SpotCrime weekly reads: facial recognition, surveillance, blockchain

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The age of surveillance, facial recognition, using blockchain with body cam footage and to fight deepfakes, domestic violence, cops get sued for untested rape kits, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

$455 per minute: NYC speed cameras issue over $28M in fines following expansion, data shows (Staten Island Live)

US and UK Sign Crime Data Sharing Agreement (OODA Loop)

Cities want technology vendors that listen, not just 'sell stuff' (StateScoop)

Privacy, Civil Rights Groups Press Amazon’s Ring to End Its Local Police Partnerships (Fortune) see also: Team-Up Aims to Give 911 Dispatch Access to Camera Feeds (GovTech)

Women All Over the Country Are Suing Police for Failing to Test Their Rape Kits (Mother Jones)

What if Your Abusive Husband Is a Cop? (The New Yorker)

CRIME RATE

New FBI Data: Violent Crime Still Falling (The Marshall Project)

How to predict whether a gun owner is more likely to commit violent crimes (MarketWatch)

Does Negative Publicity Regarding Cops Affect Reported Crime? (CrimeInAmerica.net)

Study links high pollen days to decrease in crime  (Colorado Springs Independent)

Children’s Exposure to Crime Costs U.S. $458B a Year: Study  (The Crime Report)

Does Legalizing Pot Increase Crime? Not in Washington or Colorado (The Crime Report)

CRIM-TECH

New law bans California cops from using facial recognition tech on body cameras (Sacramento Bee) see also: National Police Foundation Issues Open Letter to Elected Officials and Policymakers Regarding Law Enforcement’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology (National Police Foundation) and also: Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You’re a White Guy (NYTimes)

How police are using technology like drones and facial recognition to track people across the US (Business Insider)

US Police Devices Firm Explores Blockchain to Fight Deepfake Videos (Coin Telegraph) see also: Axon explores blockchain for police body-cam footage integrity (Leader Insights)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

When Data Parasites Are a Positive (U of M Health)

Majority of Americans say they are more apt to trust research when the data is openly available (Pew Research)

Safe KC: Jackson County prosecutor to create new crime strategy unit aimed at reducing crime (KSHB)

PRISON REFORM

Despite criticisms, Oklahoma policy analyst says criminal justice reforms are working (TulsaWorld.com)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Florida man arrested for trying to get alligator drunk (NY Post)

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