SpotCrime Weekly Reads: community relationship, police budget

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Police focus on relationship and numbers, shifting budget funds to fight crime, pollen analysis fights crime, COVID care in prison, AI transparency in decision making, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

New York City to try responding to mental health calls without police (Reuters) see also: City Commission looks into creating crisis response unit for non-violent mental health calls for service (WCTV)

Salem’s new police chief will focus on relationships and numbers (Salem Reporter)

Police Chief Resigns After Social Media Posts Calling for ‘Death to All Marxist Democrats’ (LawandCrime.com)

New Columbus police directive strikes nerve with officers (ABC6)

Appeals Court Strips Immunity From Detectives Who Turned A Rape Report Into 18 Hours Of Terror For The Victim (TechDirt)

Law enforcement officers got unemployment while still working full-time, investigation finds (WSBTV)

Anti-Violence Report Says Shifting Funds From Police Budget Could Reduce Crime, But Rejects Abolishing Cops Entirely (BlockClubChicago)

CRIME RATE

Pollen analysis becoming a powerful crime-busting tool (Chatsworth Rising Sun)

People share helpful tips for keeping kids safe after U.K. abduction attempt caught on tape (Upworthy)

Criminologist breaks down Jacksonville's 2020 crime, homicide trends (FirstCoastNews)

Social media and community-oriented policing: examining the organizational image construction of municipal police on Twitter and Facebook (Taylor and Francis Online)

CRIM-TECH

Scottish Police Propose Allowing Crime Reports Through Alexa and Siri (Voicebot.ai)

Triangle police departments aiming to quell privacy concerns as crime-solving partnerships with Ring continue (CBS17)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Artificial intelligence, transparency, and public decision-making (SpringLink)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

80 percent of Texas inmates who died of COVID-19 had not been convicted of a crime: report (MSN News) see also: Should Prisoners Have to Pay For Medical Care During a Pandemic? (TheMarshallProject)

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to begin dismissing marijuana charges (KTAR)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Maryland ice cream store workers beaten after mask request (WTOP)

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