SpotCrime Weekly Reads: community policing, predpol manual, facial recognition

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Community policing focus for agencies, deciphering PredPol through it's manual, Orlando's round two of facial recognition, Milwaukee ACLU ruling, health data and crime relationship and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

73 Law Enforcement Line-of-Duty Deaths in First Half of 2018 Firearms-related fatalities increase 24 percent over same period last year (NLEOMF.org)

Long Island's top cops use technology to target guns, gangs and drugs (Newsday)

The Park City Police Are Reaching Out To HOA's To Lower Crime Rates In Neighborhoods (KPCW) see also: Police outreach in DC community where tensions are high doesn't go as planned (WUSA)

Baltimore police stopped noticing crime after Freddie Gray's death. A wave of killings followed. (USAToday)

Callback system aims to close loop for APD reports (KTVA)

Common Council approves historic settlement with ACLU over unconstitutional traffic stops(Milwaukee Independent)

CRIME RATE

Live in a Chicago neighborhood with a high violent crime rate? Your odds of obesity, hypertension are higher, study finds (Chicago Tribune)

How Cities Can Use ER Data to Establish Violence Interventions (EfficientGov)

Massive Protest Against Gun Violence Closes Chicago Highway (HuffPo)

From killings to rapes to thefts, Asheville's crime rate increases (WLOS)

This London crime map tells a worrying story about poverty and violent crime (VT)

'CRIM-TECH'

PredPol manual offers a look into the world of policing pre-crime (MuckRock) see also: Should police use computers to predict crimes and criminals? (NewsObserver)

Orlando Police to Launch Round Two of Facial Recognition Testing (GovTech)

Austin police roll out iPhones to help officers view body cam footage instantly (KVUE)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

HHS is Using Data to Fight Opioid Abuse, Fraud and Just About Everything Else (NextGov)


Data Analysis Opens Doors for New Outcomes at State and Local Agencies (State Tech Magazine)

PRISON REFORM

Criminal justice leaders talk home incarceration concerns, benefits (Courier-Journal)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Burglar Breaks Into Escape Room, Calls 911 When He Can’t Escape (WJZ)

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