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ABQ wants out of DOJ agreement, homeowners patrolling own neighborhoods, turning to data to predict and reduce crime, looking at substance abuse in prison, crime at Walmart, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Reorganizing St. Louis police department gets support from union, opposition from chief  (St Louis Post Dispatch) Schenectady Police working to adjust to new criminal justice reform laws  (CBS6) Albuquerque wants release from part of DOJ agreement  (Albuquerque Journal) Denver Public Safety Director Troy Riggs Resigns After Leading Major Shift In Approach To Crime  (CBS Denver) Grand jury indicts former Houston PD officers for alleged involvement in Harding Street raid  (KHOU) CRIME RATE North Austin homeowners patrolling neighborhood after increase in break-ins  (KXAN) Insys Therapeutics executive sentenced to 3 years in prison for lying about opioid addiction  (ABC News) ‘Drastic decrease:’ Milwaukee’s police chief touts reduction in ...

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States starting to take new approaches to the opioid crisis, deescalation training rolling out, lowering risk for violent crime, communities react to facial recognition tech, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Assessing Similarities and Differences in Self-Control between Police Officers and Offenders  (American Journal of Criminal Justice) Dallas Mayor’s Task Force On Safe Communities Is Weeks Away From Presenting Recommendations  (21 CBS DFW) Cop who blew whistle on arrest quotas felt ‘threatened’ by then-NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton: court docs  (NYDailyNews) N.C. County Takes Preventive Approach to Opioid Crisis  (GovTech) see also:  Massachusetts Is Trying a Radical But Shockingly Simple New Response to the Opioid Crisis  (Mother Jones) De Blasio's Answer to Garner Death, NYPD Deescalation Training Slowly Evolves Toward Meeting Mayor’s Rhetoric  (Gotham Gazette) IRS touts 91% conviction rate for its 2019 tax crime cases  (Post Bulletin...

SpotCrime - an independent crime mapping and crime alert service - is re-introducing SpotCrime Catapult, a free software solution that allows police departments worldwide to make their crime data public. Catapult was created by SpotCrime developers and enables any police department to export public crime data from their records management or computer aided dispatch systems.  In addition to the free software, SpotCrime is also offering any police department that implements Catapult and makes their crime data available to the public, up to $4,000 in reimbursement to defray costs of implementation.  Alternatively, SpotCrime is also willing to itself pay up to $4,000 to provide the technical services to help pull a public crime data file from any police agency's system. (Detailed terms and conditions set forth here http://bit.ly/131j4xg ). “With open data initiatives rolling out everywhere, SpotCrime wants to make it easy for police departments to release their crim...

Police mental health study, social media and camera surveillance, data to curb violence, cities trying to end violence with community initiatives, drone policing, and more... POLICE CONDUCT A systematic review of mental health symptoms in police officers following extreme traumatic exposures (Study)  (TaylorandFrancisOnline.com) Dramatic body cam footage shows rescue of kidnapped 8-year-old Texas girl  (AJC) Aggressive Cops Or Politicians-Who Is Responsible For Strained Community Relations?  (CrimeInAmerica.net) Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Police Can’t Force You to Tell Them Your Password  (EFF.org) Judge Rules FBI Cannot Hide Use of Social Media Surveillance Tools  (Courthouse News) FBI Unites Traditional Techniques with Tech-Driven Applications to Solve Today’s Crimes  (Nextgov) The police experiment that changed what we know about foot patrol  (WHYY) CRIME RATE Five ways cities are using data and tech to curb violence  (a...