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  • Yelp for Cops

    July 16, 2018 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Police in New York already use algorithms to fight crime and now they have turned to a tech startup that uses algorithms to gauge trust levels towards citizens. The so-called “sentiment meter” is meant to address where police are falling short with the community and it has garnered the interest of police departments in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Grand Rapids, Mich., as well. But some are skeptical of the data methods and what they are actually measuring.

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  • Bail reforms moving slowly in Missouri

    July 13, 2018 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Under a large grant St. Louis County is working to reduce jail confinements in the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting, following several national models. There is also progress toward reducing fines and fees for small issues, with a focus on addressing racial disparities in arrests. But the efforts face challenges that include thousands of outstanding warrants under the old system and a shortage of public defenders.

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  • Two years after Philando Castile's death, programs aim to transform relations between police, residents

    July 07, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Roseville, Minnesota

    Drivers in a suburb of St. Paul, Minn., who have equipment issues with their cars may get coupons to help them fix the problems at repair shops rather than a ticket. The Lights On program was created by a nonprofit after the shooting death of Philando Castile by a police officer during a traffic stop over a broken tail light in a nearby town. Twenty participating police departments around the Twin Cities are participating and the program expanded to Iowa, with plans for additional locales.

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  • Adaptive Technology Programs Turn to Robotics and IoT to Help People Who Have Disabilities

    July 06, 2018 |

    Government Technology |

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    Response Location: United States

    Governments and schools are investing in technology to better serve people of different abilities. Innovations include text-to-911 for deaf and hard-of-hearing citizens, robotic telepresence for remote students, and the Vitals app, which allows families and caregivers to alert police officers of ways to help developmentally disabled family members.

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  • Rape Victim Advocates Get a Role Alongside the Police

    June 27, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Partnering police agencies and advocates for survivors of sexual assault in cities like Philadelphia and New York City has helped to solve some of the difficulties investigators have faced in cases of sexual assault while also holding investigators accountable for their attitudes and follow-through. Audits by advocates have "changed rape investigations nationwide" and provide a model for other cities.

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  • Preparing Police To Respond to Mental Health Crises

    June 26, 2018 |

    WKSU |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    In response to increasing mental health calls, police are now taking Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training. Before, police officers didn’t have training in mental health crises and how they differ from traditional police calls. The state is even helping offset the costs associated with increased training.

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  • The Cops Standing With, and For, the Gay Communities They Serve

    June 22, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Gay Officers League in the New York Police Department started in the early 1980s when memories of the Stonewall Riots were still fresh to support gay officers in the NYPD while also improving relations between the LGBTQ community and the police. NYPD is now one of the most diverse forces in the nation and there are more than 2,000 GOAL members in Philadelphia, Chicago and New England. They have become role models in the gay community while also changing attitudes within law enforcement.

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  • Positive or Negative: Rate Your Latest Police Encounter

    June 18, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    A Facebook messenger app allows people to record their interactions with police and include their own age, race and gender, location and how they felt about the incident, so that collectively these individual stories begin to build a larger overview of systemic issues with police brutality. Developed by an Army veteran whose partner was killed by police, the goal is to foster more reporting by citizens and then use that data to create more effective policies.

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  • Poachers become protectors: How tigers bounced back in an Indian park

    June 18, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: India, Kumily, Kerala

    With poaching on the rise in the South Indian Periyar Tiger Reserve, officials turned to the poachers themselves to see if they could turn their problem into a solution. In lieu of facing charges, the poachers became the protectors and the reserve saw a reduction in poaching all while offering an alternate form of income for the former full-time poachers.

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  • Shots Not Fired: A new Oregon law takes guns from people who may do harm

    June 17, 2018 |

    Oregon Live |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Four months after a law in Oregon took effect that allows removal of guns from people who could present a danger to themselves or others, residents used the law to seek the temporary removal of guns from about 30 people and judges granted 24 of those petitions. The strategy appears to be a promising way to stop would-be shooters. Such laws have proven effective in other states in stopping suicides and in Oregon at least four people who had their guns taken had threatened public shootings.

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