SpotCrime Weekly Reads
Police shootings, body cams, Uber for 911, SWAT raids, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Military-Trained Police May Be Less Hasty To Shoot, But That Got This Vet Fired (NPR)
Indiana town's entire police force quits (IndyStar)
Campus police officer shoots teen during confrontation at Nevada high school (FoxNews)
See Also: Reno officer's shooting of knife-wielding teen sparks debate (CBS)
Let’s Listen to Cops—If We Want Real Policing Reform (TCR)
Civil Rights Group Issues ‘Travel Warning To Black Americans’: Stay Out Of Eastpointe, It’s Too Dangerous For You (CBSLocal)
SWAT raids are more about symbolism than reducing crime in the long term (USAPP)
Popularity of private security group growing in Albuquerque (KOB.com)
PROTECTING OR POLICING? School-based police officers are paid to protect our kids. But sometimes they do more harm than good (HuffPo)
NYC Jail Admissions Drop 46.9% Over Two Decades (TCR)
Georgia Police Shooting: 2nd Officer Dies; Suspect Dead In Americus (Atlanta Patch)
Another Georgia Police Shooting: Bodycam footage released after two Lavonia, GA officers shot (WYFF)
Police search for escaped prison inmate after officer stabbed at Walmart; area schools on lockdown (TheState)
$3 million settlement to family of teen shot by Chicago police (Sun-Times)
Officer charged after allegedly breaking Wal-Mart customer’s leg (AJC)
Embattled Mendota Heights police chief resigns (TwinCities)
911 Operator Declined to Send Police After Shots-Fired Call in Phoenix Serial-Shooter Case (Phoenix New Times)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Ohio Supreme Court rules dash cam videos are public records (TCOG)
Virginia State Police releases cellphone surveillance logs. Since May 2015, the VSP have used their DRTbox unit 12 times - 5 of which appeared ineffective (MuckRock)
DEA refuses to release evidence backing Kratom ban. Agency responds to request for hard data with press releases and copies of federal laws (MuckRock)
North Charleston Police Department stonewalling records requests for use of force incidents. Agency requires $1,500 deposit before it will begin search for civilian complaints (MuckRock)
VICE News Sues FBI Over FOIA (VICE)
‘CRIM-TECH’
Phoenix police chief plans to eliminate fugitive tracking unit (ActionNews5)
From policing to news, how algorithms are changing our lives (TheNational)
Keller dispatch the first to use ‘Uber for 911’ app (Star-Telegram)
Law Enforcement Agencies Spend Millions on Social Media Monitoring (GovTech)
FBI told state GOP in June its emails had been hacked (Chicago Tribune)
Body cameras to hit Des Moines streets in January (Des Moines Register)
Sacramento Launches Real-Time Crime Center (GovTech)
AMERICA’S PRISON SYSTEM
Study Calls for 40% Cut in US Prison Population (TCR)
How Many Americans Are Unnecessarily Incarcerated? (Brennan Center For Justice)
Law & Order Forum: How #SmartJustice Reform Strengthens Public Safety (Coalition for Public Safety)
Justice Department announces investigation into the Hampton Roads Regional Jail (Virginian-Pilot)
After a Crime, the Price of a Second Chance (NYTimes)
Missouri Supreme Court: state law barring bail for undocumented immigrants is unconstitutional (St Louis Post-Dispatch)
Does the death penalty serve a purpose? Supreme Court hasn't decided either (USA TODAY)
Why Defendants Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Represent Themselves (TCR)
CRIME RATE
2015 NIBRS Crime Data Released : Report Contains More Detail on Criminal Offenses (FBI)
Domestic Abuse Killings Climb as Murders Drop, Frustrating New York Officials (NYTimes)
Americans' Worries About Most Crimes Similar to 2015 (Gallup)
Wal-Mart's Crime Problem Exposed; Looking to Step Up Security Measures (Investopedia)
Wal-Mart 911: The world’s largest retailer has low prices — and keeps police busy (ThePitch)
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