SpotCrime Weekly Reads: gun control, gun violence, Baltimore woes
Addressing gun control after Parkland, Baltimore crime and police problems continue, tax identity theft, Tesla and autonomous driving future of police vehicles, drones used to respond to gunshots, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Policeman Dragged by Motorist For Half a Mile (The Epoch Times)
Disband the Baltimore Police Department? After corruption trial, Maryland official proposes it (Baltimore Sun)
Santa Barbara Police Department Proposes Mental Health Detail Medical Professionals Would Engage the Chronically Homeless (Santa Barbara Independent)
Pittsburgh police bureau’s work with a technology company sparked FBI, city investigations and a whistleblower lawsuit (PublicSource.org)
CRIME RATE
After Parkland: As students watch, lawmakers debate porn but refuse to take up assault weapons ban (Miami-Herald) see also: In wake of Parkland massacre, police chiefs — again — call for assault-weapons ban also: A ‘Mass Shooting Generation’ Cries Out for Change (NYTimes) and: 'We Must Confront This Problem.' Read Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Florida School Shooting (Time.com)
At least 8 Hampton Roads students now charged with making school threats (PilotOnline.com) and also: at least a dozen threats made against Houston-area schools since the Valentine’s Day shooting that killed 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school. (Click2Houston.com)
Baltimore is the nation's most dangerous city (USA Today)
Clark County deaths in 2017 hit highest mark since 2001 (excludes Las Vegas strip mass shooting) (Las Vegas Review Journal)
The US's top military-intelligence official described how the war on Mexico's cartels has produced even more violence (Business Insider)
What is tax identity theft and how does it happen? (SpotCrime blog)
‘CRIMTECH’
How to Fight Bias with Predictive Policing (Scientific American Blog)
Louisville Plans to Become First U.S. City to Use Drones to Respond to Gunshots (GovTech)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
LAPD Body Cam Footage To Be Released Within 45 Days Under New Proposed Rules (CBS LA)
AMERICA’S PRISON SYSTEM
After Reforming Criminal Justice, Alaska Has Second Thoughts (Governing.com)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
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