SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Policing tactics, COVID crime, bail reform

Evidence based policing, changing policing tactics, COVID lockdowns and crime, predictive policing, license plate readers, location tracking on mobile devices, NIBRS five fast facts, bail reform shows no effect on crime rate, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Inside the Reimagine Public Safety Task Force report: 'Policing has got to change' (News6 Richmond)

Coronavirus, crime, and policing: Thoughts on the implications of the lockdown rollercoaster (CEPOL)

A practical approach to evidence-based policing (CEPOL)

Does Predictive Policing Lead to Biased Arrests? Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial (Academia.edu)

Jacksonville’s co-responder program seeks to diffuse tense situations (News4Jax)

Small South Carolina town loses entire police force (WSOC TV)

CRIME RATE

Number of homicides in Memphis slightly down within two weeks of Operation Cool Down (Action News 5)

Indianapolis has poured millions into grant funding to fight crime. Has it worked? (Indy Star)

Were changes in Missouri’s firearm laws associated with rates of suicide by firearms in young Missouri residents? (NCBI.gov)

The Newsworthiness of Mass Public Shootings: What Factors Impact the Extent of Coverage? (SAGE Journals)

$248k grant awarded to new substance abuse coalition (Missoulian.com)

CRIM-TECH

Area police look to license plate readers as crime-fighting tool (Dayton Daily News)

How to build a search engine for criminal data (The Next Web)

Instagram shut accounts used to intimidate witnesses in Baltimore; hours later new one popped up (Baltimore Sun)

Law enforcement is using location tracking on mobile devices to identify suspects, but is it unconstitutional? (ABA Journal)

Two years after approval, ShotSpotter paying dividends in Pleasantville (Press of Atlantic City)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Citizen wins $78K in attorney’s fees, expenses in public records suit against Knox County sheriff (TN Coalition on Open Government)

Five Things to Know About NIBRS Transitioning to the National Incident-Based Reporting System Will Offer More Robust Crime Statistics Data to Police, Public (FBI.gov)

The Ed Dept's new Clery Act guide raises new questions (HigherEdDive.com)

THE PRISON SYSTEM 

Bail reform in this county didn't have any impact on new criminal activity, new study says (ABA Journal)

The Data that Can Make Prosecutors Engines of Criminal Justice Reform (Brennan Center)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK 

Police respond to burglary and find perpetrators are actually a dozen raccoons (94.7 The Wave)

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