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Sheriff starts mining bitcoin, Trump FBI report missing ton of info, three percent of Americans have been to prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Preliminary 2017 Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities (National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund) Police Enhancing Accountability through Community Engagement (PEACE) Initiative (Vera.org) See also Bridging the Divide between Police and Community (Vera.org) Most California Jurisdictions Show Declines in Property Crime During Justice Reform Era (Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice) The First FBI Crime Report Issued Under Trump Is Missing A Ton Of Info (FiveThirtyEight.com) CRIME RATE Three Percent of Americans Have Been To Prison- Eight Percent Have Felonies (CrimeInAmerica.net) White Collar Crime Risk Zones uses machine learning to predict where financial crimes are mostly likely to occur across the US (The New Inquiry) Gun Laws Stop At State Lines, But Guns Don’t (FiveThirtyEight.com) Mayor: NYC bike path a...

Yes, you read that right. There are laws regulating how the average person can celebrate Halloween in some cities across the US. In a lot of cities, the only laws (if any) outlining Halloween celebrations refer specifically to sex offenders . But, in some municipalities there are also restrictions on the general public. Maybe cities should look into outlawing clown costumes ... Although these laws may prove difficult for police to enforce, if you find yourself in a bit too much mischief on the most mischievous night of the year you may end up with more than you bargained for, including a misdemeanor on your record. Reasoning for some ordinances are easy to wrap your mind around. Cities may feel the need to create specific laws to provide clarity on when you should be ready for trick or treaters.  But, does not having any laws in place create more crime? And does placing more laws on the public during a holiday like Halloween deter crime? There hasn’t been a study r...

Body cam effectiveness called into question, mental health and police, police community relations, Tampa’s serial killer, incarceration trends, and more... POLICE CONDUCT #IAm Campaign shows Pasco deputies in different light The cost of police misconduct in Milwaukee: $21 million – and growing (Journal Sentinal) Americans see interactions with police getting worse nationwide, but not locally (Charles Koch Institute) see also: 2 Officers Hurt, Protesters Arrested Outside Police Chief Convention in Center City (NBC10) CRIME RATE Tampa police say they may have serial killer targeting neighborhood (KCBY.com) FDA chief supports opioid prescription limits, regrets agency's prior inaction (USAToday) See also: Record-High Support for Legalizing Marijuana Use in U.S. (Gallup) Why the government goes easy on corporate crime. (New Republic) Mental Health Crisis Is a Crime, But it Shouldn’t Be (LA Downtown News) NYC Data Show Summonses for Minor Offenses Down 90 Percent (Observ...

More body cams role out, LAPD gets drone savvy, reducing recidivism, and more.. POLICE CONDUCT Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted: 66 Officers Feloniously Killed in 2016 (FBI) Chicago Police Ramping Up Rollout of Largest Body Camera Program in US (WTTW) At NAACP seminar, officials discuss police challenges (Killeen Daily Herald) CRIME RATE Topeka Police speaking out after near record murder rate (KSNT) Authorities fear people will fall into criminal justice system if mental health programs are cut (KOCO) Mass killings happen randomly, yet rate has remained steady, study finds (ScienceCodex.com) Psychedelics may make people less likely to commit violent crimes (Quartz) U.K. Reports Big Rise in Hate Crime, Citing Brexit and Terrorist Attacks (NYTimes) Creating a 'Traffic Jam' Against Sex Trafficking: How This Groundbreaking Tech is a Game-Changer (CBNNews.com) A Drug Cop. A Daughter On Opioids. One Family’s Story Of Addiction. (WAMU) ...

There is a huge US debate currently unraveling on whether police body camera footage is public under Freedom of Information Act laws (FOIA). Public access to body cam footage is necessary for obvious reasons. For one, to create a certain level of transparency. Having a recording of actual events can build a reliable and accurate portrayal of what actually occurred instead of relying on anecdotal evidence. Body cam footage encourages the reduction of unnecessary use of force and misconduct . It has showed the Baltimore police planting evidence , the the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police shooting a man with his arms in the air as well as the unnecessary arrest and use of force on a Salt Lake City nurse.  It has also helped convictions like this criminal who shot a police officer four times . It has displayed chaos during events like the Las Vegas shooting, and given a look into the selfless acts of police officers like these two Atlanta officers who rescued people from a b...

The great American gun debate continues, violence drops in NYC neighborhoods, police are using computer algorithms, blockchain has massive potential in government, the broken bail system, and more... POLICE CONDUCT President Johnson's Crime Commission Report, 50 Years Later (NPR) Sessions relaunches Bush era crime-fighting plan (Boston Herald) Big Drops in Gun Crime Reported in NYC Neighborhoods Where ‘Violence Interrupters’ Patrol (TheTrace) The effects of ‘pulling levers’ focused deterrence strategies on crime (Campbell Collaboration) Byrne Grants Did Not Improve Police Effectiveness: Study (TheCrimeReport.org) Quantifying underreporting of law-enforcement-related deaths in United States vital statistics and news-media-based data sources: A capture–recapture analysis (PLOS Medicine) CRIME RATE When Men Murder Women (TheCrimeReport.org) Who’s Right on Crime? (CrimeInAmerica.net) A Drug Cop. A Daughter On Opioids. One Family’s Story Of Addictio...

Bail reform, increase in violent crime, NYPDs break from proactive policing, NCAA bribes, IoT and AI in policing, blockchain policing tech, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Baltimore Drops Nearly 300 Cases Due To Alleged Misconduct (CBS Baltimore) Authorities call for better mental health care in justice system (FOX9) Charlotte’s Citizens Review Board votes against CMPD for first time ever (Charlotte Observer) Judicial Council committee mulls avenues to improving Kansas’ asset forfeiture system (CJOnline.com) In New York, major crime complaints fell when cops took a break from ‘proactive policing’ (LATimes) This AI reads the news to keep tabs on US police shootings (NewScientist) CRIME RATE FBI: Violent crime increases for second straight year (USAToday) More people were arrested last year over pot than for murder, rape, aggravated assault and robbery — combined (WaPo) 4 NCAA Basketball Coaches, Adidas Executive Charged in Bribe Scheme (NBC News) POLI...