SpotCrime Weekly Reads: use of force policies, mental health, prison rehab

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Revising use of force policies, highway stop and frisks, mental health professionals added to police arsenal, white supremacy and far right militancy in law enforcement, police in schools arrest children as young as 4 in CT, body cams show officer being stabbed, encrypting police scanners, does jail punish or rehab, and more...Subscribe to the weekly reads by signing up for SpotCrime email alerts or head to our Substack.

POLICE CONDUCT

Pasco’s sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families across the county. (Tampa Bay Times)

Memo to Police Chiefs: Time for ‘Uncomfortable’ Conversations (TheCrimeReport.org) see also: Former Columbus mayor and public safety leaders call for dialogue to resolve issues surrounding police (The Columbus Dispatch)

Detroit police board revises use of force rules, OKs ban on chokeholds (Detroit News) see also: Corpus Christi Police Department makes de-escalation a priority to reduce shootings (Caller Times)

Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement (Brennan Center for Justice) see also: White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police across US, report says (The Guardian) and finally: Arkansas sheriff resigns after he's heard in audio berating woman for talking to a Black man (CBS News)

Nine Boston Police officers were arrested for allegedly committing over $200K in overtime fraud (Boston.com)

Shreveport police announce the restructure of calls for service due to manpower shortages (Shreveport Times)

GPD, Pitt Sheriff team up with mental health professionals to respond to sensitive calls (WITN)

National Survey on Officer Safety Training: Findings and Implications (Police Foundation)

Shot by cops, thwarted by judges and geography U.S. courts show wide regional disparities in granting qualified immunity, the controversial legal doctrine now under fire for protecting officers accused of excessive force. (Reuters)

NYPD Unveils New Disciplinary Matrix For Officers Accused Of Violating Department Policies (CBS New York)

Highway ‘stop-and-frisk’: How Pennsylvania state troopers conduct illegal traffic searches (The Times)

CRIME RATE

U.S. Marshals say they found 39 missing children in Georgia during two-week operation (CBS News) see also: 21 arrests in NJ child sexual exploitation sweep, authorities say (ABC7NY) and also: Statistics suggest human trafficking laws not garnering convictions (TalkBusiness.net)

'Perfect storm': MPD brass warns Memphis is on pace for 300 homicides in 2020 (Commercial Appeal)

Rockford confronts surge in violence amid pandemic (RRStar.com)

With limited mental health staff, Waterbury calls the police on school children under 12 One city is responsible for nearly one quarter of the children under 12 criminally charged in Connecticut (CT Mirror)

CRIM-TECH

Body cam: Knife-wielding woman killed after stabbing Jacksonville officer. State Attorney’s Office ruled actions of officers justified. (News4Jax)

Chicago PD launches early intervention system four years in the making The data-driven system was developed by the University of Chicago Crime and Education Lab. Executive Director Roseanna Ander said the “Officer Support System” will differ from “off the shelf” systems in other big-city police departments. (Chicago Sun Times)

FBI worried that Ring doorbells are spying on police (BBC News)

Alexa, Play My Alibi: The Smart Home Gets Taken to Court (Wired)

Spokane County Sheriff wants body cams for deputies, faces tight 2021 budget (KXLY)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Police transparency hinges on legal battle Union wants to suppress most police disciplinary records. Lawyers for news outlets, civil rights groups and victims of police abuse argue for transparency. (Investigative Post)

Baltimore police plans to encrypt its scanners (Fox Baltimore)

City commission votes to release redacted version of Sault Police Department’s use of force policy (The Sault News)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Punishment or rehabilitation? Why America locks people up. What is the goal of incarceration? And how do we keep human dignity at the center of our search for solutions? (CS Monitor)

Average Oklahoma County jail population on downward trend, but disparities still exist (The Oklahoman)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

'Antifa hunter' gets 3 years for online racist threats (The Free Lance Star)




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