SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Pot legalization, genealogy databases, facial recognition

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Homemade and untraceable guns, the abortion crime rate debate, pot legalization looked at in Louisville,  CA moves to ban facial recognition from police body cams, mental health incorporated into policing, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Once enemies, now police join forces with violence data activists (Ozy.com) see also: Cochise County joins violent crime data-sharing program (Benson News-Sun)

How KCPD calls for service can impact your call for help (KSHB)

‘Future Of Policing’: How The LASD Incorporates Mental Health SharePrint This! ‘Future Of Policing’: How The LASD Incorporates Mental Health (Hometownstation.com) see also DA Calls For De-Escalation Training For Police Who Encounter Mentally Ill (KPBS)

Raleigh police chief rejects need for citizen-led review board (ABC11)

Police Seizing More Homemade, Untraceable Weapons Used in Local Crimes (NBC San Diego)

Ex-Allentown police chief Joel Fitzgerald fired as Fort Worth chief after incident in Washington (The Morning Call)

CRIME RATE

Atlanta PD: Walmart crime pulling resources in a big way Jonathan Carlson (CBS46)

The Abortion-Crime Hypothesis Returns For Round 2 (MotherJones)

Other cities may shed light on Louisville's proposed decriminalization of weed (Courier Journal)

From Golden State Killer to Terre Haute murder: How genetic genealogy solves cold cases (IndyStar) see also: How your DNA could solve a murder (TheWeek.com)

‘Organized crime’ behind TrickBot cyberattack on Coventry schools, says FBI (Ohio.com)

CRIM-TECH

Predicting Safe Parking Spaces: A Machine Learning Approach to Geospatial Urban and Crime Data (MDPI) see also: How big data and artificial intelligence can help combat crime (Data Centre Review Magazine)

Hundreds of agencies, including the FBI and ICE, have access to Ohio AG’s facial recognition platform (MuckRock) see also: California Senate considers ban on facial recognition software for police body cams (CNBC)

FOX13 Investigates: Memphis police purchasing new technology to hack into suspects' phones (FOX13)

Can Hidden Scanners Find Weapons in Crowds? Utah Will Test New Technology. (Governing.com)

Emerging tech’s encouraging promise: Fight financial crime in real time (BAI.org)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Keep police data public! (RikiWiki blog)

Data on the crime beat: Conversations with Data: #27 (DataJournalism.com)

PRISON REFORM

New data reveals the racial disparities in Pennsylvania's money bail industry (TheAppeal.org)

Republican senator wants U.S. Census to ask about criminal records (Reuters)

Banned: Book About Policing's Impact on Black Men Not Allowed in Arizona Prisons (Governing.com)

New Orleans D.A. unveils plan to reduce juvenile crime (Louisiana Weekly)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Mississippi lawmaker accused of punching wife in face for not undressing quickly enough (AJC)

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