SpotCrime Weekly Reads: AI in policing, fact-checking mass shooting data, bodycam on the blockchain

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POLICE CONDUCT

Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology (The Verge) See also: The Future of Policing Is Being Hashed Out in Secret (Bloomberg) and also: Artificial intelligence could identify gang crimes—and ignite an ethical firestorm (ScienceMag)

Homebuying incentive could help San Diego with police officer shortage (San Diego Tribune)

2017 saw highest number of officer-involved shootings in more than two decades (The Spokesman Review)

CRIME RATE

Philly Study: Cleaning Vacant Land Can Significantly Reduce Crime (PhillyMag.com)

When the Saints play, do fewer people in New Orleans get shot? (NOLA.com)

Global Cost of Cyber-Crime Reached a New High of $600 Billion in 2017 (eWeek)

Did mass shootings increase 200 percent since assault weapons ban expired? (Politifact) See also: Four Or Five Mass Shootings A Year-Not One A Day (CrimeInAmerica.net)

Portland to sue opioid companies for costs of local havoc (Oregon Live)

Is marijuana a gateway drug? Perceptions vs. reality in states where it is legal (SILive.com)

'CRIMTECH'

This hackathon project wants to put bodycam footage on the blockchain (Technical.ly Philly) See also: Blockchain and Machine Learning as the Future of CrimTech (SpotCrime blog)

Justice Department Drops $2 Million to Research Crime-Fighting AI (Gizmodo)

Los Angeles Chatbot Deputized to Help with Police Recruitment (GovTech)

What if you could view your neighbors’ smart security cameras? (The Verge)

Report On Device Encryption Suggests A Few Ways Forward For Law Enforcement (TechDirt)

On the horizon: Tech trends impacting law enforcement investigations (PoliceOne.com)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Cary Drafts Open Data Policy to Hold Transparency Accountable (Cary Citizen)

Visiting professors express concerns on how big data, mass surveillance will affect criminal justice system (The Badger Herald)

Kansas Legislature Introduces Two Bills Mandating Speedy Release Of Police Body Cam Footage (TechDirt)

AMERICA'S PRISON SYSTEM

How lenders are turning low-level courts into Dickensian "debt collection mills" (The Intercept)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

New Yorker arrested in Japan over severed head in suitcase (The Telegraph)

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