SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Hate crimes, bail reform, gun laws
Officers facing more stress, social workers a game changer in police departments, relationship between crime and tree canopy, FBI flawed hate crimes count, policing pregnancy, Massachusetts gun law enforcement, criminal justice reforms, Portland police new procedures regarding release of information, bail system reforms in New Jersey, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Officers facing more stress due to increase in call volume, chief says (Moose Jaw Today)
St. Louis Can Banish People From Entire Neighborhoods. Police Can Arrest Them if They Come Back. (ProPublica)
Cal Poly Pomona president allegedly interfered with campus criminal investigations (Daily Bulletin)
CRIME RATE
Analyzing the relationship between crime and tree canopy in Austin, Texas (The University of Arizona)
Over 7,000 hate crimes were reported to the FBI in 2021. Here's why that data is flawed. (USA Today)
New data show decrease in downtown crime since beginning of Operation Endeavor (CBS News) see also: Project Safe Neighborhoods successfully lowering crime according to Salt Lake leaders (KSL News Radio) and also: As leaders tout crime plan success, Baltimore City's violence continues (Fox Baltimore)
Policing Pregnancy: Wisconsin’s ‘Fetal Protection’ Law Forces Women Into Treatment or Jail (TheCrimeReport.org)
Catholic church paid Maryland lobbyists more than $200K to help limit, prevent abuse lawsuits (The Baltimore Sun)
Paper tiger: Massachusetts has a reputation for tough gun laws, but enforcement is another story (Boston Globe)
Criminal justice reforms didn’t cause Louisiana’s crime spike, study says (Louisiana Illuminator) see also: Conservative Group Report: Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Has Made Us Safer (L'Observateur)
CRIM-TECH
How police work with Google to obtain cellphone location data for criminal investigations (USA Today)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
PPB Announces New Procedure Regarding Release of Information (Portland Police)
Pittsburgh and Pa.'s unreported FBI crime stats create gaps and raise critical concerns about police transparency (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Deemed free, but some prisoners still in jail (The Buffalo News)
New Jersey overhauled its bail system under Christie. Now some Democrats want to roll it back. (Politico)
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