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‘Vicious cycle’: Inside the police recruiting crunch with resignations on the rise
Police departments across the country are facing a “vicious cycle” of retirements, resignations, and fewer hires… Full story: ‘Vicious cycle’: Inside the police recruiting crunch with resignations on the rise
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Greensboro police chief presents counterintuitive plan to cut officer positions to help bolster the department
Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson says the department is down 115 sworn officers. Because of the staffing shortage, they have to cut back on the services his department offers the community, which is something the city can’t afford to do with the recurring violence plaguing the city. Part of the problem, Thompson says, is that…
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Park Police body-cam footage shows officer shooting Dalaneo Martin – The Washington Post
U.S. Park Police on Tuesday released body-cam footage showing an officer fatally shooting a 17-year-old last month after the officer climbed into the back of a vehicle to detain the teen and was still inside when he drove away. The officer, from the back seat of the vehicle, asks Dalaneo Martin to stop over the…
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US rule to allow some inmates to stay home after COVID emergency lifts
Federal inmates who were allowed to serve their prison terms at home during the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to remain there after the Biden administration lifts the public health emergency, under new rules unveiled by the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday… Full story: US rule to allow some inmates to stay home after COVID…
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Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and other social media sites and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a ‘perpetual police line-up’
Law enforcement officers have used Clearview AI’s facial recognition database nearly a million times, Hoan Ton-That, the company’s CEO, told the BBC… Full story: Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and other social media sites and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a ‘perpetual police line-up’