SpotCrime Weekly Reads: AI, mental health, gun violence
Mental health responders, radio encryption, child exploitation, fatal and nonfatal shootings comparisons, Mexico City crime, EverShot, gun violence, Dallas response times, DOJ report on AI, AI or non-emergency calls, police military equipment, Charlotte schools withhold sexual assault data, data in criminal justice, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
As state slashes mental health funding, Tulsa adds 911 clinicians to divert crisis calls (Public Radio Tulsa)
Police scanners in Minneapolis fall silent as MPD encrypts radio traffic (MPR News)
CRIME RATE
Child sexual exploitation and abuse is a multibillion-dollar industry – new report shows who benefits (The Conversation)
Leveraging the National Incident-based Reporting System to compare fatal and nonfatal shooting incidents (Taylor & Francis Online) see also: EveryShot is a publicly available data tool that tracks gun violence incidents in the United States using AI to parse news stories about gun violence. (Everytown for Gun safety) and also: She survived being shot in the head as teen. Now she’s sharing her final message (Big Country Homepage)
State adult-use cannabis policy effects on law enforcement efforts to disrupt drug markets (Science Direct)
Crime in California Is Trending Downward, New Data Suggests (Public Policy Institute of California)
CRIM-TECH
DOJ Report on AI in Criminal Justice: Key Takeaways (Council on Criminal Justice)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Police military equipment requires public scrutiny. Fresno fails transparency test | Opinion (Fresno Bee)
Ouray’s new top cop promises integrity, accountability and transparency (Ouray County Plaindealer)
Charlotte schools ordered to pay WBTV’s legal fees after withholding sexual assault data (Charlotte Observer)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Data Can Inform Criminal Justice Policy and Keep Communities Safe (American Bar Association)
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