SpotCrime Weekly Reads: crime drop, dirty data, crime against children, police suicide

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Drop in crime across US, MI stopping property seizures, cyber crime attacks children, gun control background checks, dirty data in AIs, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

'Significant' drop in crime credited to Sheriff, deputies (KVIA)

5 Chicago Police Officers Died By Suicide Since July. Is The Department Doing Enough? (NPR)

Bodycam video shows moments suspect, deported 3 times, shoots at Napa deputy (KRCR)

Downtown Memphis neighborhood wants police precinct, SkyCop cameras to reduce crime (FOX13)

Michigan May Stop Police From Seizing Property Without Getting a Conviction First (Reason.com)

CRIME RATE

Oklahoma Governor Signs 'Constitutional Carry' Bill, Allowing Residents to Openly Carry Guns Without a Background Check (TIME) see also: U.S. House approves expanded background checks for gun sales (Reuters)

For Students in Baltimore, Getting to School Can Be a Scary Ride

Regulatory Intelligence: Criminals Mix & Match Children's Personal Data for Synthetic Identity Fraud (JDSupra) see also: Cyber criminals earn $3bn a year exploiting social platforms (ComputerWeekly.com)

FBI Releases Preliminary Semiannual Crime Statistics for 2018 (FBI.gov)

Automated speed enforcement doesn't just reduce collisions -- it helps reduce crime (ScienceDaily)

People Who Believe in Conspiracy Theories Have a Troubling Link to Crime (Inverse.com)

Marijuana legalization is not driving increases in violent crime (The Hill)

Group of New York Lawmakers Calls for Legalization of Prostitution (NBC New York)

CRIM-TECH

How “dirty data” from civil rights violations leads to bad predictive policing (Fast Company)

How Tech Helped Chicago Police Solve the Jussie Smollett Case (GovTech)

Drones Assist With Police Standoff, Crime Scene Mapping (RoboticsBusinessReview.com)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Fuzzy numbers: Dallas’ crime picture is all over the map after switch to new stats system (DallasNews.com)

Local law enforcement allowed discretion when it comes to reporting shootings to FBI (WFTV)

List of thousands of criminal cops accidentally released under public records laws, now CA AG threatens 2 reporters with legal action for having a copy (BoingBoing.net)

PRISON REFORM

Younger Americans Much More Likely to Have Been Arrested Than Previous Generations; Increase Is Largest Among Whites and Women (RAND)

Guggenheim symposium examines violence in American and reform in the criminal justice system (John Jay College of Criminal Justice)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Police Arrest Man For Throwing Cookie At Girlfriend (WJZ)

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