SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police surveillance, transparency, murders plunge
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...