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Baltimore’s crime plan, tracking hate crimes across the US, officers involved in fatal shootings get jail time, fentanyl and the opioid epidemic, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Officer who fatally shot Walter Scott, Jr sentenced to 20 years in prison (DOJ) See also: OKC police officer charged with second-degree murder after DA finds deadly shooting unjustified (NewsOK.com)
Police officer adopts homeless mother’s opioid-addicted newborn (Fox61.com)
Some Police Departments Are Adding Staff for the First Time in Years (Governing.com)
Crime-Reporting Failures Persist Across All The Pentagon's Armed Services (NPR)
CRIME RATE
Baltimore Pugh says her preventive “good government” approach to crime reduction is working (BaltimoreBrew.com) See also: Governor Hogan announces plan to fight violent crime in Baltimore (Baltimore Sun) and also: Bloomberg donates $5 million to Baltimore for police technology
Community and the Crime Decline: The Causal Effect of Local Nonprofits on Violent Crime (SAGE Journals)
How Governors Across America Are Getting Smart on Crime (DailySignal.com)
Fentanyl Spread ‘Alarming,’ Washington Hearing is Told (TheCrimeReport.com)
Hate Crimes Up? Some Clarification is Necessary (CrimeinAmerica.net) See also: Urbana council discusses causes of racial disparity in traffic stops (The News-Gazette) And Also: Black people stopped and searched in Asheville more in 2017, report says (WLOS.com)
Why We Can’t Be Sure If Violent Crime Is On The Rise (FiveThirtyEight)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Business owner creates crime map (ArkLaTex.com)
‘CRIM-TECH’
Black Box Justice. Richard Berk designs computer algorithms that predict crime (TheOpenGazette.com)
W.Va. county building opioid data hub (GCN.com)
License-plate scanners result in few 'hits,' but are invaluable in solving crimes, police say (Cleveland.com)
Report raises questions about city’s new crime camera system (LouisianaWeekly.com)
Fight against financial crime requires both artificial and human intelligence (ZDNet)
AMERICA’S PRISON SYSTEM
Los Angeles Study Finds $19 Billion Levied in Money Bail Between 2012-2016 (TheCrimeReport.org)
A Path to Recovery: Treating Opioid Use in West Virginia’s Criminal Justice System (Vera.org)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
PCSO arrests Davenport (FL) mayor, says she was using dead people’s handicapped placards (TheLedger.com)
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