SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Violent crime dropping, gun violence, gun shot detection
Uvalde shooting records, DOJ report on Columbus Police, co-response and homelessness, violent crime dropping sharply in major US cities, gun violence, permitless carry, teen homicides plummet, gunshot detection debate, body cam footage review through AI, police VR training, license plate readers, cheap jail and prison food make people sick, corrections staff charged with falsifying medical forms, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Uvalde City Officials Release Shooting Records That Provide New Details, Reaffirm Previous Reporting (ProPublica)
Co-response and homelessness: the SEPTA transit police SAVE experiment (Springer Link)
CRIME RATE
Fear versus Facts: Gun Violence is Definitely Down (Everytown for Gun Safety) see also: Gun violence is rising in schools, but overall crime is down, government report shows (USA Today)
CRIM-TECH
In Some Cities, Second Thoughts About Gunshot Detection Sensors (Undark.org) see also: Continue, expand gunshot detection Some question the ShotSpotter technology used in Minneapolis, but it’s part of a comprehensive response to gun crime. (Star Tribune)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
THE PRISON SYSTEM
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