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SpotCrime launches CRIMELocal to promote safety and transparency, NJ police fail to follow citizen complaint law, misconduct records published, dispatcher shortages, mental health related 911 calls, large portion of crimes go unsolved in CA, cracking down on gun crimes, tracking phones without a warrant, youth justice, and more... POLICE CONDUCT 80 NJ Police Departments Fail To Follow Citizen Complaint Law: Report  (Patch)  Attorney General publishes list of police misconduct months past due date  (New Jersey Herald) see also:  Judge Rules New York State Police Must Disclose Misconduct Records  (Reason) and also:  Shootings, assaults, lies: Oakland police misconduct revealed on new city website  (Oaklandside.org) ‘They’re here to help us’: Team that takes mental health-related 911 calls could expand citywide  (San Antonio Report) Sacramento Police Department struggling with dispatcher shortage  (CBS Sacramento) Calls, reports to sheriff increase  (Ouray County Plaindealer) Deer Park e

Coronoavirus affecting first responders, using AI ethically to fight crime, geofencing warrants, open data makes safer cities, coronavirus upends justice system, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Miami Beach Commissioner Asks if City Should Infect First Responders With Coronavirus  (Miami New Times) Concerns about virus are changing how police respond to non-emergency calls  (KBTX) Video Appears To Show Louisiana Cop Planting ‘Crack’ On Handcuffed Black Suspect  (NewsOne.com) CRIME RATE Kansas City Looks To Florida For Help Solving Its Gun Violence Problem  (WUNC) CRIM-TECH How AI is being used to help fight crime  (Engineering and Technology) see also:  Cops need to come clean on predictive policing of 250,000 people  (The Bristol Cable) Coming to terms with biometrics in policing  (The Hindu) Data from man's ankle bracelet led police to charge him as an armed home invader, but court says that was unconstitutional  (Universal Hub)  Geofence warrants: Worthy law