SpotCrime Weekly Reads: America's violent crime rate, gun control laws and mass shootings, and more...

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America violent crime decreases, crypto facilitates crime more than economy, predictive policing under the microscope, 3-D scanners help recreate crime scenes, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Police Suicide Prevention: A Fresh Start (LinkedIn)

Pittsburg PD sees improved public safety thanks to sales tax (FourStatesHomePage)

‘Highway robbery’ or a way to fight drug cartels? Utah police defend law that lets them take cash, even from suspects who are never arrested. (Salt Lake Tribune)

No Charges in Sacramento Police Shooting of Stephon Clark (NYTimes)

Baltimore police consent decree will reduce crime but not right away, acting commissioner says (Baltimore Sun)

CRIME RATE

After increases in 2015 and 2016, America’s violent crime rate seems to be back on the decline (Vox)

‘This has to stop.’ Number of Charlotte murders quadruples year to date (The Charlotte Observer)

Chicago homicides statistics see 44 percent drop in first two months of 2019 (ABC News)

U.S. States with stricter gun controls have fewer mass shootings? (NewsWeek)

Consulting Firm PwC Says Crypto Increasingly Facilitating Crime and Not “Decentralized” Economy (CrowdfundInsider)

CRIM-TECH

New 3D Scanners for Winston-Salem Police Forensic Team Will Capture Crime Scenes (WFMY)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Senator introduces bill that would subject BYU Police to state open record laws (The Daily Universe)

Report Shines Light on Predictive Policing Data (TheCrimeReport.org)

The Stanford Open Policing Project (Stanford.edu)

PRISON REFORM

Profiting Off Prisoners: State Inmates Mean Big Bucks for Local Jails (Ohio Valley Resource)

How technology can help build a more equitable justice system (Fast Company)

New Group Seeks To Reform Parole and Probation (CrimeInAmerica.net)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Florida Man Arrested After Stolen Rare Coins Ended up in Change Machines: Police (NBC Miami)

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