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SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police surveillance, transparency, murders plunge

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Model cities initiative to combat violent crime, debate over police oversight, preventing online violence, law enforcement groups call for regulations on police surveillance, murders plunge 15%, investigations and intelligence trends, police surveillance tech, surveillance transparency, aerial response unit transparency, parole rates, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Justice Department Awards St. Louis More Than $68 Million to Combat Violent Crime Through Model Cities Initiative  (SLMPD.org) Debate over Madison police oversight escalates as alder looks to suspend board  (Channel 3000 News) Connecticut Launches Statewide Effort to Prevent Online Violence  (Governing) Law enforcement groups call for state regulations on Flock and similar cameras in Ohio  (Statehouse News Bureau) CRIME RATE Framing violence: how local media portrays crime trends, the community, causes, and solutions  (Taylor & Francis) Murders plunge 15% in America's biggest cities  (Axios) CRIM...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: AI in policing, domestic violence, transparency

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Public safety survey, trends in law enforcement shaping the future of policing, domestic violence statistics, campus sexual assaults, brighter street lighting reduced violent crime, crime rate,  AI assisted report writing, surveillance rules, drone as first responder programs, AI in policing, transparency with local police and ICE interactions, LAPD crime data transparency, radio encryption, AI hiring tools lock out people with convictions, and more... POLICE CONDUCT St. Louis Mayor calls on Board of Police Commissioners to ‘refocus’ priorities  (First Alert 4) Seattle public safety survey opens, input sought to guide police neighborhood plans  (KOMO) 7 Trends In Law Enforcement Shaping The Future Of Policing  (Police1) CRIME RATE Domestic Violence Is a Factor in 42% of Violent Interpersonal Crimes Reported in North Carolina  (North Carolina Department of Public Safety) see also: Domestic violence noted as ‘most prevalent violent crime in Ohio’ as state boosts f...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Domestic violence, AI, crime stats

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Crime stats reporting in Alabama, Broken Arrow chief placed on leave and asks for transparency, NY State Police domestic violence, rise in domestic abuse, homicides in Sweden, commercial property crime spikes during winter holidays, FBI stats, UF students call for changes to Title IX, violent crime decrease, Detroit gun violence drops, police use and AI, AI rules to accelerate investigations, AI anticipating crime, police surveillance, body cam footage transparency, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Alabama commission warns 4 law enforcement agencies about crime stats reporting  (Alabama Reflector) Broken Arrow police chief speaks after being placed on paid leave, seeks transparency  (KTUL) SC files more criminal charges involving pregnancy than any other state, report finds  (South Carolina Daily Gazette) New video shows chaotic moments before Senatobia police shot toddler  (Mississippi Today) How NY State Police Minimize Domestic Violence Allegations  (MuckRock) CRIM...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police chiefs, transparency and accountability

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Police layoffs transparency, police civilian oversight board, police chief contract, disciplinary records kept secret, police chief search, gang activity in the Twin Cities, hate crimes, scam based human trafficking, guns stolen from vehicles, the double edged sword of video technology, police transparency and accountability, police scanner transparency, police custody death raises questions, Florida's prison zoo, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Former Hollister police employees call for transparency after layoffs  (KSBW) Police Civilian Oversight Board Completes Evaluation of Interim Independent Police Monitor  (CityofMadison.com) St. Louis Police Chief’s New Contract Sparks Dispute  (STL News) Over $330K in illegal drugs seized across Virginia in one week: VSP (WRIC) 7News finds unfunded law keeping MPD disciplinary records secret amid crime data scandal  (WJLA) Accountability, transparency prioritized by residents as search for KCPD police chief continues (KCTV5) CRI...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Juvenile crime, AI, police transparency

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Crime rate, drug and gun seizures, young people and gun violence, police in schools, surveillance, AI submits false tip, criminal justice deploying AI faster than rules around it, drone as first responder, police transparency dashboard, use of force, transparency surrounding gifted police dog, problems with lethal injection, women's mass incarceration, and more... POLICE CONDUCT After survey finds crime no longer top worry, NOPD touts progress  (WWLTV) New federal report reveals massive drug and gun seizures across western Virginia (29News) Mamdani orders NYPD to review use-of-force practices, increase transparency (City and State NY) CRIME RATE What the Data Say About Young People and Gun Violence  (Annie E Casey Foundation) Data shows violent crime dropping in Minnesota despite recent concerns about gang violence  (CBS News) For Texas Schoolchildren, Minor Misbehavior Can Mean Criminal Charges  (NY Times) CRIM-TECH Hundreds of police, government & home camera...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Intimate partner violence, NYC crime, police transparency

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Public safety subcommittee formed in Tempe, police involved mental health crises, impact of police presence on arrests and violent crime, intimate partner violence, record low NYC crime numbers, how tech is reshaping violence, AI software to draft crime reports, driverless patrol cars, real-time police discipline transparency dashboards in MA, $2.5 million FOIA bill for one cop’s files, prison healthcare systems in AZ, and more...  POLICE CONDUCT Tempe forms public safety subcommittee to rebuild trust in police  (State Press) Fear, Mistrust, and Harm in Police-Involved Mental Health Crises  (Mad in America) CRIME RATE Downtown crime data shows impact of police presence on arrests and violent crime  (KOMU) Violent crime is falling. Intimate Partner Violence is not. What can be done?  (Police Executive Research Forum) Risk Factors for Sexual Violence Perpetration Among Adult Men: The Role of Problematic Pornography Consumption, Sexual Consent, and Rape M...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police accountability, violence, crime rate

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Police accountability, federal monitoring of Oakland Police Department ends after 23 years, crime data, crime rate, stalking and dating violence, summit on victims of violent crimes, empathy and violence tendency, US homicides during COVID, domestic violence and gun deaths, rethinking license plate readers, using data to cut homicides, how criminal convictions deny the right to vote, and more...  POLICE CONDUCT Johns Hopkins Police Accountability Board seeks applicants for 2027–28 term (JHU) see also:  How are police officers held accountable? (Detroit News) St. Paul mayor called herself ‘MILF’ and touched police chief’s thigh, sexual harassment suit claims  (NBC News) Durham's new police chief has a message for gun violence-weary residents: 'I'm listening'  (ABC 11) Detroit dispatcher accused of warning family about FBI raid  (Detroit Free Press) Judge ends federal monitoring of Oakland Police Department after a record 23 years  (CBS News) Myrtle Beach p...