SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Use of force, crime rate, AI
Use of force rules, fatal police shootings and training, encrypting scanners, anti-crime laws, state crime victims funds, 911 calls surge, deadly shootings involving 18-20 year olds, taking on rising car thefts, big data surveillance tech, school crimes, AI and body cam footage, discrepancies in crime data, loopholes in police transparency laws, rehabilitative services in prison, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Police in this Pennsylvania county slow to adopt new use-of-force rules, study finds (The Morning Call)
Des Moines seeks to hire dispatchers as 911 calls surge to decade-high record (Des Moines Register)
Many cities have anti-crime laws. The DOJ says one in Minnesota harmed people with mental illness (MPR News)
Justice Department proposes major changes to address disparities in state crime victim funds (AP News)
CRIME RATE
Kansas City, Kansas, recorded its least deadly year in a decade. Police watchdogs are taking notice (KCUR) see also: City of Pueblo saw 27 murders in 2023. It's the third straight year with at least that amount (The Pueblo Chieftain)
CRIM-TECH
Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage (ProPublica)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
City and MPD data shows discrepancies about Interim Chief CJ Davis's claim that crime was cut in half (LocalMemphis)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Approaches to Successfully Delivering Rehabilitative Services in Prison: Perspectives from Non-Uniform Correctional Staff in Eight States (Sage Journals)
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