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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 license plate reading cameras

ABQ wants out of DOJ agreement, homeowners patrolling own neighborhoods, turning to data to predict and reduce crime, looking at substance abuse in prison, crime at Walmart, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Reorganizing St. Louis police department gets support from union, opposition from chief  (St Louis Post Dispatch) Schenectady Police working to adjust to new criminal justice reform laws  (CBS6) Albuquerque wants release from part of DOJ agreement  (Albuquerque Journal) Denver Public Safety Director Troy Riggs Resigns After Leading Major Shift In Approach To Crime  (CBS Denver) Grand jury indicts former Houston PD officers for alleged involvement in Harding Street raid  (KHOU) CRIME RATE North Austin homeowners patrolling neighborhood after increase in break-ins  (KXAN) Insys Therapeutics executive sentenced to 3 years in prison for lying about opioid addiction  (ABC News) ‘Drastic decrease:’ Milwaukee’s police chief touts reduction in crime in city for 2019  (Fox6Now)

Funding for police health, opioid crisis, privacy concerns over surveillance, police benefit from open data, body cams prove effective, big data develops smart cities, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Ga Agencies to Receive Portion of $62 Million to Support Health, Safety of Police Officers  (AllOnGeorgia) A salute to TPD for changing policy to provide vital information about crime | Our opinion  (Tallahassee Democrat) Manchin, Capito announce nearly $38 million to address opioid crisis, reduce crime, and improve public safety in West Virginia  (MyBuckhannon.com) SC police departments say body camera video modernizing police work  (The Post and Courier) Justice Dept. plans crackdown on violent crime in 7 cities  (WWMT) Body cam video shows Colorado officer who dodged DUI charges drunk in patrol car  (KSN) CRIME RATE Takeaways from 2019 Crime Data in Major American Cities  (Brennan Center for Justice) 16 Members Of Suspected Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted in Baltimor

States starting to take new approaches to the opioid crisis, deescalation training rolling out, lowering risk for violent crime, communities react to facial recognition tech, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Assessing Similarities and Differences in Self-Control between Police Officers and Offenders  (American Journal of Criminal Justice) Dallas Mayor’s Task Force On Safe Communities Is Weeks Away From Presenting Recommendations  (21 CBS DFW) Cop who blew whistle on arrest quotas felt ‘threatened’ by then-NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton: court docs  (NYDailyNews) N.C. County Takes Preventive Approach to Opioid Crisis  (GovTech) see also:  Massachusetts Is Trying a Radical But Shockingly Simple New Response to the Opioid Crisis  (Mother Jones) De Blasio's Answer to Garner Death, NYPD Deescalation Training Slowly Evolves Toward Meeting Mayor’s Rhetoric  (Gotham Gazette) IRS touts 91% conviction rate for its 2019 tax crime cases  (Post Bulletin) Police tactics questioned after

Baltimore gun violence up 28%, stricter gun laws lead to fewer child shootings, tracking the opioid epidemic, harder to access domestic violence resources in rural areas, neighborhoods using license plate readers, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Plymouth police launch mental health initiative (CCX Media) Colleges Turn to Law Firms to Sort Out Campus Crime Reporting  (Bloomberg Law) Detroit Police Chief Pitches $4M Crime Center Expansion  (GovTech) Attorney seeks to question Escambia Sheriff over claims he was part of deputy 'sex ring'  (Pensacola News Journal) Police caution state lawmakers against one-size-fits-all regulation for body-worn cameras  (Telegram.com) Wilmington's Crime Rate Rises Faster Than Police Spending  (NBC Philadelphia) ICE mined driver’s license photos for facial recognition (TechCrunch) CRIME RATE Lunacy: Is there a spike in crime during the full moon?  (Crosstown) Shootings up 28% this year in Baltimore  (Fox Baltimore) see also:  Targe

Domestic violence and disturbance calls prove most dangerous for officers, can prisons make us safer, algorithm to solve murders, license plate readers on campus, hiring ex-convicts to help fight crime, body cam facial recognition, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Crime Reduction Unit met with success, crime on the decline  (Cochrane Today) Illinois deputy gunned down while responding to call, becomes 5th officer fatally shot nationwide in last 8 days  (ABC News) 'More inherently dangerous and unpredictable' | Why ‘Disturbance’ calls are a wildcard for police  (ABC10) see also:  'Abuse Is A Pattern': Law enforcement says they respond to domestic dispute calls daily  (KRCR News) and also:  Sacramento Officer Tara O’Sullivan was gunned down during a domestic disturbance call. Her death sent the region into mourning  (LA Times) City and organizers to push back against summer spike in crime and violence  (Indianapolis Recorder) New Alabama Law Permits Church To Hire It

Police fleeing the force, schools spending money on active shooter insurance, Ceasefire program curbs gun violence, poverty leads to more crime, bail reform, opioids killing rural areas, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Mobile ballistics program links active and cold cases, other crimes in Mississippi  (Clarion Ledger) The militarization of police does not reduce crime  (Pacific Standard) Kentucky police officer gets $300K in whistleblower lawsuit  (WKYT) Proactive policing declines as officers flee the force  (The News & Advance) CRIME RATE Economists: More Guns, Not the Crack Epidemic, Drove ’90s Murder Boom  (The Daily Beast) Study: Oakland’s multi-faceted Ceasefire program curbs shootings, homicides  (The Mercury News) As green space went up, crime went down in poor neighborhoods  (Crain's) see also:  The Geography of Urban Violence  (CityLab) and also:  High poverty, high crime rate  (The Pueblo Chieftain) Predicting, Preventing Spread of Opioid Epidemic in Ru

AMA aims at gun violence, how crime affects income inequality and housing prices, police partner with mental health, mass incarceration stats, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Columbus police testing new partnership with mental health experts  (10TV) As Cities Struggle To Solve Homicides, Louisville Looks To Atlanta  (WFPL) FBI busts international email fraud ring that stole millions  (CNET) Indy Officials Update Efforts On Targeted Crime Prevention  (WFYI) CRIME RATE Scammers create a new form of theft: 'Synthetic-identity fraud'  (CNBC) The stark relationship between income inequality and crime  (The Economist) Do Crime Declines Produce Higher Housing Prices?  (Mother Jones) Study: Watching televised sports reduces crime  (AOL) In hopes of stopping bloodshed, a multimillion-dollar effort is providing jobs, therapy to city's most violent  (Chicago Tribune) Chicago and other major US cities saw drops in crime and murder in 2017  (Vox) CA Prop. 47 is linked

Police officer retention rates, the opioid epidemic may have fueled the murder spike, medical marijuana to fight the opioid epidemic, Portland might scrap $12 million records system, Chinese police start using smart glasses, cyber crimes, and more... POLICE CONDUCT DOJ charges 36 in global cyber crime ring takedown  (TheHill.com) The Utah Department of Public Safety says violent crime is increasing, but that it’s losing officers to higher-paying jobs  (Salt Lake Tribune) See also:  More than 80% of Berkeley officers have looked to leave BPD, cop union says  (Berkleyside) Social worker to join SLOPD officers in the field to help address mental health issues  (KSBY) Detroit a model when it comes to solving the opioid epidemic  (TheHill.com) CRIME RATE People are committing violent crimes after suffering brain damage — and researchers are trying to figure out why  (Business Insider) States and cities are taking the lead on bump stock bans  (Associated Press) Homeless, Ment

Autonomous police cars, Sessions is at it again, Google takes on cybersecurity, police agencies turn to mental health professionals, building better cops, weekly crime stats to FDLE, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Sessions Takes Credit for Reversing Crime Wave; Criminologists Disagree  (VOAnews.com) Slow Down, Officer: An Experiment in ‘Building a Better Cop’  (TheCrimeReport.org) Johnson County police agencies employ specialists to assist in mental health situations  (FOX4KC) Sessions in Louisville: Federal agents will help city in crackdown on drugs and gun violence  (Courier Journal) CRIME RATE 5 facts about crime in the U.S.  (Pew Research Center) An Updated Lead-Crime Roundup for 2018  (MotherJones) Drug firms shipped 20.8M pain pills to WV town with 2,900 people  (Charleston Gazette-Mail) LAPD analysis shows homicide victims are overwhelmingly young, nonwhite and poor  (LA Times) Kansas City’s epidemic of stolen guns hits new high  (Kansas City Star) Do ‘Fast an

AI improves highway patrol response times, body cams prove useful for LVMPD, 2017 crime rate predictions, WalMart gives up private policing, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Body Cameras Increase Satisfaction, Savings for the Las Vegas Police Department (StateTech) Assaults On Police Officers Increase Dramatically (CrimeInAmerica.net) Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn announces retirement (JSOnline.com) Police chief arrested in undercover child sex sting (CNN) Nationwide, police shot and killed nearly 1,000 people in 2017 (Washington Post) CRIME RATE Will Keeping Mass Killers Out of the Media Spotlight Save Lives? (TheCrimeReport.org) 2017 Crime Rates Expected to Drop (Governing) A Seven-Step Plan for Ending the Opioid Crisis (Bloomberg.com) See also: Knox County authorities change way they document drug overdoses (Knox News) Walmart Has Given Up Its Private Policing for Shoplifters (24/7 Wall St) Often ranked as one of the deadliest cities in America,

DOJ grants funding for community policing, questioning accuracy of police tech, opioid epidemic tops half a trillion dollars, rethinking view of female inmates, and more... POLICE CONDUCT DOJ Targets 29 'Sanctuary Cities' in Latest Salvo (USNews) Judge limits St. Louis police tactics like chemical agents used in protests (St Louis Dispatch) Attorney General Sessions Announces $98 Million To Hire Community Policing Officers (DOJ) CRIME RATE Violent crime: a conversation (TheMarshallProject) This is where hate crimes don’t get reported (ProPublica) The Serial-Killer Detector (The New Yorker) To study violence after fun shows, researched turn to an unlikely source (Wired) White House: True cost of opioid epidemic tops $500 billion (Associated Press) POLICE TRANSPARENCY Why we should treat public data like water (Civicist) Ohio Bill To Outline When Police Body Camera Footage Is Public Record (WOSU) ‘CRIM-TECH’ Does Your Ag

POLICE CONDUCT 9 key takeaways from the DOJ draft report on the Milwaukee Police Department (Journal Sentinel) Neighborhood Specific Crime Prevention through Community Engagement, Crime Data, and Police Services (IACP) Marion looks to researchers for better policing (TheGazette.com) Trump to restore program sending surplus military weapons, equipment to police (WaPo) Pinellas County Sheriff's Office first in Florida to join FBI program tracking use-of-force incidents (Tampa Bay Times) The Collected Crimes of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (LongReads.com) Jury convicts Chicago cop of excessive force for firing 16 shots at car, wounding 2 teens (Chicago Tribune) See Also: AG Madigan sues to enforce Chicago police reform; Emanuel pledges cooperation (Chicago Tribune) CRIME RATE Spiking 'solve rate,' steep drop in New Orleans killings shows major progress, NOPD says (TheAdvocate.com) Cyber crime reaching epidemic proportions as fraud becomes most comm

Police shootings, crime affects rent prices, the opioid crisis, encrypting police transmissions, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Sister of slain cop says de Blasio isn’t protecting police officers  (NY Post) Number of fatal shootings by police is nearly identical to last year (WaPo) Fact Sheet: Civil Lawsuits Lead to Better Safer Law Enforcement? (Center for Justice and Democracy at NYU) Who Pays for Government? Descriptive Representation and Exploitative Revenue Sources (University of Chicago Press Journals) In Extreme Community Policing, Cops Become the Neighbor (Governing) CRIME RATE How Much Does Crime Effect Rent Prices? (Preiceonmoics) Poor Domestic Violence Coverage May ‘Perpetuate’ Abuse (TheCrimeReport.org) Examining Racial Disparities in Criminal Case Outcomes among Indigent Defendants in San Francisco (Penn Law) A What-Works Approach to the Opioid Crisis (Governing) Scams in the name of charity (FTC) Children of the Opioid Epidemic