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Call center flooded with calls, civilian review boards, police workforce and crime problems, juvenile crime, gun violence data tracker, criminalizing homelessness, domestic violence, shrink reports, victim accounts of non-reporting, tech facilitated abuse, police transparency, police tech race, surveillance cameras, Florida prisons during Hurricane Milton, rising heat and health risks in prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Safety expert: Montgomery Co. 911 call center ‘chronically understaffed’ and flooded with calls  (WTOP) Phoenix appoints 9 members to civilian review board to oversee police misconduct investigations  (KTAR) Size isn't everything: Understanding the relationship between police workforce and crime problems  (CRIMRXIV) Inside the Federal Protective Service, Homeland Security’s Domestic Police Force  (Brennan Center for Justice) North Carolina Police Take New Approach to Juvenile Crime  (GovTech) CRIME RATE How 'Human Error' Likely Increased the Re...

Police misconduct and killings published in Louisiana, recruiting officers, 2023 gun violence trends, transit crime rates, schools and hate crimes, retail shrink and theft, Amazon revokes police access to Ring footage, halt funding to predictive policing, cyberattacks, RMS overhaul in Pennsylvania, broadcasting law enforcement frequencies, bail in Tennessee, and more... POLICE CONDUCT New data dashboard for police misconduct, killings in Louisiana  (BRProud) Alameda went far beyond what other cities were willing to pay to recruit officers. Did it pay off?  (The Mercury News) CRIME RATE In 2023, Gun Violence Trended Down Across the Country  (American Progress.org) Schools are 3rd-highest location for hate crimes: FBI  (ABC News) As some transit crime rates triple, FTA releases data, other resources  (Smart Cities Dive) Maryland crime trends show increase in unsolved violent crimes  (FOX45) 7 reasons why everyone’s confused about shrink and theft  (Retai...

NJ reforms Paterson PD, CO police work history hidden, gun violence drives violent crime, Kia and Hyundai thefts, 2022 school crime data, AI to solve cases, open crime data, prison medical company goes bankrupt, and more... POLICE CONDUCT AI, Tasers and more supervision: NJ's plan to reform the troubled Paterson police department  (Gothamist) Colorado police work history data remains withheld from public despite new laws, reforms  (The Gazette) CRIME RATE The Crime Data Explorer For Dummies  (Jeff-alytics) 'We knew the numbers were bad': Law enforcement staff raised concerns about Ron DeSantis' top crime talking point  (NBC News) Hundreds of Kansas Citians are shot each year and survive. Their families have to pick up the pieces  (KCUR) Gun Incidents Drive a Climb in Violent Crime Rates  (Public Policy Institute of California) see also:  Ohio launches new intelligence center for fighting gun violence  (State Scoop) U.S. Cities Have a Staggering Pr...

Massachusetts releases officer disciplinary records, relationship between food insecurity and family violence, retail theft concerns and cracking down, measuring anti crime efforts, cost of body cams, DNA processing, criminal justice data tools, holistic alternatives to criminal justice, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Mass. police oversight board releases 1000s of officer disciplinary records  (MassLive) East Bay police officers arrested in FBI raid  (NBC Bay Area) Embodying Evidence to Action: Tracking the Impact of Three Key NIJ Research Investments  (NIJ) CRIME RATE Examining the Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Family Violence: a Systematic Narrative Review  (Springer Link) Retail theft: Walmart, Home Depot, Target detail 'unacceptable amount' of crime  (Yahoo!Finance) see also:  San Francisco ‘Crime Shadow’ Report Predicts the Next Commercial Real Estate Collapses  (The San Francisco Standard) and also:  Retailers are shaping a wave of la...

Checking out a new restaurant in the city? Are your kids going to a new neighborhood to visit friends? Traveling to a new city for vacation or work? Buying a house? Starting a community watch group?   It's now easier than ever to stay up to date on police activity and crime near your most important locations with our new Android app for our sister website, MyLocalCrime.  Download the app for free from the google play store here: http://bit.ly/MLCappAndroid We've added a ‘favorite addresses’ feature making it more convenient for you to access information on crimes like shootings robberies, assaults, burglaries, arrests, thefts, vandalisms, and arsons around multiple addresses. If you like the app, make sure to leave a review. And, don’t forget to sign up for free daily and weekly crime alerts! Safety begins with knowing.