SpotCrime Weekly Reads: School shootings, cyber crimes, social media

Traffic stops and searches, yearly crime stats, police certification and licenses, school shootings, cyber crimes, NCII and sextortion, Snapchat sued by New Mexico AG, social media facilitates violence, AI and police report writing speed, updating 911 dispatch systems, gun shot detection software, Capitol Police watchdog reports, centralizing criminal justice data, bail reform, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Lawsuit Forces Release of Operation Rolling Thunder Records (Institute for Justice)

Why doesn’t the Austin Police Department publish yearly reports on the crimes it solves? (Austin Monitor)

News outlets take fight for access to police certification database to Colorado Supreme Court (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press) see also: All Texas police officer licenses now searchable online (KXAN)

CRIME RATE

The precedent-setting push to hold parents responsible for school shootings (Vox) see also: Children and teens are more likely to die by guns than anything else (CNN) and also: The latest government data on school shootings (USA Facts)

ICO and NCA sign MoU to provide joint support for cyber crime victims (Computer Weekly)

Non-consensual intimate image distribution: Nature, removal, and implications for the Online Safety Act (Sage Journals) see also: 2 Nigerians sentenced to over 17 years in 'sextortion' case that led to Michigan teen's suicide (NBC News)

Snapchat Is A “Breeding Ground” For Child Predators, According To New Mexico Lawsuit (TechPolicy.Press)

The Accelerationists’ App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic Terrorists (ProPublica) see also: ‘We Want You To Be A Proud Boy’ How Social Media Facilitates Political Intimidation and Violence (NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

CRIM-TECH

No Man’s Hand: Artificial Intelligence Does Not Improve Police Report Writing Speed (CRIMRXIV)

New York enacts panic-button law to counter crime in stores (Smart Cities Dive)

Police have responded to gunfire 2.5 minutes faster when alerted by ShotSpotter this year: CPD data (ABC7Chicago)

How Local Governments Got Hooked on One Company’s Janky Software (Bloomberg)

At NYPD’s real time crime center, the future of policing has arrived (Police One)

Oakland’s 911 dispatch system gets its first upgrade in 20 years (The Oaklandside)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Community frustrated by lack of transparency as Aurora's newest police chief is sworn in (9News)

Capitol Police watchdog reports emerge into public view, but slowly. Lawmakers and transparency advocates have repeatedly called for their release (Roll Call)

FOIA Friday: Richmond Police block FOIA request in decades-old murder case (Virginia Mercury)

The Anne Arundel County Police Department Announces Transition to Encrypted Radio Transmissions (AACounty.org)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Oversight Council recommends more funding for centralizing of criminal justice data (NBC Montana)

No Connection Between Bail Reform and Crime Rates (MacArthur Foundation)

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