SpotCrime Weekly Reads
Best policing strategies up for debate, LAPD officer caught on body cam planting drugs, FBI explanation doesn’t add up, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Science Says These Police Tactics Reduce Crime (Scientific American) See also: What strategies work best in policing? (psmag.com)
Tough-talking sheriffs raise their voices in Trump era (WaPo)
Body Cam Video Shows LAPD Officer Planting Drugs (NBC Bay Area)
Justice Reform Means ‘Thinking Outside Silos,’ Says New John Jay President (TheCrimeReport.org)
CRIME RATE
The gun numbers: just 3% of American adults own a collective 133m firearms (The Guardian)
The Opioid Files: More Than 100 States and Cities Are Suing Drug Companies (Governing)
Google study finds phishing attacks more efficient than data breaches (SCMedia)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
The FBI’s Explanation For Why It Released Less Crime Data Doesn’t Add Up (FiveThirtyEight)
‘CRIM-TECH’
Fewer Prisoners, Less Crime? The Elusive Promise of Algorithms (TheCrimeReport.org)
Cincinnati ranked second in country for body cam system, ahead of Louisville, Columbus, Cleveland (Cincinnati.com)
AMERICA’S PRISON SYSTEM
He thought he had a free court-appointed lawyer. Then he got a bill for $10,000 (Texas Tribune)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
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