This week I had the opportunity to visit SCI Chester, a state prison outside Philly, to see one of the most interesting experiments in incarceration.

Given that 95% of inmates will eventually be released, it's imperative that time spent in prison is rehabilitative and promotes

Yes. Increasing pedestrian deaths in the U.S. are NOT due to larger vehicles. Time to retire that myth.

This Financial Times piece is the best examination of US crash deaths that I've seen in ages.

The US is so bad at this: 'Even after adjusting for distance driven, US fatality rates remain 2x the rich-world average.'

Here's a quick 🧵 to share insights (paywall).

ft.com/content/9c936d…

ACSO staff had the pleasure of speaking with students at a job fair hosted by the Tag Homeschool Group. Detention Deputies Rodriguez and Sycks spoke with middle and high school students about the career opportunities within the jail, as well as the Explorers and CSO programs!

Earlier this evening Trooper Aaron Smith’s name was added to the Eternal Flame Memorial at the Indianapolis Post

Trooper Smith’s wife Megan, his family and several Troopers he worked with had the honor to watch the etching

#NeverForgotten

Alderman Daniel La Spata Alderman, are you aware that this weekend ShotSpotter dispatched emergency response to the scene of the shooting in which three children were shot at least one minute before the first 911 call came in?

Short history of innovation that Very Smart People agree will destroy life/civilization/kids:

Books
Bicycles
TV
Jazz
Rock
Organ transplants
Rap
Movies
Video games
Internet
AI

(Tech optimism wins in the end.)

At work, a mentally ill screaming woman was arguing with the sidewalk. I called Street Crisis & waited with her. She kept stepping into traffic & I kept guiding her back. At one point I asked her to pretend the street was lava. That worked for a little while. You do what you can.

Today is a great week to celebrate the staff at Anoka County's Emergency Communications - 911. Not only is it National Public Safety Telecommunicators week, but it is also the 50 year anniversary of their department. We joined the dispatch team today for an open house 🧵1/2

A weird statement.

>Police staffing collapses in 2020 and 2021
>Homicide rate explodes
>Police staffing spikes back to slightly above the pre-pandemic level
>Homicide rate rapidly returns to pre-pandemic rate

What could this mean

It's #NationalPublicSafetyTelecommunicatorsWeek . It's an opportunity to honor our dispatchers and thank those who dedicate their lives to serving the public. The WSP is grateful for our own dispatchers and the hundreds of others in Wisconsin. Thank you dispatchers!

MINNEAPOLIS: Trooper Struck on Traffic Stop - Westbound I-94 & Lowry Ave. - A State Trooper out on a traffic stop was struck by a passing vehicle. Medics have been requested for one person with knee pain. Multiple lanes are blocked at this time.

It's crazy how quickly days get longer this time of year.

1/4 Yesterday, members of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and hundreds of emergency responders stood in gratitude as Deputy Christopher Heihn was discharged from the hospital after being struck by gunfire Wednesday.

The all-time funniest fake outrage over a police shooting was when Tyree Moorehead - a local activist in Baltimore - was literally on top of a woman while holding a knife to her throat when a police officer shot him and they still tried to turn him into a BLM cause celebre

We are happy to announce that Interim Col. Christina Bogojevic has been appointed as the next colonel of the State Patrol. She’s been with our agency for more than 20 years and has served in multiple roles. Please help us say congratulations!

4 officers shot across two states this morning (2 MN, 2 MI)

BREAKING: ATF Special Agents have responded to a Minnetonka, Minn., incident involving Hennepin Sheriff where two deputies were wounded in an exchange of gunfire during a planned warrant. Official details have and will continue to be released by the sheriff's office.