SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Transparency, police reform, ghost guns

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Police chief transparency, the future of police reform, police profiling, officer training, five years after Breonna Taylor's death, fight against gun violence showing promise, ghost gun bans, navigating predictive policing challenges, drone policies, body cams, future proofing justice, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Their police chiefs were forced out. Now these residents want transparency (Las Vegas Review Journal)

Trump Is Backing Away From Police Reform. Here’s What That Means for 12 Places. (The Marshall Project)

Assaults on NYPD officers have skyrocketed in subways, MTA says (Gothamist)

N.J. police chief accused of turning department into 'Animal House' (NBC News)

Akron residents concerned about safety, police profiling. Here's how we can fix it | Opinion (Akron Beacon Journal)

Eye On Safety: Moore Police Chief addresses officer training after stunning body cam footage (News on 6)

Five Years After Breonna Taylor’s Death, What’s Changed? (Essence)

CRIME RATE

It’s One of Philly’s Hardest Hit Neighborhoods, But a Plan to Fight Gun Violence Is Showing Promise (The Trace)

‘You cannot live freely if you are living in fear’: Delaware County Council considers ‘ghost gun’ ban (WHYY) see also: The Supreme Court Upholds Regulations on Ghost Guns (Johns Hopkins University)

Report labels Mississippi a 'national failure' in gun safety among 50 states. See why (Hattiesburg American)

CRIM-TECH

Predictive policing: Navigating the challenges (Thomson Reuters)

New Spidernet Toll can Tackle 'Untraceable' Digital Crime (Forensic Mag)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Letter: Pittsfield Police's drone policy needs some transparency (Berkshire Eagle)

East Longmeadow police equipped with body cameras for transparency, accountability (The Reminder)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Future-Proofing Justice: AI, Cloud and New Court Technologies (GovTech)

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