SpotCrime Weekly Reads: gun violence, opioid epidemic, domestic violence

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Baltimore gun violence up 28%, stricter gun laws lead to fewer child shootings, tracking the opioid epidemic, harder to access domestic violence resources in rural areas, neighborhoods using license plate readers, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Plymouth police launch mental health initiative(CCX Media)

Colleges Turn to Law Firms to Sort Out Campus Crime Reporting (Bloomberg Law)

Detroit Police Chief Pitches $4M Crime Center Expansion (GovTech)

Attorney seeks to question Escambia Sheriff over claims he was part of deputy 'sex ring' (Pensacola News Journal)

Police caution state lawmakers against one-size-fits-all regulation for body-worn cameras (Telegram.com)

Wilmington's Crime Rate Rises Faster Than Police Spending (NBC Philadelphia)

ICE mined driver’s license photos for facial recognition (TechCrunch)

CRIME RATE

Lunacy: Is there a spike in crime during the full moon? (Crosstown)

Shootings up 28% this year in Baltimore (Fox Baltimore) see also: Targeted enforcement, data tracking, community relations stressed in Baltimore Police Crime Reduction Strategy (WMAR)

Strict state laws and universal background checks linked to lower pediatric firearm-related deaths (Science Daily) N.J.'s gun laws just got even tougher (NJ.com)

Shapiro touts 'Track + Trace' initiative in Pittsburgh to combat gun violence (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

School suspensions tied to increase in assaults, theft, drug crimes, Kentucky researchers say (Lexington Herald Leader)

An Indiana county just paid hackers over $100k in ransom – and they’re not alone (KPLR)

Overdose deaths decrease for 1st time in 3 decades (Beckers Hospital Review) see also: Little Rock group to start opioid-deaths state database (Arkansas Democrat Gazette) see also: DEA tracked every opioid pill sold in the US. The data is out—and it’s horrific (arsTechnia)

Online discrimination linked to real-life hate crimes (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Domestic violence victims in rural areas lacking vital support, report claims (The Independent)

CRIM-TECH

Colorado neighborhoods using license plate readers to reduce crime, raising privacy concerns (KDVR)

IMPD considers body cameras; tests technology (Fox59)

Pre-Crime: Has Minority Report-style Policing Become a Reality? (Al Jazeera)

Consumer surveillance good but risks lurk in the background (Security Boulevard)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Studying Crime and Place with the Crime Open Database (University College London)

Sharing data key in fight against illegal fishing (Phys.org)

PRISON REFROM

To Safely Cut Incarceration, States Rethink Responses to Supervision Violations (Pew Trusts)

Preventing Suicide and Self-Harm in Jail (Vera.org)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Radioactive uranium, whiskey and rattlesnake found in stolen car pulled over by police Stephen Jennings, 40, told officers he was trying to create a ‘super snake’ (The Independent)

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