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
Coronavirus, crime, and policing: Thoughts on the implications of the lockdown rollercoaster (CEPOL)
Does Predictive Policing Lead to Biased Arrests? Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial (Academia.edu)
CRIME RATE
Number of homicides in Memphis slightly down within two weeks of Operation Cool Down (Action News 5)
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)
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)
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)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
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