SpotCrime Weekly Reads: FBI crime stats, gun control, access to legal data
FBI not releasing crime stats for 2021, place based police strategies, gun control studies, communities split on use of traffic cams, access to bad cop records, access to court and legal data, TikTok influencers reshape life behind bars, felony classification system in Oklahoma, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Why the FBI Won't Release Quarterly Crime Stats for 2021 (TIME) see also: The Alarming Gaps in National Crime Data (The Trace)
Newport News looks to expand program that sends mental health professionals on 911 calls (DailyPress) see also: ‘People don’t think clearly in crisis:’ California law enforcement turns to mental health clinicians on toughest 911 calls (Yuba.net)
Police Fatal Shootings of Civilians Persist at ‘Alarming Rate’ (TheCrimeReport.org)
CRIME RATE
Do Studies Show Gun Control Works? (ReasonTV)
CRIM-TECH
Ohio Communities Split on Police Use of Traffic Cameras (Governing.com)
Big data policing is revolutionizing law and order like never before (Analytics Insight)
Phoenix Police Drones are Coming Sooner Than You Think (Phoenix New Times)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
An Increasing Number Of Cop Shops Feel The General Public Shouldn’t Have Access To Crime Stats (TechDirt)
Getting “bad cop” records still means fee negotiations, court battles and wrangling with agencies and unions (Baltimore Brew)
ACLU, NAACP sue over South Carolina ban on 'scraping' court records (Reuters) see also: Advocates Push For More Public Access To Legal Data (Law360)
Penetrating the ‘Black Box’ of Criminal Justice Data (TheCrimeReport.org)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
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