SpotCrime Weekly Reads: dueling police reform acts, a call for open police data
Trump signs executive order for police reform, using data to drive police reform, police surveillance, predictive policing banned in Santa Cruz, Justice In Policing Act v Justice Act, an end to no knock warrants, body cams can't solve police brutality, barriers to accessing police data, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
President Trump signs executive order on police reform (Today) see also A look at dueling policing proposals considered by Congress (Star Tribune) and also Sweeping Police Reform Won't Happen Overnight (Bloomberg)
Defunding The Police-What Cops Support (CrimeInAmerica.net)
George Floyd’s death shows need for ‘sanctity of life’ police training, researcher says (Catholic News Agency)
Camden's Police Overhaul Offers a Complicated Precedent (Cheddar) see also Camden's policing reform means building 'social currency' (Guam Daily Post)
NYPD commissioner immediately disbands controversial plainclothes anti-crime unit (Newsday) see also NYPD is ready to turn the page with communities of color, Commissioner Shea says (NBC) and also SF’s spending and hiring spree on police comes to an end, but where will cuts come from? (San Francisco Chronicle) and finally Motion seeks to replace LAPD officers with unarmed response teams to handle non-violent calls for service (Fox 11 LA)
CRIME RATE
Homelessness, Psychiatric Diagnosis Raise Risk of Experiencing Violent Crime (Psychiatry Advisor)
CRIM-TECH
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
A 2014 law requires feds to collect data on deaths in police custody. They've never done it. (Times Union)
PRISON REFROM
County tests app using GPS, smartphone to monitor probationers (Akron Beacon Journal)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
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