SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

We would like to share with you our newest project - a podcast we are calling ‘The Land of the Unsolved’. Episode one has launched and you can listen for free here: The show will explore unsolved murders and mysterious deaths in my hometown, Baltimore, and beyond. We’ve partnered with local Baltimore investigative journalists Stephen Janis and Taya Graham who will examine evidence, speak to detectives, and interview witnesses to help fill in the blanks on cases that remain stubbornly open or in legal limbo. In the first series, Stephen and Taya explore the death of Baltimore Police homicide detective Sean Suiter. Suiter was found shot in the head in a West baltimore alley in November of 2017. At first police raised the possibility of a lone gunman, but that trail has gone cold and the case remains unsolved. As the founder of SpotCrime, I believe firmly in the public's right to know. My decision to help produce the show is another example of SpotCrime’s commitment to t...

SpotCrime's new podcast, ethics of AI in policing, FBI data is back, studying gun violence, what we can learn from the mentally ill, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Report: Chicago police not reporting mentally ill gun owners  (Fox32) Lakeland PD officers’ use of force raises question of body cameras  (The Lakeland Ledger) The FBI Restored Its Missing Crime Data  (FiveThirtyEight) Why police should monitor social media to prevent crime  (Wired) SpotCrime's new podcast 'The Land of the Unsolved' Episode 1: The mysterious death of Baltimore police homicide detective Sean Suiter (SpotCrime) Law enforcement agencies moving to place crime data in one database  (WCTV) CRIME RATE Does Detroit's Project Green Light really make the city safer?  (Detroit Free Press) Just how much is the booming cybercrime economy worth?  (Silicon Republic) What Care for the Criminally Insane Can Teach Us About Mental Health Treatment  (PewTrusts.org) 7 gov...

Analytics help police, risk based policing decreases crime, fighting gangs with tech, nonfatal shooting data and more... POLICE CONDUCT New DNA law leading to more matches, including a break in a rape case  (WTHR) Modernizing Crime Statistics: New Systems for Measuring Crime  (TheGovLab) Gilbert: Law enforcement agencies notified Wilkes-Barre police chief altered reports  (Times-Leader) Sacramento police unveil body cam policy after protests  (SacBee) Violent Acts in Public Places Fuel Interest in Secure Design  (Route Fifty) Analytics help city police connect the dots across databases  (GCN.com) Criminal-Justice Officials Should Stand Up to Mental-Health Officials  (National Review) see also:  Woman who helped dramatically reduce youth murders in Scotland urges London to treat violence as a 'disease'  (The Independent) CRIME RATE Atlantic City's violent crime decreases with risk-based policing initiative  (Pressof...

SpotCrime is now mapping crime in Omaha, NE ! We made contact with the Omaha police department just under a year ago to ask them to revisit making crime data open and available to everyone. We shared the importance of open crime data and the SpotCrime Open Crime Standard (SOCS) . After a long wait and some programming, Omaha is now publishing a crime data feed! We are now mapping crime in Omaha and sending out email alerts to residents free of charge. We are also now able to move Omaha's crime data transparency ranking to a 2 on our list! Omaha is the largest city in Nebraska and sits right next to Council Bluffs, IA.The population is just over 400,000 making it top 50 most populated cities in the US. Notable residents of Omaha include Warren Buffet, Marlon Brando, Gerald Ford, and Malcom X. Check out the Omaha crime map at SpotCrime . Sign up for your local crime alert to stay informed of what happens in your neighborhood.

Criminal justice data for prison reform, regulating algorithms, Baltimore scrutiny, gun violence, Apple watch helps investigators, new mental health unit, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Pugh says new police technology, changes to recruiting will continue to lower violence rates  (Baltimore Business Journal) St. Paul Police launch new Mental Health Unit  (KARE11) How heroin overdoses in the suburbs exposed Baltimore's corrupt police squad, the Gun Trace Task Force  (Baltimore Sun) To find suspects, police quietly turn to Google  (WRAL) Are America’s Police Getting an Unfair Rap?  (TheCrimeReport.org) Why There Are So Many Bad Sheriffs  (Governing) CRIME RATE Patriots’ Julian Edelman May Have Thwarted a School Shooting  (NYTimes) Multiple Cleveland homes sprayed with bullets Easter night  (Cleveland19) Guns are responsible for the largest share of U.S. homicides in over 80 years, federal mortality data shows  (WaPo) Firearm, ...