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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

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