SpotCrime Weekly Reads: body cam, data transparency, gun violence
Federal law enforcement requires body cameras causing local Sheriff's offices to pull deputies, police union contracts, access to public police scanners ends in Honolulu, data transparency failures of the Clery Act, ghost guns a problem in Philly, Dallas crime reduction plan working, racial profiling report compliance in Texas, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Minneapolis illegally withholding hundreds of police misconduct files, says lawsuit from public records advocates (The Star Tribune)
Beaufort cop invited kids to lunch. Then he showed them family’s criminal records (The Island Packet)
U.S. Mandates Body Cameras for Federal Law-Enforcement Officers (Wall Street Journal) see also: HCSO, ACSO pull deputies from U.S. Marshal task force until body cam policy changes (Fox9)
What's the footprint of policing where you live? (Vera Institute of Justice)
County, police agencies applying for iPad funds to assist in mental health response (The Daily News)
CRIME RATE
Despite longer 911 wait times, Dallas police chief says crime reduction plan is slowly working (Fox4News)
IMPD’s new violent crime units remove hundreds of illegal guns in two months (Fox59) see also: Philadelphia crime stats show 'ghost guns' are a problem (6 Action news)
CRIM-TECH
Maryland Limits Police Access to Genealogy Website Data (Governing.com)
Anchorage police draft proposal calls for wearing of bodycams by uniformed officers at all times (Anchorage Daily News)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Critics advocate reforms to limit bodycam fees and redactions (Daily Memphian)
Honolulu Ends Public Access to Police, Fire Scanners (Governing.com) see also: Honolulu Joins A National Debate: When Should Police Bodycam Footage Be Released? (Honolulu Civil Beat)
Learning from the data transparency failures of The Clery Act (SpotCrime Blog)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Mobile unit in South Bend area could offer cops an alternative to jailing people with mental illnesses (South Bend Tribune)
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