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Traffic stops and searches, yearly crime stats, police certification and licenses, school shootings, cyber crimes, NCII and sextortion, Snapchat sued by New Mexico AG, social media facilitates violence, AI and police report writing speed, updating 911 dispatch systems, gun shot detection software, Capitol Police watchdog reports, centralizing criminal justice data, bail reform, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Lawsuit Forces Release of Operation Rolling Thunder Records  (Institute for Justice) Why doesn’t the Austin Police Department publish yearly reports on the crimes it solves?  (Austin Monitor) News outlets take fight for access to police certification database to Colorado Supreme Court  (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press) see also:  All Texas police officer licenses now searchable online  (KXAN) CRIME RATE The precedent-setting push to hold parents responsible for school shootings  (Vox) see also:  Children and teens are more likely to die by...

Use of force, mental health calls, intelligence-led policing, police use of force and race, crime rate, overdose death data, body cam tech, criminal justice data, voting rights, filming police, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Kentucky sheriff honors prisoner who pulled people from rubble of collapsed candle factory  (CNN) How police say they're changing to not be seen as the ‘easy button,' answer to all calls  (Lansing State Journal) see also:  'The mental health system is broken:' Mental health calls strain Lynchburg police  (WSET) Salt Lake City officers used more force in 2021 — but less than expected, department report finds  (Salt Lake Tribune) Lawsuit alleges Pasco sheriff’s ‘intelligence-led policing’ violates civil rights  (WFLA) Arizona HB 2319 would make it illegal to film police within 15 feet  (NPPA) Does Race Matter for Police Use of Force? Evidence from 911 Calls  (American Economic Association) Ontario replacing three Ottawa police board...

Developing programs for mental health calls, ending qualified immunity, cost of policing, trends to shift public safety in 2022, San Jose to require insurance and fee for gun owners, homeless camps crime, Tampa PD turns open data feed back on, Justice Department establishes initiative to strengthen crime data,  expert witness reform, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police, Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Service partner to provide alternative for mental health calls  (CKOM) see also:  Mental Health Experts Will Respond To Some Emergency Calls Instead Of Police As Part Of New Far North Side Program  (Block Club Chicago) and also:  A 988 crisis line is coming. Mental health services ask: How do we stretch even more?  (WHYY) The Fight to End Qualified Immunity Is Just Beginning in States Across the Country  (Governing) Six Trends That Will Shape Public Safety in 2022  (TheCrimeReport.org) Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’...

Communities highlight need for crime prevention, USCs troubling delay in reporting crime, police traffic stops, inside gun detection software, Tesla police cars tested in Spokane, using tech to stop human trafficking, a billionaire's son border war, prison staff shortages among COVID, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Dayton to use mediation response for some nonviolent 911 calls  (Dayton Daily News) What do the Rural Folks Think? Perceptions of Police Performance  (Oxford Academic) The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops  (NYTimes) Central Pa. police officers fired for turning in fake COVID-19 vaccination cards: report  (PennLive.com) LMPD youth Explorer sexual abuse lawsuits settle for more than $3 million  (WDRB) USC admits to ‘troubling delay’ in warning about fraternity drugging, sex assault reports  (LATimes) Howard Buffett's Border War: A Billionaire's Son Is Spending Millions in Cochise County  (Phoenix New Times) CRIME RATE Community me...