SpotCrime Weekly Reads: AI in policing, broken windows, chokeholds

Justice Dept bans no-knock entries and chokeholds, police use social media to build profiles, Chief says zero tolerance won't work, 9/11 and the militarization of police, entire police department resigns, AI in policing, police and mental health calls, the broken windows tipping point, violence behind bars, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Justice Department announces ban on no-knock entries, chokeholds (Politico)

Officers sent notices to landlords detailing arrests and encounters with their tenants that put families at risk of eviction even when charges were later dropped. (Tampa Bay Times)

Biles: FBI turned ‘blind eye’ to reports of gymnasts’ abuse (Associated Press)

LAPD officers told to collect social media information from civilians being stopped (Yahoo News)

Activists want police out of most responses in proposed mental health pilot program Pilot program in FY22 budget would use blended team of paramedics, clinicians, and SAPD officers responding to mental health calls (KSAT) see also: Seattle police intervening in fewer mental health calls, data show (CrossCut)

Entire police department resigns in Missouri (The Hill)

NC criminal justice group launches database to track reports of police misconduct (The News Observer)

'The Longest Shadow': 9/11 leads to the militarization of US police departments (ABC News)

CRIME RATE

As some push for ‘zero tolerance’ in South Beach, county police chief says it won’t work (Miami Herald)

Dallas police say violent crime is down citywide as criminologists share analysis on new plan (The Dallas Morning News)

On Top of the Pandemic, Hospitals Face Another Crisis: Children and Teenagers Are Being Shot in Record Numbers (TIME)

Some Improvement Seen After CPD ‘Flooded’ Violent Beats With Officers As Summer Safety Strategy, Overall Crime Figures Remain Grim In Affected Communities (CBS Chicago)

Council approves $150M of federal funding to go toward curbing Indy’s violent crime (FOX59)

CRIM-TECH

The downside to surveilling your neighbors. In one town, police say products like Nextdoor and Ring are helping fight crime. But racism and vigilantism are pervasive on safety platforms (The Next Web)

How Greensboro police plan to use safety cameras installed around city (WFMY)

Data-driven policing’s threat to our constitutional rights (Brookings Institute) see also: Artificial fairness? Trust in algorithmic police decision-making (Springer Link)

'I was surprised': Atlanta Police trying out program again after it said it wasn't worth $280K price tag (11Alive)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

"Ignored but not Forgotten: The Broken Windows Tipping Point and the Question of Functional Form" explores the relationship between disorder and crime in Detroit by using public data from the city's neighborhoods. (WDET)

As police training council crafts Delaware body camera regulations, public wants access to footage (Delaware Public Media)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Violence Behind Bars: The Hidden Abuse (TheCrimeReport.org)

Self-Harm Is Exploding In New York City Jails, Internal Numbers Show (Gothamist)

Federal inmate on home confinement pushes for clemency (Spectrum News)

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