SpotCrime Weekly Reads: neighborhood policing, crime data, substance abuse in prison

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ABQ wants out of DOJ agreement, homeowners patrolling own neighborhoods, turning to data to predict and reduce crime, looking at substance abuse in prison, crime at Walmart, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Reorganizing St. Louis police department gets support from union, opposition from chief (St Louis Post Dispatch)

Schenectady Police working to adjust to new criminal justice reform laws (CBS6)

Albuquerque wants release from part of DOJ agreement (Albuquerque Journal)

Denver Public Safety Director Troy Riggs Resigns After Leading Major Shift In Approach To Crime (CBS Denver)

Grand jury indicts former Houston PD officers for alleged involvement in Harding Street raid (KHOU)

CRIME RATE


North Austin homeowners patrolling neighborhood after increase in break-ins (KXAN)

Insys Therapeutics executive sentenced to 3 years in prison for lying about opioid addiction (ABC News)

‘Drastic decrease:’ Milwaukee’s police chief touts reduction in crime in city for 2019 (Fox6Now)

Communities Affected by Gun Violence: What They Want Journalists to Understand (IBGVR)

Walmart designates parking space for law enforcement (TimesNews.net) see also Calls for service by the numbers: People's City Mission, Walmart among top places where people call 911 (1011 Now)

Local data confirms homelessness is criminalized (Nevada Current)

CRIM-TECH

Birmingham city leaders turn to data to predict, reduce crime

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Opinion: Steps toward criminal justice transparency (CTPost)

PRISON REFORM

Michigan Joint Task Force delivers 18 criminal justice reform recommendations to legislature (Metro Times)

Louisiana officials say uneven reporting of court fines and fees increases risk of theft (The Center Square)

Sentencing reform debate shines light on lack of substance abuse treatment in prisons (AZMirror)

Texas Is Falling Out of Love With the Death Penalty  (Dallas Observer) see also: Texas executes John Gardner for fatally shooting wife in 2005 (CBS News)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Seattle burglar slips on snowy pavement, drops thousands in cash (Q13FOX)

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