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Use of force rules, fatal police shootings and training, encrypting scanners, anti-crime laws, state crime victims funds, 911 calls surge, deadly shootings involving 18-20 year olds, taking on rising car thefts, big data surveillance tech, school crimes, AI and body cam footage, discrepancies in crime data, loopholes in police transparency laws, rehabilitative services in prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police in this Pennsylvania county slow to adopt new use-of-force rules, study finds  (The Morning Call) After fatal shootings, Rantoul police recommended more training. They just sent one officer to a gun range  (IPM News) Des Moines seeks to hire dispatchers as 911 calls surge to decade-high record  (Des Moines Register) Head of police oversight in Phoenix questions office's independence in resignation letter  (KJZZ) Many cities have anti-crime laws. The DOJ says one in Minnesota harmed people with mental illness  (MPR News) Justice Department proposes major...

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 reform, gaps in national crime data, FBI not releasing three months of crime data lacking law enforcement report sharing, new Florida elections police force, surveillance by game warden unconstitutional, progress addressing mental health calls, combating homelessness with crime data, place based policing, crime trends over the past two years, criminal justice in rural America, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Anne Arundel County Council votes against investigative powers for Police Advisory Board (Capital Gazette) DOJ Launches Voluntary Police Reform Program  (TheCrimeReport.org) Florida Is Set to Create a New Police Force to Investigate Elections  (Bolts Mag) School resource officer data shows more than 2,000 criminal charges laid over one decade: Researchers  (The Edmonton Journal) Most LAPD officers who violate policy in shootings avoid serious punishment, report shows  (Los Angeles Daily News) MD Bill Would Limit Police Interrogation of Youths without Adult Pre...

Police staffing crisis, use of force, addressing violent crime, focused interruption, evaluating camera surveillance use by police, geofence warrants, body cams, crime rate, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Officials vow to increase police staffing, with available officers at historic low  (Berkeleyside.org) see also:  Chicago on pace to lose more than 1,000 officers due to resignation, retirement  (WGN) and also:  How Phoenix is handling 'crisis' police staffing situation  (KJZZ) Five times as many police officers have died from Covid-19 as from gunfire since start of pandemic  (CNN) Governor releases third-party review of state law enforcement. The report assessed curriculums, training standards, policies and practices.  (WTHR) Examining the Risk of Recurring Use of Force Incidents Among Newly Hired Police Officers  (SAGE Journals) Trainers show media the ‘other side’ of deadly shootings and use of force by police  (KETK) Tiny wrists in cuffs: Ho...

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 Epid...

Police involved shootings rulings questioned, hate crimes not being reported, Sessions and the Mary Jane debate continues, the fight over body cameras and police transparency, and more...  POLICE CONDUCT Perjury charge dropped against Texas trooper who stopped Sandra Bland (Houston Chronicle) Charlotte's Citizens Review Board requests evidentiary hearing for Keith Scott case (TWCNews) Jackson County jail guards took bribes to smuggle contraband, feds allege (KansasCity.com) Three Chicago Cops Charged With Conspiracy to Cover Up Laquan McDonald Killing (NBC) Officer used excessive force in several cases (Fox) White St. Louis police officer shoots off-duty black officer (CBS) More Than 100 Federal Agencies Fail to Report Hate Crimes to the FBI’s National Database (ProPublica) CRIME RATE Will Trump Use Science to Fight Crime? (TheCrimeReport.org) STOPPING GUN CRIME: Revamped ballistics strategy targets Houston's serial shooters (Houston Chro...

New guidelines on police shootings, police liability, Ohio sues opioid drugmakers, robotic cop joins police force, police transparency key to public trust, white collar prisons, reducing recidivism, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police officer helps homeless family found sleeping in car (WFTV) Baltimore to pay $60,000 to man with neck, back injuries after arrest (Baltimore Sun) Milwaukee Council OKs $2.3 Million Settlement in Dontre Hamilton Shooting (NBC News) The Supreme Court Just Nixed A Rule That Made It Easier To Hold Cops Liable (HuffPost) Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice is fired — but not for the killing (WaPo) Wisconsin DOJ issues first full guidelines for investigating fatal police shootings (Journal Sentinel) Do low salaries impact public safety in Newton County? (CovNews.com) New 'Blue Lives Matter' laws raise concerns among activists (St. Louis Post Dispatch) CRIME RATE An Exploratory Stu...

Over policing in Durham, precision policing, blockchain and machine learning is future of crim-tech, Baylor crime reporting investigation, Google Docs phishing scam, police shootings, Harris County cash bail system unconstitutional, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Watch: Norfolk Police dance the night away at ‘Cops and Curls’ event (WTKR) Protesters seek end to 'over-policing' in Durham as chief delivers crime report (WRAL) What is Precision Policing? (SpotCrime) Officers Won’t Be Charged in Black Man’s Shooting Death in Louisiana (NYTimes) Balch Springs police fire Officer Roy Oliver, who fatally shot Jordan Edwards with rifle (Dallasnews.com) Ex-Officer Who Shot Walter Scott Pleads Guilty in Charleston (NYTimes) Law Enforcement Agencies' Requests for Facebook Data Continue to Rise (GovTech) CRIME RATE Protesters throw Pepsi cans at police during May Day demonstrations (TheGuardian.com) Half of Immigrants Arrested in ICE Raids Had Traffic ...

Chicago's awful start to 2017,  2016 police and civilian deaths, shootings, body-cam dilemmas, and your dumb criminal of the week. POLICE CONDUCT 2016 Preliminary End-of-Year Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities Report (NLEOMF.org) 1,085 People Killed by Police in the US in 2016 (The Guardian) Why Some Problem Cops Don’t Lose Their Badges (Wall Street Journal) Changing the “Culture of Policing”—One Recruit at a Time (TCR) NYPD Changes Policy, Will Allow Officers to Wear Turbans (CNN) NOPD improved response times in 2016, but effects of depleted force still widely felt (TheAdvocate) Trump tweets Chicago might need federal help on violence (Chicago Tribune) How to stop guns, gangs and poverty? Chicago seeks solutions after violent 2016 (Chicago Tribune) CRIME RATE Chicago: 4 in custody after mentally disabled man tied up, tortured on Facebook Live  (Fox32) 2016 ends with 762 homicides; 2017 opens with fatal Uptown gunfight in Chicago (C...

Ohio State, Jax Active Shooter, Police Reform and more... Ohio State University Rampage Pipeline protest arrests strain North Dakota's court system ‘Active shooter’ and possible gunshot victims reported outside Jacksonville credit union District attorney exonerates officer, denounces rumors in killing of Keith Scott OPINION: Law Enforcement 'Failing' at Crime Reporting Tacoma cop killer killed by authorities 6 Proven Policies for Reducing Crime and Violence Without Gun Control Police Shootings and Brutality in the US: 9 Things You Should Know American Policing is Broken. Here's How You Should Fix It. Why Police Reform Won't Die Under Trump Analysis of Fatal Police Shootings How San Francisco's Transit System Warded Off Ransomware Hackers San Diego Police Unveil Gunshot Detection System at $245,000 Price Tag Walmart Keeps Local Police Departments Busy Portland Cops Have Issues with Their New Crime Reportin...