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Social media used to predict crime, tech used to predict and solve crime, crime influenced by time of day, school violence, blockchain in justice, combating the opioid crisis, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Report: As Tech Changes Law Enforcement, Its Workforce Must Adapt  (GovTech) Justice Department is Awarding Almost $320 Million to Combat Opioid Crisis  (DOJ) Feds Order Google To Hand Over A Load Of Innocent Americans' Locations  (Forbes) Maryland supplying $12M in grants to Baltimore PD for technology, violent crime fight, community policing  (Baltimore Fishbowl) NYPD yanks thousands of body cams after one caught fire  (Gizmodo) Charlottesville Police Department changes how stop and frisk data is collected, presented  (Cavalier Daily) CRIME RATE UNESCO report reveals high levels of violence and bullying in schools  (UNESCO) see also:  New Jersey mom follows 'gut feeling', stopping potential school shooting in central Kentucky ...

Police involved shooting rulings tipping point, gun violence in schools leads to more security, cybersecurity spending, the promise of crime data and big data in policing, and more... POLICE CONDUCT What's Not Reported After a Police-Involved Shooting  (GovEx) Mississippi agency to stop probing police shootings in Jackson  (WJTV12) Officer shortage slows response time in Santa Fe  (SantaFeNewMexican) 2 Cop Convictions in 2 Months: Is This a Tipping Point in Police Accountability?  (Governing) ABQ working with NYC on crime rate  (ABQ Journal) Justice Department awards record $49 million to improve collection of crime data reported to police  (DOJ) Hiring female police officers helps women report violence, sexual assault, study finds  (Phys.org) CRIME RATE A hatchet, scuffle & violent ending: Was Lakeland City Commissioner Michael Dunn justified in pulling the trigger, killing Christobal Lopez?  (the Ledger) A Former CIA Offi...

Fighting the violent crime rate, 2017 crime data finally available, civil forfeiture overhaul, lunar phases and temperature linked to crime rates, treating violence like a disease, and more... POLICE CONDUCT ‘In seconds you can be fighting for your life.’ How routine calls can quickly turn dangerous for police  (Sacramento Bee) What happens to police departments that collect more fines? They solve fewer crimes.  (Washington Post) After Backlash Over Racist Comments, New Jersey Sheriff Resigns  (Governing) Deputy caught allegedly planting drugs in body cam footage  (WDHN) Philly agrees to overhaul civil forfeiture program to settle lawsuit  (Philly.com) CRIME RATE Early Data from Nation’s Largest Cities Show 2018 Crime and Murder Rates to Decline  (Brennan Center for Justice) 2017 FBI Crime Statistics Released Annual Statistics are Available in Crime Data Explorer  (FBI) see also:  Crime in Texas and New Mexico is increasing, while...

Intimidating rape victims, colleges may be finally required to disclose hazing, data-driven crime fighting, using tech to fight opioid epidemic, AI in public safety, federal program sees drop in recidivism, and more... POLICE CONDUCT In Cincinnati, data-driven crimefighting has revived communities. Could the strategy work in NM?  (KOB4) Jeff Sessions to police: 'You are the thin blue line ... between safety and lawlessness.'  (Indy Star) MD state's attorney sent police to rape victim’s home to threaten her - lawsuit alleges Federal class action against the state’s attorney, police and UMBC charges that Baltimore County is obstructing justice – and still misclassifying rape reports  (Baltimore Brew) The Need to Balance Police Effectiveness and Fairness  (GovTech) U.K. Police Target Russian Criminal Funds Flowing Through Banks  (Bloomberg) ‘An erosion in confidence’: Athens police chief asked to resign  (AJC) see also:  Oklahoma Police Chief...

Statistics on school shootings prove hard to collect, Trump prosecutes gun crimes, cash bail replaced by algorithms, Japan's 'pre-crime' AI, open crime data is good for police, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Rate of Police Officers Decreases By 11 Percent  (CrimeInAmerica.net) Chicago cops to document every time they point a gun at someone as part of CPD overhaul deal, sources say  (Chicago Tribune) California Police Accountability Bills Head to Governor’s Desk  (Courthouse News) Studies reveal drop in complaints against police since use of body cams  (Spectrum News) CRIME RATE Treating Violence As An Epidemic: Greensboro Leaders Consider 'Cure Violence' Program  (WFMY) These Firms Are Monitoring Students on Social Media to Prevent School Violence. Does It Work?  (NYTimes) see also:  Why there’s so much inconsistency in school shooting data  (The Conversation) Does the U.S. lead the world in mass shootings?  (WaPo) see also: ...

Police fleeing the force, schools spending money on active shooter insurance, Ceasefire program curbs gun violence, poverty leads to more crime, bail reform, opioids killing rural areas, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Mobile ballistics program links active and cold cases, other crimes in Mississippi  (Clarion Ledger) The militarization of police does not reduce crime  (Pacific Standard) Kentucky police officer gets $300K in whistleblower lawsuit  (WKYT) Proactive policing declines as officers flee the force  (The News & Advance) CRIME RATE Economists: More Guns, Not the Crack Epidemic, Drove ’90s Murder Boom  (The Daily Beast) Study: Oakland’s multi-faceted Ceasefire program curbs shootings, homicides  (The Mercury News) As green space went up, crime went down in poor neighborhoods  (Crain's) see also:  The Geography of Urban Violence  (CityLab) and also:  High poverty, high crime rate  (The Pueblo Chieftain) Pred...

Boston's first black police commissioner, 'bad apples' not behind disproportionate killing of black men, 50 new gun control laws since Parkland, VA in state of emergency during Charlottesville anniversary, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue  (USAToday) If police officers need a second job, we've reached peak austerity  (Independent) William Gross Sworn In As Boston's First Black Police Commissioner, Stresses Community Policing And Diversity  (WBUR) Bad policing, bad law, not 'bad apples,' behind disproportionate killing of black men  (EurekaAlert) Chicago police solve one in every 20 shootings. Here are some reasons why that's so low  (Chicago Trubune) CRIME RATE Ray Lewis: Crime in Baltimore Decreased When I Played for Ravens  (Bleacher Report) Can you change how criminals think? Chicago hopes behavioral therapy can cut gun violence  (USA Today) After Parkland, ...