SpotCrime Weekly Reads: gun violence, red flags, criminal justice reform
Different views on criminal justice reform, how red flag laws and background checks for gun purchases work, NYPD suicide rate and trust in the system, and more...
Dunwoody police force improves training on mental illness (AJC)
Remember The Surveillance Plane That Flew Over Baltimore? It Could Fly Again (CBS Baltimore)
IRS using Data Analytics to Uncover Criminal Arrangements (JDSUPRA)
Palm Beach Police Dept. has the highest arrest rate in Florida, but what does that actually mean?
Days after Carroll County sheriff calls Walmart security ‘poor,’ company officials to meet with police leaders (Capital Gazette)
Louisiana Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Roll Back Criminal-Justice Reform (NY Mag) see also: Game-changing approach to a better U.S. criminal justice system (Penn Today) and also: Criminal justice alternatives could shrink the domestic terror threat (The Hill)
Opioid deaths still climbing, AG going after distributors (The Berkeley Independent)
Pennsylvania governor unveils sweeping executive order on gun violence (The Hill)
Chicago PD to get rid of bulky vehicle computers in West Side district in favor of new smartphone technology
White House proposing ‘Minority Report’-style office to use data to predict crime (The Daily Dot)
How to Better Manage Tech Advances in Public Safety (Contributed) (GovTech)
Your marijuana delivery is here — now smile for the body cam (Boston Globe)
The growing presence of mental illness in crime data (CrossTown)
Who is responsible when an inmate dies by suicide? (The Telegraph)
POLICE CONDUCT
After Officer's Firing, Wary Members of NYPD Say No One Has Their Backs (Governing) see also: Police officer kills himself, the 9th NYPD death by suicide this year (USA Today)Dunwoody police force improves training on mental illness (AJC)
Remember The Surveillance Plane That Flew Over Baltimore? It Could Fly Again (CBS Baltimore)
IRS using Data Analytics to Uncover Criminal Arrangements (JDSUPRA)
Palm Beach Police Dept. has the highest arrest rate in Florida, but what does that actually mean?
Days after Carroll County sheriff calls Walmart security ‘poor,’ company officials to meet with police leaders (Capital Gazette)
CRIME RATE
How background checks and ‘red flag’ gun laws work (PBS)Louisiana Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Roll Back Criminal-Justice Reform (NY Mag) see also: Game-changing approach to a better U.S. criminal justice system (Penn Today) and also: Criminal justice alternatives could shrink the domestic terror threat (The Hill)
Opioid deaths still climbing, AG going after distributors (The Berkeley Independent)
Pennsylvania governor unveils sweeping executive order on gun violence (The Hill)
CRIM-TECH
Can we fix 911? A movement is underway to bring emergency medial services into the 21st century (Governing)Chicago PD to get rid of bulky vehicle computers in West Side district in favor of new smartphone technology
White House proposing ‘Minority Report’-style office to use data to predict crime (The Daily Dot)
How to Better Manage Tech Advances in Public Safety (Contributed) (GovTech)
Your marijuana delivery is here — now smile for the body cam (Boston Globe)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Residents Speak Out Against Partnership Between West Orange Police and “Ring” (TAPInto)The growing presence of mental illness in crime data (CrossTown)
PRISON REFORM
Homicide Charges Against Parolees Unlikely To Trigger Tough-On-Crime Backlash, Criminologist Says (WESA)Who is responsible when an inmate dies by suicide? (The Telegraph)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
Van full of detectives pulled over by fake LI cop who then flees (NY Post) |
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