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Below is the press release in which Marsy’s Law for Florida explains that its position is that Marsy’s Law does not justify delays in releasing information on the details of a crime, including general location information. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 2019 CONTACT: Jennifer Fennell, CoreMessage (850) 222-3767, marsyslawfl@coremessage.com Marsy’s Law for Florida Clarifies Law’s Intention Following Ft. Myers News Story TALLAHASSEE – Marsy’s Law for Florida is clarifying the intention of new constitutional language providing crime victims’ rights following a news story this week in Ft. Myers. According to WINK News, the Ft. Myers Police Department is declining to release details on a home invasion and is citing Marsy’s Law for Florida as the reason they are withholding this information. Marsy’s Law for Florida states that victims have the right to prevent the public disclosure of any information that could be used to locate or harass them, such as their names. There are no provisi...

Facebook uses police bodycam footage to train AI, violent crime increases in the US, bigger cities mean more social crimes, fitness tech data collection has crime solving capabilities, coloring books banned in prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Cops snatch man out of the air as he jumps from bridge, Tennessee video shows  (The News Tribune) Legal expert calls lack of data from public safety agencies in Baltimore, "crazy"  (FoxBaltimore) Data analysis helps sheriff fight crime  (The Daily Sentinel) A police dog in Florida can sniff out child porn. He’s looking for a chemical scent  (Miami Herald) CRIME RATE Serious Violent Crime Increases-Crime Reported To Police Decrease  (CrimeInAmerica.net) Study: Bigger cities boost ‘social crimes’  (Newswise) Do Cash Rewards For Crime Tips Work?  (OPB) How Adverse Childhood Experiences Cost $1.33 Trillion a Year Research takes a deep dive into large-scale impact of harm to children  (Psycholo...

California bans private prisons, violent crime rate rising, life in the rising surveillance state, fighting opioid addiction, red light cameras banned in Texas, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Wichita police receives $750K grant to combat gun violence  (KWCH12) Seattle Mayor Durkan proposes more mental health workers for 'person in distress' 911 calls  (KOMO News) Central Texas sees a spike in critically injured first responders this year  (Fox 7 Austin) 'Talking to Strangers' by Malcom Gladwell : SpotCrime was cited in Malcolm Gladwell's latest book about how the world doesn't know how to talk to strangers, inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and world Recovered heroin addicts say DART program saved their lives  (Toledo Blade) see also:  Investigators Use New Strategy to Combat Opioid Crisis: Data Analytics  (Wall Street Journal) Baltimore Police lack necessary technology to properly track sexual ...

Different views on criminal justice reform, how red flag laws and background checks for gun purchases work, NYPD suicide rate and trust in the system, and more... POLICE CONDUCT After Officer's Firing, Wary Members of NYPD Say No One Has Their Backs  (Governing) see also:  Police officer kills himself, the 9th NYPD death by suicide this year  (USA Today) Dunwoody police force improves training on mental illness  (AJC) Remember The Surveillance Plane That Flew Over Baltimore? It Could Fly Again  (CBS Baltimore) IRS using Data Analytics to Uncover Criminal Arrangements  (JDSUPRA) Palm Beach Police Dept. has the highest arrest rate in Florida, but what does that actually mean? Days after Carroll County sheriff calls Walmart security ‘poor,’ company officials to meet with police leaders  (Capital Gazette) CRIME RATE How background checks and ‘red flag’ gun laws work  (PBS) Louisiana Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Roll Ba...

Baltimore gun violence up 28%, stricter gun laws lead to fewer child shootings, tracking the opioid epidemic, harder to access domestic violence resources in rural areas, neighborhoods using license plate readers, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Plymouth police launch mental health initiative (CCX Media) Colleges Turn to Law Firms to Sort Out Campus Crime Reporting  (Bloomberg Law) Detroit Police Chief Pitches $4M Crime Center Expansion  (GovTech) Attorney seeks to question Escambia Sheriff over claims he was part of deputy 'sex ring'  (Pensacola News Journal) Police caution state lawmakers against one-size-fits-all regulation for body-worn cameras  (Telegram.com) Wilmington's Crime Rate Rises Faster Than Police Spending  (NBC Philadelphia) ICE mined driver’s license photos for facial recognition (TechCrunch) CRIME RATE Lunacy: Is there a spike in crime during the full moon?  (Crosstown) Shootings up 28% this year in Baltimore  (Fox Balti...

Facial recognition use by police agencies debated, crime prediction software ineffective, more cities want camera and license plate reader networks, violent crime in St Louis, Kansas City teens fed up with crime, and more... POLICE CONDUCT California DOJ Data Shows Drop In Police Uses Of Force In 2018  (Witness LA) Police dropping 'crime prediction' software… because it's ineffective, not because it's Orwellian  (RT.com) see also:  LAPD pioneered predicting crime with data. Many police don’t think it works  (LA Times) Top 100 Cities for Police Officers  (Safety.com) 8 reasons you may need to leave your departmentThere are many factors other than pay that determine whether an officer chooses to stay with or leave an agency  (PoliceOne.com) Coast Guard crewman jumps onto moving submarine full of drugs  (TODAY) Grand Jury investigates Fresno Police Department for long wait times on 911 calls  (KMPH) 'Something we're not proud of': Fire...

Domestic violence and disturbance calls prove most dangerous for officers, can prisons make us safer, algorithm to solve murders, license plate readers on campus, hiring ex-convicts to help fight crime, body cam facial recognition, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Crime Reduction Unit met with success, crime on the decline  (Cochrane Today) Illinois deputy gunned down while responding to call, becomes 5th officer fatally shot nationwide in last 8 days  (ABC News) 'More inherently dangerous and unpredictable' | Why ‘Disturbance’ calls are a wildcard for police  (ABC10) see also:  'Abuse Is A Pattern': Law enforcement says they respond to domestic dispute calls daily  (KRCR News) and also:  Sacramento Officer Tara O’Sullivan was gunned down during a domestic disturbance call. Her death sent the region into mourning  (LA Times) City and organizers to push back against summer spike in crime and violence  (Indianapolis Recorder) New Alabama Law Pe...