SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police transparency, AI in policing, prison

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Small town policing, disbanding civilian review boards, violent crime reduction steering committee, flawed national crime data, air pollution shaping public safety, records management vendor woes, deepfakes and criminal justice, AI in policing, police transparency, use of force policies, art therapy in prison, the death penalty, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

McLean County's smaller communities embrace 'a different way of policing' (WGLT)

Scathing DOJ report on Worcester police echoes recent Springfield probe (Mass Live)

Judge says 'coaching' by Minneapolis police not discipline, records not public (Fox 9)

Tampa City Council votes to disband civilian police review board (Tampa Bay Times)

CRIME RATE

Readout of the Justice Department’s Violent Crime Reduction Steering Committee Meeting (Justice.gov)

National Crime Data Has Always Been Flawed (Jeff-alytics)

Advocates urge Harris County DA’s office to address ‘potentially misleading’ crime data dashboard (Houston Public Media)

New crime reporting system adds challenge for year-over-year comparison (NJ.com)

From smog to crime: How air pollution is shaping human behavior and public safety (The Times of India)

CRIM-TECH

Wichita police seek to change records system a few years after installing one. Here’s why (The Wichita Eagle)

SF officials detail how technology is reducing crime in the city (KRON)

'Have to be ahead of the curve': Buffalo police want to use AI tool to spot crime in real time (WKBW)

Threat of deepfakes to the criminal justice system: a systematic review (CRIMRXIV)

How New AI Dashcams Could Improve Small-Town Policing (GovTech)

Warner Robins Police use artificial intelligence to better solve crime (WMAZ)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Illinois law requires transparency when police kill people. Many cases stay in the dark (WSIU)

Transparency in use of force policies differ among Missouri police departments (KSHB)

What new police transparency agreement between MNPD and Metro Community Review Board means (Fox 17)

Police transparency expands with new national database — except Michigan (Detroit Metro Times)

Novi police say transparency with community results in rare arrest (C&G Newspapers)

Former Norristown councilwoman blasts elected officials for lack of ‘transparency’ on police chief status (Mainline Times and Suburban)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Benefits of Art therapy in Prison Population with a Diagnosis of Mental Illnes: A Systematic Review (Sage Journals)

Analysis: How I Turned from Violence to Healing and Reconciliation (California Health Report)

Four Things to Know About the Federal Death Penalty (Brennan Center for Justice)

The Real Cost of ‘Bad News’: How Misinformation is Undermining Youth Justice Policy in Baltimore (The Sentencing Project)

Prison telecom providers are shifting strategy by exploiting tablet services (Prism Reports)

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