SpotCrime Weekly Reads: the promise of crime data and big data, police shootings, genetic history solves crimes

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Police involved shooting rulings tipping point, gun violence in schools leads to more security, cybersecurity spending, the promise of crime data and big data in policing, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

What's Not Reported After a Police-Involved Shooting (GovEx)

Mississippi agency to stop probing police shootings in Jackson (WJTV12)

Officer shortage slows response time in Santa Fe (SantaFeNewMexican)

2 Cop Convictions in 2 Months: Is This a Tipping Point in Police Accountability? (Governing)

ABQ working with NYC on crime rate (ABQ Journal)

Justice Department awards record $49 million to improve collection of crime data reported to police (DOJ)

Hiring female police officers helps women report violence, sexual assault, study finds (Phys.org)

CRIME RATE

A hatchet, scuffle & violent ending: Was Lakeland City Commissioner Michael Dunn justified in pulling the trigger, killing Christobal Lopez? (the Ledger)

A Former CIA Officer’s Tips for Avoiding Death, Prison, and Hospital While You Travel (Daily Beast)

Scammers demand gift cards (FTC)

PA Gov. Wolf signs tougher rules for guns in domestic violence cases (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)

School Security Industry Booms After Parkland (TheCrimeReport.org)

CRIM-TECH

The unmet promise of Big Data in policing (Knowable Magazine)

Stanford scholars are helping journalists do investigative journalism through data (Stanford News)

Prosecutors Can Make Better Use of Data, Report Says (TheCrimeReport.org)

How Genetic Sleuthing Helped a Kidnapped Girl Recover Her Identity (NYTimes)  see also: How an Unlikely Family History Website Transformed Cold Case Investigations (NYTimes)

$30M in Federal Funds Could Create a Florida Cybersecurity Research Center (GovTech)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

That sign telling you how fast you’re driving may be spying on you (Quartz)

University of Montana fined nearly $1 million for Clery Act violations; UM to appeal (Missoulian)

Data informs Erie policing (GoErie.com)

PRISON REFORM

New York State Announces $2.2 Million in Grants to Reduce Recidivism (LongIsland.com)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Man run over by lawn mower while trying to kill son with chainsaw (WREG)

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