SpotCrime Weekly Reads

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Data data data, civil forfeiture reform, hospital violence, AI and algorithms to fight crime, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Civil Forfeiture Came From a Strange Place (Bloomberg) See Also: Report Urges Police Transparency on Forfeiture Funds (TheCrimeReport)

Charlottesville Police chief defends officers, police response at violent rally (WaPo)

Video evidence is meaningless without accountability (TechCrunch)

Outside the Academy: Learning Community Policing through Community Engagement (PoliceFoundation.org)

Despite Privacy Concerns, Miami Beach Police Testing "Rapid DNA" Scans on Suspects (Miami New Times)

CRIME RATE

As hospital violence grows, nurses seek reforms: 'Too many of us are being hurt' (Chicago Tribune)

6 Mississippi women were killed in less than 3 weeks. There seems to be a pattern (SunHerald)

A Very Detailed, Interactive Map of Chicago’s Tree Canopy (Atlas Obscura)

Men under 29 most likely to be shot or to shoot in St. Louis; leaders say jobs, education can fix it (St Louis Public Radio)

As Asheville city crime peaks, where is it worst? (Citizen-Times)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Attorney: Flow of crime information 'odd' (Tallahassee.com)

Numbers don’t tell full story of sexual violence on college campuses (Concord Monitor)

Open data for economic growth: A priority for the Trump administration (FedScoop)



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