SpotCrime Weekly Reads: surveillance planes, facial recognition, private prisons
Surveillance planes to combat crimes, facial recognition tech in schools, hot spot policing, mental illness and crime, AI, CA ends private prisons, and more...
Community Based Public Safety Solutions Are Working in South Los Angeles (LA Sentinel)
Fort Bend County Sheriff Nehls: Mental illness ‘biggest issue’ in Fort Bend County (Houston Chronicle)
STUDY: Where’s The Crime? Exploring Divergences Between Call Data and Perceptions of Local Crime and the microgeographic dynamics of this ‘hidden hot spot’ (Oxford Academic)
Fort Collins Police Chief oped: Mindful approach to policing, community health helps increase safety (Coloradoan)
How Many Police Officers Should A City Have? (WCCO)
IRS Followed Bitcoin Transactions, Resulting In Takedown Of The Largest Child Exploitation Site On The Web (Forbes)
5 facts about crime in the U.S (Pew Research)
Media coverage of mass shooters feeds their urge for fame and notoriety, according to a study published in Aggression and Violent Behavior. (Science Direct)
CRIM-TECH
Proposed crime-fighting surveillance planes over St. Louis cause controversy (KMOX) see also: Greater Baltimore Committee backs surveillance planes in city (Baltimore Business Journal)
Facial Recognition Software on the Rise in U.S. Schools (GovTech) see also: Florida is scooping up huge amounts of data on schoolchildren, including security camera footage and discipline records, and researchers are worried (CNBC)
Miami Police to Buy Spy Gear to Track Phones, Social Media (Governing)
Breathalyzer for weed, backed by Philly investor, could be a ‘game changer’ for legalization efforts (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
With AI, agencies have secondary responsibility of providing data for industry (FedScoop)
Sunshine Law keeps government in public view (Weatherford Democrat)
California set to end private prisons and immigrant detention camps (Reuters)
Study uses Ohio data to conclude certain children could see benefits from a parent’s incarceration (Cleveland.com)
Expunging records with new technology (ABA Journal)
POLICE CONDUCT
LAPD changing controversial program that uses data to predict where crimes will occur (LA Times)Community Based Public Safety Solutions Are Working in South Los Angeles (LA Sentinel)
Fort Bend County Sheriff Nehls: Mental illness ‘biggest issue’ in Fort Bend County (Houston Chronicle)
STUDY: Where’s The Crime? Exploring Divergences Between Call Data and Perceptions of Local Crime and the microgeographic dynamics of this ‘hidden hot spot’ (Oxford Academic)
Fort Collins Police Chief oped: Mindful approach to policing, community health helps increase safety (Coloradoan)
How Many Police Officers Should A City Have? (WCCO)
IRS Followed Bitcoin Transactions, Resulting In Takedown Of The Largest Child Exploitation Site On The Web (Forbes)
CRIME RATE
Air Pollution Exposure Is Linked to Increased Violent Crime, Domestic Violence (EcoWatch)5 facts about crime in the U.S (Pew Research)
Media coverage of mass shooters feeds their urge for fame and notoriety, according to a study published in Aggression and Violent Behavior. (Science Direct)
CRIM-TECH
Proposed crime-fighting surveillance planes over St. Louis cause controversy (KMOX) see also: Greater Baltimore Committee backs surveillance planes in city (Baltimore Business Journal)
Facial Recognition Software on the Rise in U.S. Schools (GovTech) see also: Florida is scooping up huge amounts of data on schoolchildren, including security camera footage and discipline records, and researchers are worried (CNBC)
Miami Police to Buy Spy Gear to Track Phones, Social Media (Governing)
Breathalyzer for weed, backed by Philly investor, could be a ‘game changer’ for legalization efforts (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Marsy's Law strikes again: Refuge House will not read victims’ names this year at Domestic Violence Speak-Out and Candlelight Vigil, because we don’t know who they are (Tallahassee Democrat)With AI, agencies have secondary responsibility of providing data for industry (FedScoop)
Sunshine Law keeps government in public view (Weatherford Democrat)
PRISON REFORM
Can you make AI fairer than a judge? Play our courtroom algorithm game (MIT Technology Review)California set to end private prisons and immigrant detention camps (Reuters)
Study uses Ohio data to conclude certain children could see benefits from a parent’s incarceration (Cleveland.com)
Expunging records with new technology (ABA Journal)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
Alabama student who called in bomb threat to LSU-Florida game facing up to 20 years in prison (Yahoo! Sports) |
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