SpotCrime Weekly Reads: line of duty deaths, fighting violent crime, open crime data

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By SpotCrime May 15, 2020

Looking at line of duty deaths, botched police raid, teleworking during COVID19, DOJ awards funding to fight violent crime, some cities still struggling with violent crime during pandemic, economic impact of open crime data, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

COVID-19 Line-of-Duty Deaths (Fraternal Order of Police) see also National Police Week| Recognizes those Killed in Line-of-Duty (Fox Baltimore)

IMPD will have body cams by this summer, implement ‘use of force’ review board (FOX 59)

Media coverage of police misconduct and attitudes toward police (Academia.edu)

Woman shot and killed by Kentucky police in botched raid, family says (NBC News)

City Manager: Police Officers Teleworked in Case of ‘Much Worse’ COVID-19 Situation (ALX Now)

Portsmouth police chief stands up to push-back on budget demands (Seacoast Online)

Crypto Companies, Law Enforcement and Intelligence Firms Team Up to Fight Human Trafficking (Coin Telegraph)

Man repeatedly punched by Los Angeles officer sues city as body-cam video released (NBC News)

Police stop fewer black drivers at night when a 'veil of darkness' obscures their race (Eureka Alert)

CRIME RATE

DOJ Releases $61M to Fight Violent Crime in 7 Cities (TheCrimeReport) see also Federal grant will fund 30 officers in Milwaukee Police Department (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) and also KCK Police Department Receives $1.3 Million To Fight Violent Crime (WIBW)

Videos show daytime shootings on Charlotte streets. ‘This is as real as it gets,’ official says (Charlotte Observer)

Police: More DC murders linked to drug deals during pandemic (WUSA9)

The costs of gun violence against children (Academia.edu)

Package thefts piling up in Columbus during COVID-19 pandemic (Fox 28 Columbus)

CRIMTECH

Pandemic Policing Is Expanding the Use of Surveillance Technology (Truthout.org) see also Mitch McConnell is pushing the Senate to pass a measure that would let the FBI collect Americans' web-browsing history without a warrant (BusinessInsider)

New Tech Aids 911 Centers During COVID-19 Crisis (GovTech)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Knox sheriff: We won't challenge new public records order, but we've got some questions (WBIR)

The economic impact of open data: what do we already know? (ODI HQ)

PRISON REFORM

Inequity and injustice in Eastern Iowa's drug enforcement (The Gazette)

A Growing Number of State Courts Are Confronting Unconscious Racism In Jury Selection (The Marshall Project)

Crime doesn't pay but prison does, even during a pandemic (Star Tribune)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Man wearing ankle monitor suspected of stealing deputy’s gun, breaking into cars (WCSC)

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