SpotCrime Weekly Reads: murder spike, police conduct, police AI

Placing blame on the murder spike, top cops avoid questions about Breonna Taylor, looking at police funding, AI in policing, coronavirus related to crime?, the end of predictive policing, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Louisville's top cops refuse to answer questions on Breonna Taylor case (ABC News)

Salt Lake City unveils policy changes to police use of force, body camera compliance (Desert.com)

Governor Kemp signs Georgia ‘police protections’ measure into law (AJC)

We train police to be warriors — and then send them out to be social workers (Vox) see also: As TV news reports look more like cop shows, viewers are left in cuffs (Deadline)

Policing and Crime Reduction: The evidence and its implications for practice (Academia.edu)

Indianapolis plans meeting on public safety. First in a series open to the public (The Indy Channel)

Activists call to defund police, but how much money do they actually receive? (Middletown Transcript) see also: Amendment to disband Minneapolis police will not appear on November ballot (The Hill)

German Restaurants Object After Police Use COVID Data for Crime-Fighting (US News)

CRIME RATE

'Black-on-Black crime': A loaded and controversial phrase often heard amid calls for police reform (ABC News)

Is coronavirus masking domestic violence? (Crosstown) see also: The Mayor blames the virus for shootings. Here’s what crime data shows. (NY Times)

Some crimes have seen drastic decreases during coronavirus, but not homicides in the United States (Phys.org) see also: Homicide spike hits most large U.S. cities (WSJ) see also: The murder spike in big US cities, explained and finally: Concerns on gun violence rise amid new King County crime data (Q13 Fox)

Many Americans Are Convinced Crime Is Rising In The U.S. They’re Wrong. (FiveThirtyEight)

Trump Calls Portland Protesters ‘Anarchists’ And ‘Agitators.’ Data Shows Otherwise. (Forbes)

Patterns of adolescent gun carrying and gun-related crime arrests in Indianapolis, Indiana over an 11-year time period (MDLinx)

CRIM-TECH

Nervous System: The police beat algorithm and automated criminal justice information systems (Law.com)

Four principles for integrating AI & good governance (University of Oxford)

Have we come to the end of predictive policing? (MultiBrief)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Cleveland councilman says members need better data from Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration to address violent crime (Cleveland.com)

PRISON REFORM

Physical attractiveness bias in the legal system (The Law Project)

As Spokane jail holds fewer people due to COVID-19, is crime up?(Spokesman Review)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Maryland state trooper pleads guilty to fabricating DUI arrests, writing tickets to phantom people (Baltimore Sun)

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