SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Gun violence, crim-tech, police data
Police staffing, police training, gun violence across the US, gun violence and mental illness, effectiveness of community based solutions, politics of police statistics, body cam tech 'trash', gun fire detection system, NYPD Citizen-like app, police data collection is difficult, Louisiana Sheriff's violating public record laws, crime data systems in CA, donating organs for shorter prison sentence, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Data shows Minneapolis' "Operation Endeavor" has been successful in its first 90 days (CBS Minnesota)
Staffing woes could hinder Baltimore Police reform efforts under consent decree, federal judge warns (The Baltimore Sun)
A former police chief says more police does not mean less crime (NPR) see also: Crime Dipped in Subway After Increase in Police, Hochul and Adams Say (The New York Times)
When law enforcement alone can’t stop the violence. Amid a murder crisis in America, community-based solutions have received a flood of funding. How effective are they? (The New Yorker)
CRIME RATE
The politics of United States police statistics (Political Science Now)
It’s tempting to say gun violence is about mental illness. The truth is much more complex. (AAMC.org)
How TikTok caused a surge in auto thefts (Jeff-alytics)
Data from big cities suggests most violent crime fell last year. It's not the full picture, experts say. (The Enquirer)
CRIM-TECH
Bernalillo County sheriff calls current body camera tech ‘trash,’ advocates for other options (Albuquerque Journal)
NYPD unveils new Citizen-like app with crime-reporting button (New York Post)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
'We are not where we should be.' Experts weigh in on crime data systems across SoCal and the US (ABC7 Eyewitness News)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Salt Lake City crime map. View crime on your street at SpotCrime.com.
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