SpotCrime Weekly Reads: racial bias, crisis hotlines, surveillance
Minnesota police race discrimination, Justice Department releases funds to hiring officers, crisis hotlines, gag rules frustrate police accountability, shortcomings of police on campus, violence against police, juvenile gun possession, police surveillance, tech suppliers hostile to transparency, Illinois politics and prison board, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
A new crisis hotline, 988, is coming this summer. Is Washington ready? (Yakima Herald Republic) see also: Most 911 Calls Have Nothing To Do With Crime. Why Are We Still Sending Police? (vera.org)
You Have the Duty to Remain Silent: How Workplace Gag Rules Frustrate Police Accountability (Akron Law Review)
Utah universities should think about getting out of the policing business, the Editorial Board writes Legislative audit reveals a long list of shortcomings in public safety on college campuses. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Villanueva backs off investigation of Times reporter who revealed cover-up (LATimes)
CRIME RATE
Multiple States Report Increased Car Thefts in 2022 (CarandDriver.com)
Migrants becoming target of violence, kidnapping on U.S. soil (Border Report)
Pittsburgh police, ATF discuss data on juvenile gun possession (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
CRIM-TECH
Will you still be able to call 911 for help? Check your cell service amid 3G shutdown (Bellingham Herald)
Advocates Worry as Central, La., Police Increase Surveillance (Governing.com)
License plate cameras coming to Springfield's streets. Here's how they will work (The State-Journal Register)
Postal Service Social Media Tracking Tests Crime Unit’s Power (Bloomberg Law)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
AI researcher says police tech suppliers are hostile to transparency (ComputerWeekly)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
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