SpotCrime Weekly Reads: body-cams, crime in rural America on the rise, red flag, and more...

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Body-worn camera programs, face recognition tech fail, rural crime growing, jails replace visits with video chat, bail sentencing in NOLA,  red flag laws, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

The Milwaukee Police Department’s Body-Worn Camera Program Evaluation Findings and Key Takeaways (The Urban Institute)

Wyandotte County D.A.'s BOLDD approach to fighting crime (KSHB)

Baltimore Police Commissioner De Sousa resigns amid federal tax charges (Baltimore Sun)

CRIME RATE

Vacant homes have increased by 2.1 million since 2005 A new Lincoln Institute of Land Policy report offers solutions to the high crime rates and property devaluation that accompany abandoned homes (Inman)

Food bank study suggests positive effects on local economy, crime rates (GoSkagit.com)

Violent Crime in Rural Areas Rises Above U.S. Average (TheCrimeReport.org) See also: ‘Nothing But You and the Cows and the Sirens’ — Crime Tests Sheriffs Who Police Small Towns Drugs and associated violence strain rural law enforcement (WSJ)

Inside the takedown of the notorious malware clearinghouse (Wired)

More states approving 'red flag' laws to keep guns away from people perceived as threats (LA Times)

Redding police went to Walmart more than anywhere else in 2017 (Record Searchlight)

Thomson Reuters launches Media Check to fight against financial crime (IT News Wire)

'CRIM-TECH'

You can learn a lot about health — and crime — through sweat (The Verge)

Cops Looks For Help In Processing Body Cam Videos (New Haven Independent)

Rockford PD test out weapon-mounted cameras that could be the future of police tech (ABC22)

UK police face-recognition technology branded ‘dangerous and inaccurate’ as it ‘identifies wrong person 98 per cent of the time’ (The Sun)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Open government advocates warn staff cuts could reduce access to public records (MyRecordJournal.com)

New Kansas Law Makes Police Bodycam Footage More Accessible (Fox14)

PRISON REFORM

Jails are replacing visits with video calls—inmates and families hate it (Arts Technica)

New Orleans' money bail bond system puts a price on freedom, report says (NOLA.com)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

B.C. woman squats, poops then hurls feces at Tim Hortons employee (The Star Phoenix)

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