The Friendliest Town" a documentary that centers on a racially divided town, where the first Black police chief was abruptly fired, which ignited a charged conversation.  (Tubi TV) Cañon City's first female interim police chief alleges in lawsuit she was paid up to $19,000 a year less than male predecessors  (The Denver Post) City of Maricopa says to call or text 911, even if you have no service  (AZ Family) Minneapolis Calls In State Patrol, BCA To Assist With Crime  (CBS Minnesota) Facebook Data Release to Cops Evades Fourth Amendment Limits  (Bloomberg Law) see also:  Tech Giants Duped Into Giving Up Data Used to Sexually Extort Minors  (Bloomberg) Report details ‘ma

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  (WPSD) The changing epidemi

Violent crime plans, civilian review boards, public safety index, ghost guns, USPS suspends service due to crime, 911 systems and open data, Google location data and police, police surveillance, facial recognition, criminal justice data portal, body cams and transparency, ex-convicts housing, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Little Rock collaborating with Pine Bluff in effort to reduce violent crime  (KAUR) see also:  Fort Worth Police implement new violent crime plan  (WFAA) Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin The alleged administrator of Bitcoin Fog kept the dark web service running for 10 years before the IRS caught up with him.  (WIRED) Michigan police release video showing officer knelt on Black man, fatally shot him  (WCSC) Buffalo, N.Y., police officers cleared of wrongdoing after shoving elderly man to ground at protest  (CBC) Shielded from accountability: How NYPD Officers Get Away with Lying to the CCRB  (Latino Justice) Teens more likely to disengage from schoo