SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police transparency, crime rate, AI
Basic police data kept secret, sports celebrations violence, violent crime drop, language models on police report writing, gunfire detection, AI surveillance to spot crime, police oversight board, releasing police chase policies, homicide transparency, correctional system oversight, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
CRIME RATE
The “Red” vs. “Blue” Crime Debate and the Limits of Empirical Social Science (Manhattan Institute)
Dallas’ overall violent crime rate drops nearly 30% — but business robberies increase over last year (KERA)
CRIM-TECH
ShotSpotter surveillance: How the gunfire detection system used by Wilmington police works (StarNews Online)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Fort Worth police switch gears, release part of police chase policy (KERA) see also: These North Texas police departments release their chase policies. Here’s why (Texas Standard)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Attorney General Brown: ‘Correctional system needs some significant oversight’ (News From The States)
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