SpotCrime Weekly Reads
POLICE CONDUCT
9 key takeaways from the DOJ draft report on the Milwaukee Police Department (Journal Sentinel)
Neighborhood Specific Crime Prevention through Community Engagement, Crime Data, and Police Services (IACP)
Marion looks to researchers for better policing (TheGazette.com)
Trump to restore program sending surplus military weapons, equipment to police (WaPo)
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office first in Florida to join FBI program tracking use-of-force incidents (Tampa Bay Times)
The Collected Crimes of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (LongReads.com)
Jury convicts Chicago cop of excessive force for firing 16 shots at car, wounding 2 teens (Chicago Tribune) See Also: AG Madigan sues to enforce Chicago police reform; Emanuel pledges cooperation (Chicago Tribune)
CRIME RATE
Spiking 'solve rate,' steep drop in New Orleans killings shows major progress, NOPD says (TheAdvocate.com)
Cyber crime reaching epidemic proportions as fraud becomes most common crime in UK (Express UK)
FACT CHECK: Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s claim that a violent crime wave is sweeping the nation (WaPo)
Wilmington's Solution to the Opioid Crisis (Governing)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Better training, more transparency would ‘protect and serve’ the public and the police (Newsday.com)
Support, Concern Follow Expansion Of Police Microphones In High-Crime Neighborhoods (Captial Public Radio)
Police training for technology upgrades to improve transparency, record keeping (Columbia Daily Tribune)
‘CRIM-TECH’
The Dirty Data Feeding Predictive Police Algorithms (TheCrimeReport.org)
Public should know how police are using high-tech spying tools (San Diego Tribune)
AMERICA’S PRISON SYSTEM
Louisiana to review 16,000 prison sentences as criminal justice reform takes effect (nola.com)
Private prison industry sees boon under Trump administration (CNN)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
Bond set at $100,000 for former La Joya police chief in drug trafficking case (ValleyCentral.com)
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