JTDL: Budget police surveillance; US crime data update + New jobs
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Editor’s Note
Welcome Back!
I hope everyone had a nice summer in the Northern Hemisphere and that winter hasn’t been too bad in the south. We are back with a lot of new signups over the summer. So, for those that are new: Welcome! It’s great to have you here. Here’s the rundown:
This is a weekly newsletter that aggregates the global news, events, and opportunities in the world of justice technology, with an occasional essay or piece of fiction. It is also a crowdsourced effort. If you have a new publication, an upcoming event, or job posting you’d like to share, let me know by replying to one of these emails or find me on Twitter. The ultimate goal of all of this is to build community around and spotlight important work in justice tech. So, please, don’t be shy.
With that, I’m looking forward to hearing about what everyone has been up to.
-Jason
News
Tech tool offers police “mass surveillance on a budget.” (AP)
Defund the police algorithms. (Nation)
The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals hints that the plain view exception may not work in digital search cases. (5th Cir)
How bodycam footage shows contradictions in police reports. (Dallas Observer)
Rollout of gun-detecting AI scanners in schools has been a mess. (Motherboard)
See if police in your state reported crime data to the FBI. (Marshall Project)
Durham, North Carolina’s ShotSpotter rollout is delayed by the city council. (GovTech) Portland, Oregon is also considering ShotSpotter, which I argue is a bad idea. (Medium)
Tech companies should challenge search warrants in abortion investigations. (LA Times)
Yet another global regulatory framework for the development of ethical AI. (Future of AI)
Events
The Colour of Surveillance Europe Conference is Sept. is 15-16. (EDRi)
Jobs & Opportunities
[New] Amnesty International needs a researcher focused on tech an inequality. (AI) (h/t Bharati Narumanchi)
[New] All Tech is Human is hiring a program associate. (ATIH)
[New] Aspen Institute needs a deputy director for its tech equity work. (AI)
Boundless has numerous openings. (B) (h/t Chase Hertel)
[New] Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)
Center for Policing Equity needs a VP of tech and data (an engineer). (CPE)
[New] Color of Change needs a director of tech and media justice. (CoC) (h/t Archana Ahlawat)
The Day One Project has numerous openings. (D1P)
[New] FastForward’s accelerator has opened its applications. (FF) (h/t Summer Kennedy)
[New] Ford Foundation needs a program officer for their US tech and society work. (FF)
[New] FreeWorld, a post-incarceration economic support organization, has multiple roles open. (FW) (h/t Jason Wang)
[New] Georgetown’s Center for Privacy and Technology needs a senior associate. (GU)
Just Tech has numerous openings. (JT) (h/t Legal Tech Jobs)
[New] JusticeText needs a biz dev lead. (JT) (h/t Devshi Mehrotra)
[New] The Los Angeles County Bar Association and Fuse Corps need a fellow focused on CMSes and resentencing. (LABA)
Legal Services of Northern California need an IT manager. (LSNC) (h/t Amy Williams)
[New] Measures for Justice has multiple positions open. (M4J)
MIT needs a postdoctoral associate focused on digital teaching simulations and AI coaching. (MIT)
The National Center for State Courts needs court consultants. (NCSC)
[New] Neighborhood Defender Services is hiring an access to justice fellow focused on policing, indigent defense, and data. (NDS)
The Omidyar Network needs principals for their Responsible Tech initiative. (ON)
[New] Paladin has multiple openings. (P) (h/t Felicity Conrad)
[New] The Philly District Attorney's Office is looking to fill a number of roles, including for a DB admin. (PDAO)
The Policing Project has multiple openings. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)
[New] The Presidential Innovation Fellowship is accepting applications. (PIF)
SimpleCitizen, an immigration tech company, has engineering, product and sales roles. (SC) (h/t Eleni Manis)
Stanford Law School needs a justice innovation lead. (SLS) (h/t Andrew Wichmann)
Stanford RegLab needs data scientists. (SRL) (h/t Christine Tsang)
[New] Systemic Justice needs student researchers. (SJ) (h/t Keith Porcaro)
Theory and Principle, a legal software development boutique, is hiring. (T&P)
Texas Indigent Defense Commission needs a data analyst. (TIDC)
The University of Helsinki Legal Tech Lab needs a doctoral researcher in automated systems and administrative legal frameworks. (UH)
[New] Upsolve, the bankruptcy platform, is hiring for multiple roles. (US)