Author: Christopher Marier
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US Homeland Security Department reveals new AI guardrails as it deploys technology across agency | Reuters
The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday plans to announce new limits on its use of artificial intelligence even as it highlights the agency’s success using the technology to aid in drug busts and catch criminals… Full story: US Homeland Security Department reveals new AI guardrails as it deploys technology across agency | Reuters
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‘Too many’: HPD Chief Finner reveals revised version of chase policy amid growing number of pursuits
Chief Finner said there has been a 26% increase in police chases from last year. “In my opinion, that’s too many,” he said. Here are the changes coming when initiating pursuits… Full story: ‘Too many’: HPD Chief Finner reveals revised version of chase policy amid growing number of pursuits
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How Police Captured Escaped Killer in Pennsylvania | Time
After a nearly two-week manhunt, Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison late last month, was taken into custody Wednesday morning. Cavalcante, 34, escaped from Chester County Prison on Aug. 31. Pennsylvania State Police conducted a search across the surrounding heavily wooded areas, but authorities did not capture him until they identified…
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Minneapolis police reform costs: Millions of dollars and dozens of new hires
The dollars, cents and people required to remake policing in Minneapolis are coming into focus. On Monday, the City Council formally took up Mayor Jacob Frey’s proposed 2024 budget. It’s the first spending plan that pins taxpayer costs to the specific jobs required to comply with court orders to end racist and unconstitutional policing. Big…
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L.A. County prohibits departments from selling guns
Eight months after Los Angeles County probation officials attempted to auction off hundreds of guns they no longer needed, county supervisors have barred all their departments from ever trying that again. The supervisors unanimously approved a policy Tuesday that would require all departments to destroy firearms they no longer need rather than profit from selling…
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Racial Threat and Punitive Police Attitudes
Racial Threat Theory posits that punitive attitudes are produced when Whites are alarmed by large or growing Black populations. While research has identified a relationship between Black composition and support from community members for more punitive criminal justice policy, no research has examined whether racial composition influences punitive attitudes among criminal justice personnel—even though they…
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Drug decriminalization stumbled in Oregon. Other states are taking note. – Stateline
Oregon voters in 2020 passed Measure 110, a first-in-the-nation law decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of controlled substances such as heroin, methamphetamines, cocaine and fentanyl. Three years later, public drug use has wearied even the most tolerant of Oregonians… Full story: Drug decriminalization stumbled in Oregon. Other states are taking note. – Stateline
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Amber Alerts Often Don’t Work. A New Law Gives Local Police More Control.
Delays in dispatching the alert system mean that some children fall between the cracks… Full story: Amber Alerts Often Don’t Work. A New Law Gives Local Police More Control.
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New survey shows LA residents concerned, yet supportive of LAPD – NBC Los Angeles
A survey of 1,751 Los Angeles residents shows overall support for the LAPD but concern for racial profiling and discrimination by the department’s officers. .. Full story: New survey shows LA residents concerned, yet supportive of LAPD – NBC Los Angeles
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As more children die from fentanyl, some prosecutors are charging their parents with murder | AP News
A growing number of parents across the U.S. are being criminally charged with murder or manslaughter after their children die from exposure to fentanyl… Full story: As more children die from fentanyl, some prosecutors are charging their parents with murder | AP News