SpotCrime Weekly Reads: body cams, community policing, transparency

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POLICE CONDUCT

Riverside chief talks policing present and future Special 'conversation' addressed use of force, funding priorities, solutions (Riverside-Brookfield Landmark)

Updated use-of-force policy draft includes ban on chokeholds, emphasizes de-escalation (WSBT)

Sheriff: Lack of funding and low staffing forcing department to respond to fewer calls (Action News Now) see also: Shreveport public safety committee discusses funding sources for pay increases (Shreveport Times)

Body cam video shows Pasco deputy rescuing 5 people after boat capsized in Gulf of Mexico (Tampa Bay Times)

Reaction comes after Portland police have little presence at dueling protests (KGW)

Controversial law allows police to seize and sell cars of non-lawbreakers, keeping the proceeds (KSTP)

Kenosha officials delayed police body cameras for years before Jacob Blake shooting (USA Today)

Gwinnett police respond to viral video showing officer shocking woman with Taser (WSBTV)

CRIME RATE

Trump claims crime is up in US cities. The truth is more complicated. Trump has blamed the murder spike on Democratic mayors. But murders are up in Republican-run cities, too. (Vox)

Albany police to use "hot spot strategy" to combat recent surge in violence (CBS 6 Albany)

Dayton PD Chief credits community with downward trend in violent crime (WDTN)

Toledo PD chief: Murders not just a law enforcement issue, others must step up (ABC13)

Kansas City Police Department says violent crime decreased since start of Operation LeGend (KSHB)

How rape culture shapes whether a survivor is believed Survivors' and suspects’ gender and familiarity can inform respondent bias, study says (The Harvard Gazette)

7 Accused Of Human Trafficking Ring In Colorado Seven people were charged in connection with an operation that trafficked women from China for prostitution, the Denver DA said. (Denver Patch)

Seattle business owner moving shop out of downtown due to increasing violence (KOMO News)

CRIM-TECH

The role of technology in police reform (Multibriefs Exclusive)

The Tech Of Crime Part 2: Policing And Data (Silicon.co.uk)

Bias in machine learning examples: Policing, banking, COVID-19 Human bias, missing data, data selection, data confirmation, hidden variables and unexpected crises can contribute to distorted machine learning models, outcomes and insights. (TechTarget)

Pittsburgh Councilman Corey O’Connor To Introduce Legislation That Would Ban Unrestricted Use Of Facial Recognition By Police (KDKA)

KC police commissioners approve body cam spending from donated funds (Fox 4 KC)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Police equity dashboard shown to Chattanooga City Council (WDEF)

Altavista Police Department receives new, more efficient body cameras to stay transparent (WSET)

Here’s how you can now access the latest crime statistics in Whatcom County (The Bellingham Herald)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

More prisoners released means fewer fire crews and increased concern among Californians (KRCR)

Punitive sentencing led to higher incarceration rates throughout adulthood for certain birth cohorts in North Carolina (Eureka Alert)

Gun offenders make up majority of those on electronic monitoring in Cook County (ABC7 Chicago)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Florida woman left children home alone in attempt to kidnap neighbors' kids, police say (True Crime Daily)


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