SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Transparency, gun violence, crime data

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New police chief promises trust and transparency, better crime data means better crime policy, racial profiling, Boeing criminal charges, family violence, gun violence public health crisis, active shooters targeting public spiked, Biden gun safety law, gun violence, automated license plate readers, gunshot detection software, body cam transparency, California in contempt over prison mental health staffing, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

'Trust, confidence, transparency' — Chatham-Kent gets new police chief (Windsor Star)

This police department's autism unit is saving lives (Red River Radio) see also: Alternative 911 Responses Can Build Trust and Improve Outcomes (Governing)

Better Crime Data, Better Crime Policy (Council on Criminal Justice)

Pinellas officers track where people sleep outside ahead of DeSantis law (Tampa Bay Times)

Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project releases annual report on traffic stops (Fox61)

Boeing should face criminal charges, prosecutors tell DOJ: Report (The Hill)

CRIME RATE

One call every six minutes: Family violence statistics the biggest concern for police (The Age)

Lagging crime data fuels misperceptions, thwarts prevention, study finds (The Washington Post)

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis (AP News)

Active shooters targeting the public spiked from 2019 to 2023 compared to prior 5-year period, FBI report says (CBS News)

Police agencies meeting in Miami discuss ways to better communicate crime data (CBS Miami)

More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under the gun safety law Biden signed (AP News)

Reducing Gun Violence Through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis, and Sharing (OJP.gov)

CRIM-TECH

Vallejo police still illegally sharing ALPR data out of state as surveillance board mulls contract renewal (Vallejo Sun)

Does Gunshot Detection Technology Reduce Gun Violence? (CRIMRXIV)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

A new Wisconsin law undermines the transparency pitch for police body cameras (tone) 

Anchorage police won’t release bodycam video of 3 shootings. It’s creating a fight over transparency (AP News) see also: Police chief designee asked about transparency, accountability and change within APD (Alaska's News Source)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

US judge finds California in contempt over prison mental health staffing (News-Medical.net)

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