SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police transparency, high tech crime, police complaints
Medical professionals to help 911, Detroit police complaint backlog, limiting police accountability in Austin, non-consensual intimate imagery, DOJ rescinds grants, high tech policing, murder rate, gun violence, firearm involved expulsions, policing and social media, AI to enhance emergency response, Columbus crime report portal offline, FOIA exemptions, police dashboards, open crime data, police transparency, prisoner release, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Two bills could limit police accountability in Austin, as legislative session nears end (CBS Austin)
CRIME RATE
Distributing intimate images without consent isn’t just a crime, it’s a threat to democracy (South Carolina Daily Gazette)
How 2025 Could Feature The Lowest US Murder Rate Ever Recorded (Jeff-analytics)
Fraud costing U.S. government hundreds of billions a year as crime rings use stolen identities (CBS News)
School-Wide Attendance Rates and Firearm-Involved Expulsions in Michigan K-12 Public Schools, 2018–2022 (TandFOnline)
CRIM-TECH
Policing and social media: Exploring police digital visibility (Sage Journals)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Lewisville PD launches “Calls for Service” public dashboard (City of Lewisville) see also: Allentown crime data in every neighborhood is now searchable to the public via new dashboard (The Morning Call) and also: JC’s new ‘transparency’ webpage covers police lawsuits related to Sean Williams (WJHL) and finally: West Sac PD unveils new crime statistic tool (FOX40)
FOIA exemption for police complaints passes Senate (Inside Investigator)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
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