SpotCrime Weekly Reads: COVID19, bail reform, crim-tech
Coronavirus scams, bail reform connected to increase in crime, AI, video surveillance, facial recognition, more officers needed for more foot patrols, and more...
Florida deputy comforts child whose parents crashed their car, took off without her (WTHR)
Man arrested compliments deputies for being 'polite' and 'professional,' Florida sheriff says (Fox35 Orlando)
Myrtle Beach police hope to combat crime hot spots with $1.5M grant (WBTW)
Study finds SFPD patrol staffing ‘severely inadequate’ (SF Examiner)
Does Bail Reform Increase Crime? An Empirical Assessment of the Public Safety Implications of Bail Reform in Cook County, Illinois (SSRN) see also: 846 new crimes committed by people released under New York’s bail reform (LawOfficer.com)
FBI: Racially-motivated extremists a “national threat priority” (WDEF)
Unpredictive Policing: Why Dallas PD’s data-driven initiative promotes racial biases (UTD Mercury) see also: Residents Raise Concerns About Bias In County's Automated Decision-Making Tools (WESA)
Governments Are Paying Increasingly High Ransoms, Study Says (GovTech)
Philadelphia Police Test Use of Facial Recognition Tech (GovTech) see also: Amit Shah: Facial recognition software fed with government data used to identify over 1,100 rioters (Medianama.com) and also: These patrol cars can soon spot criminals on UAE streets (Menafn.com)
AI and Specialty Analytics are Changing Video Surveillance (SecurityInfoWatch)
Phoenix police using new technology to solve crimes, cold cases (KTAR)
Whistleblower who exposed problems at Lewis State Prison in Buckeye has died (Fox 10 Phoenix)
New York's solution to hand sanitizer shortage: Prison labor (LoHud.com)
POLICE CONDUCT
What Law Enforcement Personnel Need to Know about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (CDC)Florida deputy comforts child whose parents crashed their car, took off without her (WTHR)
Man arrested compliments deputies for being 'polite' and 'professional,' Florida sheriff says (Fox35 Orlando)
Myrtle Beach police hope to combat crime hot spots with $1.5M grant (WBTW)
Study finds SFPD patrol staffing ‘severely inadequate’ (SF Examiner)
CRIME RATE
Criminals Cash In on Coronavirus. Hospitals from Italy to Japan have reported disappearing inventories of newly precious masks and hand sanitizer (WSJ)Does Bail Reform Increase Crime? An Empirical Assessment of the Public Safety Implications of Bail Reform in Cook County, Illinois (SSRN) see also: 846 new crimes committed by people released under New York’s bail reform (LawOfficer.com)
FBI: Racially-motivated extremists a “national threat priority” (WDEF)
CRIM-TECH
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect. (NBC)Unpredictive Policing: Why Dallas PD’s data-driven initiative promotes racial biases (UTD Mercury) see also: Residents Raise Concerns About Bias In County's Automated Decision-Making Tools (WESA)
Governments Are Paying Increasingly High Ransoms, Study Says (GovTech)
Philadelphia Police Test Use of Facial Recognition Tech (GovTech) see also: Amit Shah: Facial recognition software fed with government data used to identify over 1,100 rioters (Medianama.com) and also: These patrol cars can soon spot criminals on UAE streets (Menafn.com)
AI and Specialty Analytics are Changing Video Surveillance (SecurityInfoWatch)
Phoenix police using new technology to solve crimes, cold cases (KTAR)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
America’s Archaic Crime Reporting System Invites Manipulation (DailyCaller)PRISON REFORM
Data Collected Under the First Step Act, 2019 (BJS.gov)Whistleblower who exposed problems at Lewis State Prison in Buckeye has died (Fox 10 Phoenix)
New York's solution to hand sanitizer shortage: Prison labor (LoHud.com)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrested for DWI in Travis County |
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