SpotCrime Weekly Reads: opioid crisis, violent crime risk, facial recognition

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States starting to take new approaches to the opioid crisis, deescalation training rolling out, lowering risk for violent crime, communities react to facial recognition tech, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Assessing Similarities and Differences in Self-Control between Police Officers and Offenders (American Journal of Criminal Justice)

Dallas Mayor’s Task Force On Safe Communities Is Weeks Away From Presenting Recommendations (21 CBS DFW)

Cop who blew whistle on arrest quotas felt ‘threatened’ by then-NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton: court docs (NYDailyNews)

N.C. County Takes Preventive Approach to Opioid Crisis (GovTech) see also: Massachusetts Is Trying a Radical But Shockingly Simple New Response to the Opioid Crisis (Mother Jones)

De Blasio's Answer to Garner Death, NYPD Deescalation Training Slowly Evolves Toward Meeting Mayor’s Rhetoric (Gotham Gazette)

IRS touts 91% conviction rate for its 2019 tax crime cases (Post Bulletin)

Police tactics questioned after UPS truck police chase ends in deadly shootout (CBS News)

DOJ awards $376M to jurisdictions to improve public safety (Homeland Preparedness)

CRIME RATE

Strategies to lower risk for violent crime and gun violence (Eureka Alert!)

Economists find marriage, pregnancy reduce crime (BostonHerald.com)

Study: more people reported sex crimes around the world in the wake of Me Too (Vox)

CRIM-TECH

Information technology can save police lives, according to a new study (Eureka Alert!)

SpotCrime Offers Free Software and Programming To Police (SpotCrime blog)

A DNA Firm That Caters to Police Just Bought a Genealogy Site (Wired)

Communities come face-to-face with the growing power of facial recognition technology (PBS) see also: Seattle Airport Wrestles with Government over Facial Recognition (Governing)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Sheriff’s office releases body cam footage to refute Florida man’s account of “unlawful” traffic stop (MySuncoast.com)

New Mobile App Coming In 2020 To Give Users Quick Access To Crime Data (WBAL)

Community Oversight Board chair: Fixing police body cam issue 'as important as living and breathing' (Tennessean)

Seattle’s new data dashboard highlights city performance (StateScoop)

PRISON REFORM

Commission meets to make improvements to Maine's criminal justice system (WABI5)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Female bodybuilder, 82, fights home intruder: 'He picked the wrong house' (Fox)

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