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New NJ dashboard detailing info on internal affairs investigations, cellphone location data, Columbus use of force, private police forces, illegal gun sales, crime rate, welfare and crime, mass surveillance on a budget, police oversight commission, prison labor, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Acting AG Platkin Launches New Dashboard Detailing Information on Police Internal Affairs Investigations Statewide  (NJOAG.gov) How police work with Google to obtain cellphone location data for criminal investigations  (USA Today) Data on Columbus Division of Police use of force, deadly shootings shows racial disparity  (WBNS) St. Louis’ Private Police Forces Make Security a Luxury of the Rich  (ProPublica) CRIME RATE Biden’s ATF Chief Looks to Cut Illegal Gun Sales, Hate Crimes  (Bloomberg Law) Data reveals growing number of teenagers skipping school, mayor says  (Action News 5) Shooting Spree Leaves 4 Dead in Memphis and Paralyzes City  (NY Times) Has crime fallen a...

Body cam footage, police recruitment and low morale, diverting calls from police, does welfare reduce crime, schools underreporting crimes, violent crime, signs of a mass shooting, 'force multipliers', veteran crimes, department of corrections data portal, FOIA backlog, keeping minors our of prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT How Body Cam Footage Shows Contradictions in Police Reports Around North Texas  (Dallas Observer) see also:  Dallas police officers now have to wear body camera on off-duty jobs, chief says  (WFAA) Omaha, Bellevue police find good, bad in social media  (WOWT) See If Police in Your State Reported Crime Data to the FBI There are growing gaps in U.S. crime stats. Use our tables to check on your state and local agencies.  (The Marshall Project) LAPD not meeting recruitment goals, chief says  (LA Daily News) see also:  Chief resigns, 5 officers leave as Ypsilanti Police Department suffers from low morale  (MLive) and also:  R...