SpotCrime Weekly Reads: facial recognition, body cam data, illegal immigration

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Policing the homeless lessons learned, AI and facial recognition used by more agencies, data analysis drives policing, Uber safety algorithm, fact checking illegal immigration, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Operation I.C.O.N. reducing crime by half in KCK neighborhood (KSHB)

New study finds a relationship between US police department receipt of military excess hardware and increased suspect deaths (SAGE Journals)

Size of Memphis Police Force Study Weighs Numbers in Ranks and How to Use Them (Memphis Daily News)

Lessons learned from 25 years of policing the homeless (PoliceOne.com)

Nonprofit Roca begins relentless pursuit of Baltimore's most dangerous young men — to change them (Baltimore Sun)

CRIME RATE

How to Determine if the Neighborhood Where You’re Buying a House Is Safe (ZING!)

Florida among top states for murder-suicides (Miami-Herald)

Is Illegal Immigration Linked to More or Less Crime? (FactCheck.org)

Hackers May Be Using Your Phone to Commit Crime (NBC Bay Area)

How to Keep Vacations Safe Online (GovTech)

If someone shares drugs with a friend and they die of an overdose, does that make them a killer? (BigThink)

'CRIM-TECH'

Newspaper Shooting Shows Widening Use of Facial Recognition by Authorities (NYTimes)

Predictive Policing: Can a Crime Be Precisely Foreseen? (lawless.tech)

The Citizen Scientist Who Finds Killers from her Couch (MIT Tech Review)

Managing body cam data new challenge for police (Grand Forks Herald)

How Data Analysis Is Driving Policing (OPB.org)

Uber patent application could route users around 'unsafe' areas (CNET)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

The Data Brigade of Tulsa, Oklahoma (CityLab)

PRISON REFORM

In Rural Areas, Jail Populations Are Skyrocketing — Including Pretrial Detainees (NationalReview)

Why Oklahoma Has The Highest Incarceration Rate In The U.S. (WBUR)

Do Jail Diversion Programs Really Work? (TheCrimeReport.org)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Florida man chugged can of beer during DUI stop, deputy says (WGNTV)

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