SpotCrime Weekly Reads: use of force, gun violence, crime rate
Not all police report use of force to FBI, rise in use of force cases in Las Vegas, crime pushing responders to their limit, gun violence leaves insurmountable impacts in Yakima, NOLA adds 70 more crime cameras, roadblocks to police records, St Louis PD stops reporting crime, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
As shootings ‘skyrocket,’ Wichita police get council approval for federal crackdown (The Wichita Eagle)
Most Florida police agencies don’t report use-of-force data to FBI 90 of 387 departments participate statewide (Click Orlando)
Las Vegas police report shows rise in uses of force (Las Vegas Review Journal)
Policing in America: Racial and ethnic variations in perspectives on police activities (DataFoundation.org)
The Risks of ‘Driving While Black’ in Baltimore County (TheCrimeReport.org)
CRIME RATE
Can Criminal Justice Reform Survive a Wave of Violent Crime? (NewRepublic.com)
Drive-by shootings in Yakima leave insurmountable impacts — injuries, deaths and traumatized neighborhoods (Yakima Herald)
York City gun violence study completed a year ago, revealed now, called 'alarming' and 'extremely disturbing' (York Dispatch)
CRIM-TECH
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Despite changes, organizations claim roadblocks to police records remain (News12 Connecticut)
St. Louis police haven't published public crime data for months. Here's why. (St Louis Post-Dispatch) see also: St. Louis, Mo., Police Say Overhaul Has Slowed Crime Data (GovTech)
Boulder Police Using New Data System to Create Strategic Plan (Governing.com)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Missouri lawmakers pass reforms aimed at keeping kids out of jail (The Joplin Globe)
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