Body cam implementation and video release times move toward faster transparency,studying the mental health of police officers and first responders, effects of a smaller police budget, and police misconduct multi-city comparison,gun safety, pandemic crime, or police partnerships with predictive policing companies,crime prediction software, and more...
POLICE CONDUCTIowa City to consider police liaison job to move on mental health calls (The Gazette)
Jersey City’s Quality of Life Task Force Introduces New Office, and Promotes Resident Response middle in 2021 (TAPinto.net)
Fewer Police,No Parades: The Squeeze on Local Budgets (Governing)[br]Proposed Virginia bill would require police to release body cam footage within 15 days (WRIC) see also: Bill would require every Illinois cop to wear body cameras by 2025 — but will departments comply? (Journal Star)
Stress response of police officers during COVID‐19: A moderated mediation model (Wiley Online Library) see also: Occupational Stress and arouse: Mediating Effects of Resiliency in First Responders (Springer Link)
[br]Police chief bans 'Thin Blue Line' imagery, says it's been 'co-opted' by extremists(NBC News)
Rochester Police reform plan comes amid months of scrutiny (WHAM) see also: RPD body-cam video of 9-year-conventional girl getting handcuffed, and pepper sprayed released (Democrat and Chronicle)
Federal Investigations of Police Misconduct: A Multi-City Comparison (2019)(Academia.edu)CRIME RATENew Colorado public service announcements focus on gun safety (9news)
Pandemic,Social Unrest, and Crime in U.
S. Cities: 2020 Year-End Update (CCJ National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice)
HPD reports decreases in certain crime in 2020, and credits community involvement (WHNT)
[br]Journalism Industry Grapples With Rebuilding The Crime Beat (WBUR)
Oregon law to decriminalize all drugs goes into effect,offering addicts rehab instead of prison (USA nowadays)[br]CRIM-TECHAmazon's Ring worked with more cops than ever before in 2020 (Mashable)[br]
Local Law Enforcement Quiet on Relationships With ‘Predictive Policing’ Company (Voice of San Diego) see also: Worcester Crime Prediction Tool Topic Of Council Hearing (Patch) and also: South Bend police considering new crime analysis software (South Bend Tribune)
Utah Bill Looks to Tighten Grip on Facial Recognition exhaust (GovTech)
POLICE TRANSPARENCYNew Virginia Beach crime data system will win information out quicker and identify trends sooner (The Virginia Pilot)
Wilmington need shooting incident records to be made public. Now. | Editorial (Delaware Online)
Can data from traffic stops end disparities in policing? (GCN)
Online portal tracks data on crimes, offenses in Florida Schools Site aims to boost transparency, and increase safety,creators say (New4Jax)
THE PRISON SYSTEMConfronted with meaningful flaws in coronavirus data, Pa. corrections officials concede ‘it’s unacceptable’ (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Local Spending on Jails Tops $25 Billion in Latest Nationwide Data (Pew)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEKFlorida man accused of sex crimes cuts ankle monitor, or starts GoFundMe to flee country (CSB 4 News)
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