SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Psychopathy and homicides connected, familicide boom, winter thaws bring crime spikes, gun violence reaching record highs, AI to fight hate rime, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Deputies pull burning man from car into a puddle to put out flames, Texas bodycam shows  (Star-Telegram) Officers recognized for going above and beyond  (The Daily Sentinel) Police body cam shows drunk driving arrest of Midland County sheriff  (mlive.com) Police chiefs have concerns as state mandates new data collection  (East Oregonian) Amazon Teams With Cops To Catch Crooks  (Pymnts.com) Uber, Crimestoppers Partner For Pilot Crime Reporting Program In Jacksonville  (WJCT) CRIME RATE Crime in the 30 largest US cities dropped in 2018  (Smart Cities Dive) see also:  Crime and murder fell in America’s most populous cities in 2018  (Vox) New research by criminologist shows a significant connection between psychopathy and homicides  (Medical Express) S...

Checking out a new restaurant in the city? Are your kids going to a new neighborhood to visit friends? Traveling to a new city for vacation or work? Buying a house? Starting a community watch group?   It's now easier than ever to stay up to date on police activity and crime near your most important locations with our new Android app for our sister website, MyLocalCrime.  Download the app for free from the google play store here: http://bit.ly/MLCappAndroid We've added a ‘favorite addresses’ feature making it more convenient for you to access information on crimes like shootings robberies, assaults, burglaries, arrests, thefts, vandalisms, and arsons around multiple addresses. If you like the app, make sure to leave a review. And, don’t forget to sign up for free daily and weekly crime alerts! Safety begins with knowing.

2017 NIBRS FBI data released, shootings are contagious?, Atlanta turns ex-cons into farmers, using crime data to make safer cities, police property seizures scrutinized, and more... POLICE CONDUCT 2017 NIBRS Crime Data Released. Law Enforcement Continuing Transition to More Detailed Reporting System  (FBI) Rockford Police scores high marks during audit  (rrstar.com) SPD Chief Ben Raymond wants more communication with victims' families  (KSLA12) ACLU: N.J. police unfairly taking cash, property from criminal suspects  (WHYY.org) see also:  Texas police made more than $50 million in 2017 from seizing people’s property. Not everyone was guilty of a crime.  (Texas Tribune) CRIME RATE Shootings are contagious: Prosecutors study King County gun violence from a public-health angle  (Seattle Times) Criminally Insane in Oregon Attack Twice as Many People Than Previously Known, New Data Shows  (ProPublica) Spotify Ditches Market Street Office...

Nashville Policing project results, Fortnite targeted by criminals, safer public housing, anti-violence programs that work, Florida prison population, beware of porch pirates, and more... POLICE CONDUCT NYPD Has Been Quietly Revamping How It Treats Crime Victims. The Results Are Impressive.  (Slate) Chicago’s Safe Passage program costs a lot, but it may provide students safer routes to school  (The Conversation) The 25 NJ police departments that used kicks, pepper spray or other force the most, ranked  (NJ.com) What Happens in the Wake of The Policing Project?  (Nashville Scene) CRIME RATE Study: Epileptic Adults in High-Crime Neighborhoods Have Seizures More Often  (US News) Johns Hopkins surgeon and other physicians tell U.S. lawmakers stories of harrowing gun violence  (Baltimore Sun) How Ring's Neighbors app is making home security a social thing  (CNet) How to Create Safer Public Housing Projects  (CityLab) How a Brownsvil...

DNA testing is coming in handy to solve crimes, robots commit more crimes than humans by 2040, community policing, bail reform reduces crime rate, AI crime prediction software gets a closer look, body cam transparency, and more... POLICE CONDUCT This City’s Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It?  (NYTimes) New Hamilton police chief focuses on community aspect of policing  (CommunityNews.org) LCSO Debuts 'Real Time Crime Center,' Allowing Analysts To Monitor Video Feeds Across County  (WJCT) Boston Police Chief Unleashes on ACLU After Officers’ Integrity Gets Questioned  (The Western Journal) For framing innocent black men, a Florida police chief gets three years in prison  (Miami Herald) CRIME RATE Stay Cool: A Warmer Winter Means More Crime, Warns Study  (StudyFinds.org) School Threat App Sees Wide Adoption in Suffolk County, N.Y.  (Government Technology) 'Home is most likely place for women to get killed', new UN st...

Alexa as a witness, Sessions is out, violent crime goes unreported,  and more... POLICE CONDUCT Sessions, in Last-Minute Act, Sharply Limits Use of Consent Decrees to Curb Police Abuses  (NYTimes) Planning begins for $1M grant to help fight crime in Flint neighborhoods  (NBC25) Improved technology, data analysis helps IMPD turn corner on crime  (CBS4) One-on-one with Henderson's Police chief to discuss crime data and community impact  (Las Vegas Now) CRIME RATE When and where America’s mass shootings have occurred in 2018  (AJC) New Jersey Outlaws Untraceable ‘Ghost Guns,’ 3-D Printing of Firearms  (Bloomberg) Vast majority of violent crime goes unreported in metro Atlanta: Hospital study  (ABC News) Randolph DA adopts Project Safe Neighborhoods to fight violent crime  (Courier-Tribune) CRIM-TECH Amazon’s Alexa might be a key witness in a murder case POLICE TRANSPARENCY  TBI Director announces more transparency on...

Legalizing marijuana doesn't create crime wave, property crime rise linked to justice reform, police officer shortage across the US, hate crimes on the rise, big data to predict crime, what is the dark web, drones to fix murder rate, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Dayton, Ohio, Police Test Brain Stimulation to Reduce Stress  (GovTech) Asheville Police Chief Tammy Hooper resigns  (Citizen Times) Bodycam footage shows police chief rescuing baby at traffic light  (ABC13) OP ED: To stop the killings, Baltimore needs more data  (Baltimore Sun) Short-staffed Santa Fe police lets gun data lapse  (Santa Fe New Mexican) Oregon State Police seek $64M to put more troopers on highways  (KVAL) CRIME RATE Legalizing marijuana doesn’t appear to have created a Colorado crime wave, according to state report  (Vail Daily) see also:  Marijuana legalization in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report  (Politifact) Is The Rise in Property Crime Related To Cr...

Violence in children, school shooting victims recount experiences, retaining police officers, marijuana and crime, hate crimes, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police officer vacancies highlight struggle between public safety expectations, reality  (13NewsNow) Policing High-Crime Areas: A Matter of Trust  (CATO Institute) The Scanner: Complaints against cops fell with body cams, but questions remain  (San Francisco Chronicle) More officers now trained in mental health crisis intervention, but Lawrence police department still short of 100 percent goal  (LJWorld.com) Hold private police partners accountable, too: For-profit companies are making millions with special access to NYPD information  (NYDaily News) ‘Please report it to us’: Dayton police noticed a change in how people talk about crime, so they posted about it  (Dayton Daily News) CRIME RATE Confirmed: Negative Events in Childhood Tied to Juvenile Crime  (MedPageToday) PHOTOS: Twen...

Social media used to predict crime, tech used to predict and solve crime, crime influenced by time of day, school violence, blockchain in justice, combating the opioid crisis, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Report: As Tech Changes Law Enforcement, Its Workforce Must Adapt  (GovTech) Justice Department is Awarding Almost $320 Million to Combat Opioid Crisis  (DOJ) Feds Order Google To Hand Over A Load Of Innocent Americans' Locations  (Forbes) Maryland supplying $12M in grants to Baltimore PD for technology, violent crime fight, community policing  (Baltimore Fishbowl) NYPD yanks thousands of body cams after one caught fire  (Gizmodo) Charlottesville Police Department changes how stop and frisk data is collected, presented  (Cavalier Daily) CRIME RATE UNESCO report reveals high levels of violence and bullying in schools  (UNESCO) see also:  New Jersey mom follows 'gut feeling', stopping potential school shooting in central Kentucky ...

Police involved shooting rulings tipping point, gun violence in schools leads to more security, cybersecurity spending, the promise of crime data and big data in policing, and more... POLICE CONDUCT What's Not Reported After a Police-Involved Shooting  (GovEx) Mississippi agency to stop probing police shootings in Jackson  (WJTV12) Officer shortage slows response time in Santa Fe  (SantaFeNewMexican) 2 Cop Convictions in 2 Months: Is This a Tipping Point in Police Accountability?  (Governing) ABQ working with NYC on crime rate  (ABQ Journal) Justice Department awards record $49 million to improve collection of crime data reported to police  (DOJ) Hiring female police officers helps women report violence, sexual assault, study finds  (Phys.org) CRIME RATE A hatchet, scuffle & violent ending: Was Lakeland City Commissioner Michael Dunn justified in pulling the trigger, killing Christobal Lopez?  (the Ledger) A Former CIA Offi...

Fighting the violent crime rate, 2017 crime data finally available, civil forfeiture overhaul, lunar phases and temperature linked to crime rates, treating violence like a disease, and more... POLICE CONDUCT ‘In seconds you can be fighting for your life.’ How routine calls can quickly turn dangerous for police  (Sacramento Bee) What happens to police departments that collect more fines? They solve fewer crimes.  (Washington Post) After Backlash Over Racist Comments, New Jersey Sheriff Resigns  (Governing) Deputy caught allegedly planting drugs in body cam footage  (WDHN) Philly agrees to overhaul civil forfeiture program to settle lawsuit  (Philly.com) CRIME RATE Early Data from Nation’s Largest Cities Show 2018 Crime and Murder Rates to Decline  (Brennan Center for Justice) 2017 FBI Crime Statistics Released Annual Statistics are Available in Crime Data Explorer  (FBI) see also:  Crime in Texas and New Mexico is increasing, while...

Intimidating rape victims, colleges may be finally required to disclose hazing, data-driven crime fighting, using tech to fight opioid epidemic, AI in public safety, federal program sees drop in recidivism, and more... POLICE CONDUCT In Cincinnati, data-driven crimefighting has revived communities. Could the strategy work in NM?  (KOB4) Jeff Sessions to police: 'You are the thin blue line ... between safety and lawlessness.'  (Indy Star) MD state's attorney sent police to rape victim’s home to threaten her - lawsuit alleges Federal class action against the state’s attorney, police and UMBC charges that Baltimore County is obstructing justice – and still misclassifying rape reports  (Baltimore Brew) The Need to Balance Police Effectiveness and Fairness  (GovTech) U.K. Police Target Russian Criminal Funds Flowing Through Banks  (Bloomberg) ‘An erosion in confidence’: Athens police chief asked to resign  (AJC) see also:  Oklahoma Police Chief...

Statistics on school shootings prove hard to collect, Trump prosecutes gun crimes, cash bail replaced by algorithms, Japan's 'pre-crime' AI, open crime data is good for police, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Rate of Police Officers Decreases By 11 Percent  (CrimeInAmerica.net) Chicago cops to document every time they point a gun at someone as part of CPD overhaul deal, sources say  (Chicago Tribune) California Police Accountability Bills Head to Governor’s Desk  (Courthouse News) Studies reveal drop in complaints against police since use of body cams  (Spectrum News) CRIME RATE Treating Violence As An Epidemic: Greensboro Leaders Consider 'Cure Violence' Program  (WFMY) These Firms Are Monitoring Students on Social Media to Prevent School Violence. Does It Work?  (NYTimes) see also:  Why there’s so much inconsistency in school shooting data  (The Conversation) Does the U.S. lead the world in mass shootings?  (WaPo) see also: ...

Police fleeing the force, schools spending money on active shooter insurance, Ceasefire program curbs gun violence, poverty leads to more crime, bail reform, opioids killing rural areas, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Mobile ballistics program links active and cold cases, other crimes in Mississippi  (Clarion Ledger) The militarization of police does not reduce crime  (Pacific Standard) Kentucky police officer gets $300K in whistleblower lawsuit  (WKYT) Proactive policing declines as officers flee the force  (The News & Advance) CRIME RATE Economists: More Guns, Not the Crack Epidemic, Drove ’90s Murder Boom  (The Daily Beast) Study: Oakland’s multi-faceted Ceasefire program curbs shootings, homicides  (The Mercury News) As green space went up, crime went down in poor neighborhoods  (Crain's) see also:  The Geography of Urban Violence  (CityLab) and also:  High poverty, high crime rate  (The Pueblo Chieftain) Pred...

Boston's first black police commissioner, 'bad apples' not behind disproportionate killing of black men, 50 new gun control laws since Parkland, VA in state of emergency during Charlottesville anniversary, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police officer jumps off overpass to save boy's life in daring New York rescue  (USAToday) If police officers need a second job, we've reached peak austerity  (Independent) William Gross Sworn In As Boston's First Black Police Commissioner, Stresses Community Policing And Diversity  (WBUR) Bad policing, bad law, not 'bad apples,' behind disproportionate killing of black men  (EurekaAlert) Chicago police solve one in every 20 shootings. Here are some reasons why that's so low  (Chicago Trubune) CRIME RATE Ray Lewis: Crime in Baltimore Decreased When I Played for Ravens  (Bleacher Report) Can you change how criminals think? Chicago hopes behavioral therapy can cut gun violence  (USA Today) After Parkland, ...