SpotCrime Weekly Reads: facial recognition, crime prediction software, police surveillance

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Facial recognition use by police agencies debated, crime prediction software ineffective, more cities want camera and license plate reader networks, violent crime in St Louis, Kansas City teens fed up with crime, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

California DOJ Data Shows Drop In Police Uses Of Force In 2018 (Witness LA)

Police dropping 'crime prediction' software… because it's ineffective, not because it's Orwellian (RT.com) see also: LAPD pioneered predicting crime with data. Many police don’t think it works (LA Times)

Top 100 Cities for Police Officers (Safety.com)

8 reasons you may need to leave your departmentThere are many factors other than pay that determine whether an officer chooses to stay with or leave an agency (PoliceOne.com)

Coast Guard crewman jumps onto moving submarine full of drugs (TODAY)

Grand Jury investigates Fresno Police Department for long wait times on 911 calls (KMPH)

'Something we're not proud of': Fired deputy Zach Wester arrested in drug planting probe (Tallahassee Democrat)

CRIME RATE

St Louis Board of Alderman President Reed pushes for city to implement 'Cure Violence' program (KSDK) see also: St. Louis paramedics keep quitting due to amount of 'bloodshed' they witness (KMOX)

From ‘Crime-Dotte’ To Wyandotte — Kansas City, Kansas, Teens Are Fed Up With The Violence (KCUR)

Dallas’s New Mayor on Data, Crime, and Why Dallas Needs to Get Selfish (Texas Monthly)

South Bend’s Violent Crime Continues to Skyrocket Under Buttigieg (The Washington Free Beacon)

Attacks By Partners Are The Most Common Crime Against Women In LA (Patch)

Gates PD body cam captures growing problem of drivers who OD behind the wheel (WHAM)

What—or who—is killing cats in Tempe? Since May, the Tempe Police Department has responded to nine calls for service that involve dead cats. (12News)

CRIM-TECH

FBI, ICE use state databases to collect facial recognition data on millions of Americans, records show (Washington Examiner) see also: The Palantir user guide shows that police can start with almost no information about a person of interest and instantly know extremely intimate details about their lives. The capabilities are staggering (Vice)

Data watchdog warns police forces over use of live facial recognition (YAHOO! Finance) see also: As local legislators debate facial recognition, some agencies restrict it with their own policies first

New data system trying to help IMPD officers keep Indianapolis safe (FOX59)

Wynwood Leaders Want Large Network of Security Cameras, License Plate Readers (Miami New Times)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Your right to know doesn’t come cheap. Pierce County will charge for electronic public records (The News Tribune)

Supreme Court To Review Whether Or Not You Can Copyright State Laws (TechDirt)

PRISON REFORM

In rare motion, Atlanta's D.A. reversed tough-on-crime stance (TheAppeal.org)

Parson signs bevy of criminal justice, public safety bills: ‘We have to do a better job’ (The Missouri Times)

New Nevada law restores right to vote for ex-felons (KOLO)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Wisconsin's 'serial toilet clogger' gets 150 days behind bars, three years probation (FOX10)

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