SpotCrime Weekly Reads: community policing, police reform, surveillance
Community policing efforts and foot patrols increase, criminal justice reform debates around crime rate, secret surveillance cameras placed and removed by Lake County (FL) Sheriff, transparency surrounding gunshot detection demanded in ABQ, restorative justice and foster care-to-prison pipeline for youth, misconceptions about police reform, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Burlington public safety study highlights desire for social services and police oversight, training (VTDigger) University of Iowa shifts focus to student well-being in re-imagining campus safety (The Gazette)
Mayor: Minneapolis PD will no longer conduct 'pretextual' traffic stops for low-level offenses (KARE11)
Five Misconceptions About Police Reform (TheCrimeReport.org)
It's Easy For Police To Seize Money. Worcester's District Attorney Makes It Hard To Get It Back (WBUR)
‘Warrior mindset’ police training proliferated. Then, high-profile deaths put it under scrutiny. (The Washington Post)
Baltimore police can no longer earn overtime while on vacation, ending a practice that cost taxpayers (The Baltimore Sun)
CRIME RATE
Most Voters See Criminal Justice Reform Contributing to Out of Control Rising Violent Crime (Princeton Daily Clarion) see also: Fact-checking claims bail reform is driving increase in violent crime (CNN)
As murders surge, Democrats find a new message: Fund the police (Reuters) see also: Whitmer wants $75M to fund police, hire more officers to fight surge in violent crime (MLive)
San Francisco police increasing patrols in popular tourist areas, but will it be enough? (ABC7) see also: Fifteen Minutes per Day Keeps the Violence Away: a Crossover Randomised Controlled Trial on the Impact of Foot Patrols on Serious Violence in Large Hot Spot Areas (Springer Link) and Raleigh police chief hopes to reduce crime in southeast Raleigh by connecting, investing in the community (WRAL) finally: Santa Ana Considers Shifting $1 Million Toward Community Policing Efforts (Voice of OC)
Gun violence epidemic leaves families in pain and fear (The Philadelphia Tribune)
Responding to the Opioid Crisis: Three Teaching Cases (City Leadership Initiative)
CRIM-TECH
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
THE PRISON SYSTEM
People are dying in Sacramento County jails. The sheriff isn’t telling the public (The Sacramento Bee)
Recidivism after Release from a Prison Nursery Program. Three years after release 86.3% remained in the community. Only 4% of women returned to prison for new crimes. (Wiley Online Library)
The Promise and Limits of Restorative Justice for Youth (California Health Report)
Albuquerque crime map. View crime on your street at SpotCrime.com
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