SpotCrime Weekly Reads: calls for service, body cam, crime rate

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Reimagining 911 calls for service responses, community police relationships, crime rates vary in cities, preventing police brutality with body cams, how local news affects clearance rates, human trafficking detection by banks, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Opelika police announce community relations program (AONow) see also: Ask the Undersheriff: Neighborhood watch groups help reduce crime (GoSkagit.com) and also: Community-Based Crime Reduction in Tulsa: An Application of Petersilia’s Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Approach to Improve Policy Relevance and Reduce Crime Risk (Taylor and Francis Online)

Preventing Death by Suicide: A Chief-to-Chief Leadership Wellness Discussion (National Law Enforcement Museum) 

Former HSU football player reportedly killed by police after intervening in domestic fight (KTXS12)

Williamson County Sheriff Indicted For Evidence Tampering After Footage Of Deputies Killing An Unarmed Black Man Was Destroyed By Reality Show Producers (TechDirt)

'Hire more women' has been touted as a quick fix to police brutality since Rodney King. Here's why empty calls for equality fail. (ABC News)

CRIME RATE

With nearly three months to go before the year is over, Memphis has already set a record for the highest number of homicides to occur in one year. (WMC Action News 5) see also: Charlottesville Police annual report shows all crimes down for third consecutive year (Charlottesville Tomorrow) Was the Virginia Beach Oceanfront violent this summer? Crime stats show June was bad, before tapering off (PilotOnline)

A spatial and temporal examination of housing demolitions on crime in Los Angeles blocks (Taylor and Francis Online)

How the Decline of Local News Threatens Local Democracy. It turns out that decreasing TV news coverage of local wrongdoing leads to a meaningful decline in clearance rates for violent crimes. (Governing.com) see also: Who Watches the Watchmen? Local News and Police Behavior in the United States (Ideas.org)

The Pandemic Has Hindered Many of the Best Ideas for Reducing Violence (NYTimes)

The Pirates of the Highways On America’s interstates, brazen bands of thieves steal 18-wheelers filled with computers, cell phones, even toilet paper. And select law enforcement teams are tasked with tracking them down. (Narratively)

LGBTQ people far more likely to be violent crime victims, study says (Tampa Bay Times)

CRIM-TECH

Preventing Police Brutality with Body Cam Footage and Early Warning Systems (InsideBigData.com)

Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Publication of Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework (Justice.gov)

Aiken Public Safety receives over $60,000 from state for body cam program (Aiken Standard)

New Research Reveals Over a Third of Banks Struggle to Spot Signs of Human Trafficking in Their Systems (BusinessWire)

Akron exploring purchase of doorbell cameras in high-crime areas (Akron Beacon Journal)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Policing Project unveils new transparency and accountability resources for police and communities (ThePolicingProject.org)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Visualizing the racial disparities in mass incarceration Racial inequality is evident in every stage of the criminal justice system - here are the key statistics compiled into a series of charts. (Prison Policy Initiative)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Hacker Uploads Own Fingerprints To Crime Scene In Dumbest Cyber Attack Ever (Forbes.com)


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