SpotCrime Weekly Reads: gun violence, domestic violence, police surveillance

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Addressing gun violence, domestic violence rates, qualified immunity abolished in NM, police surveillance, Baltimore stops prosecuting low level crimes, COVID crime rate, mitigating youth crime, countering violent extremism, AI and algorithms in the justice system, early release programs in Mississippi, Walmart crime data transparency, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

New Mexico Abolishes Qualified Immunity (Reason.com) see also: NYPD officers are no longer protected from civil lawsuits after city council passes police reform legislation (CNN)

Springfield Police Chief: Department 'trying to prioritize gun violence in community' (The State Journal Register) see also: Roanoke police taking community-focused approach to gun violence, chief tells city council (Roanoke.com) 

San Antonio inviting community to participate in police services review process (KENS5)

Canton Police Department receives approval for embedded social worker program (ClickonDetroit.com)

A look at Milwaukee PD’s fusion center After the 2020 protests, many question what the MPD's intelligence units have been up to (Wisconsin Examiner) see also: Justifying stops, frisks still an 'alarming' issue for Milwaukee police, but new leadership changes are encouraging, report says (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

‘Live PD’ Production Company Sues Sheriff’s Office and Police Department for ‘Illegal Seizure’ of Javier Ambler Footage (LawandCrime.com)

CRIME RATE

Researchers find not prosecuting low-level crimes leads to less crime (Security Magazine) see also: Baltimore will no longer prosecute drug possession, prostitution, low-level crimes (NBC News)

The US saw significant crime rise across major cities in 2020. And it's not letting up (KMOV4) see also: Violent gun crimes and homicides are on the rise in Austin — why? (KXAN) and also: City Council Takes Unified Step Towards Addressing Surge in Gun Violence (Portland Mercury)

Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Council on Criminal Justice)

Mitigating youth crime: Clark County leader says Harbor centers are proving effective (Fox5 KVVU)

A Public Health Ethics Model of Countering Violent Extremism (Taylor and Francis Online)

CRIM-TECH

Surveillance Nation. A BuzzFeed News investigation has found that employees at law enforcement agencies across the US ran thousands of Clearview AI facial recognition searches — often without the knowledge of the public or even their own departments. (Buzzfeed)

Wichita police say new cameras led to 163 arrests, helped recover $1.5M in property (Witchita Eagle)

Orange Mound residents react to ShotSpotter technology in neighborhood (Fox 13) see also: ShotSpotter Expands Into Retail Sector by Offering 24×7 Outdoor Gunfire Detection for US-based Stores and Malls (Newswire)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Sheriff Barnes Has Stopped Taking Questions at His News Briefings. Here Are the Questions He Wouldn’t Answer. (Voice of OC)

Yolo County District Attorney launches first expansive public data center (Daily Democrat)

Santa Ana police will now post hate crime data to website (LATimes)

Walmart Must Give Security, Crime Data to Mass Shooting Victims (Bloomberg Law)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Court system, prosecutors don't check data for signs of possible racism (New Hampshire Union Leader)

Video surveillance, body cam released of deadly jail hostage situation (CBS 4)

AI and Algorithms in Criminal Sentencing: VJOLT and VJCL Joint Symposium (Virginia Law Weekly)

His father was shot and killed. Now he’s in the Senate working to expand early release in Mississippi prisons. (Mississippi Today)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK 

A 19-year-old was arrested after he attempted to break into a South Carolina prison, report says (Insider)

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