SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Mass shootings, mental health, justice system data
Reviewing police like Uber drivers, LA State police under investigation, SF DA recalled, dispatching mental health specialists, 'gag order' against assault in schools, mass shootings, reducing gun violence, assault weapons ban, drone plans at Axon, surveillance networks, NY States criminal justice data, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
In this small Va. town, citizens review police like Uber drivers (The Washington Post)
Louisiana State Police under investigation for excessive force or racially discriminatory policing (ABC News)
SFPD refused to help stop San Francisco Quickly car burglary ring, report alleges (SFGate) see also: San Francisco votes overwhelmingly to recall progressive DA Chesa Boudin (CBS News)
Public Safety Dept announces changes to address staffing levels at Public Safety Answering Points (Vermont Biz)
The Executive Order on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety Is a Foundation to Build Upon (AmericanProgress.org)
A new Stanford study shows benefits to dispatching mental health specialists in nonviolent 911 emergencies (Stanford) see also: A program to remove police from some 911 calls in Denver helped reduce crime, study finds (USA Today)
'Gag order' against assault: Schools bully young accusers into waiving rights, lawyers say (USA Today)
The Price Kids Pay: Ticketed at school (Chicago Tribune)
CRIME RATE
Mass shootings can be stopped only if we work together (Fox News) see also: Research Shows the Many Ways to Reduce Gun Violence (Governing.com) and also: Did the assault weapons ban of 1994 bring down mass shootings? Here’s what the data tells us (The Conversation) and also: ‘Red flag’ law in California kept guns from 58 potential mass shooters, research shows Read more (Charlotte Observer)
The latest government data on school shootings (USA Facts) see also: US mass shootings are on pace to match last year -- the worst ever, Gun Violence Archive data show (KDRV)
Stopping benefit payments increases criminal activity – and ends up costing governments more (Science Focus)
A community response approach to mental health and substance abuse crises reduced crime (Science Advances)
CRIM-TECH
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Making WAVES: Virginia Beach police use mapping system to stop crimes before they happen (13NewsNow)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
A Look Inside the Black Box of New York State’s Criminal Justice Data (Measures for Justice)
How a lack of data on who is in Oklahoma's jails and prisons hinders justice reform efforts (The Oklahoman)
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