SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police misconduct laws, transparency, AI in criminal justice
Former police chief facing charges over KS newspaper raid, police misconduct laws, CT ticket scandal, unmarked cruisers, campuses fail to report crime, crime and punishment in DC, Surgeon General's declaration on gun violence, Cleveland's summer of safety, drug use and criminality, Austin 911 system hacked, AI and crime analysis, encrypting police radios, Houston chief vows transparency, crime data transparency, AI in criminal justice, family incarceration and children's health, pregnant women in prison, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Little progress on police misconduct laws (Cape Gazette) see also: Police misconduct database offers too limited a look at disciplinary histories, critics say (New Jersey Monitor)
Columbia Looks to Give Campus Police Arresting Power After Protests (Wall Street Journal)
One CT legislator calls for examination of unmarked cruisers while others are lukewarm to the idea (CT Insider)
L.A. and O.C. colleges among six California schools that failed to accurately report campus crimes (LA Times)
CRIME RATE
Doing Less with Less. Crime and Punishment in Washington, DC (Manhattan Institute)
What Does the Surgeon General’s Declaration on Gun Violence Mean for Cities? (National League of Cities)
3News Investigates: Crime data shows Cleveland's 'Summer of Safety' is making progress so far (WKYC)
CRIM-TECH
How AI will revolutionize real-time data access for law enforcement. As AI infiltrates existing technology, crime analysis software will be a significant beneficiary (Police One) see also: The Effective, Responsible and Safe Use of AI in Criminal Justice (Justice Clearing House)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Bend Police launch crime, service data hub that public can access (Central Oregon Daily News)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Study examines link between family incarceration, children’s health (Washington Post)
Senate hearing led by Ossoff looks at abuses of pregnant women in prison (The Augusta Chronicle)
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