SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Crime rate, crim-tech, oversight

Police reform, NY police misconduct records, regional crime data, mental health, Baltimore gun violence transparency, clearance rates, relationship between climate and crime, facial surveillance, robot bomb dog, AI for report writing, gunshot detection, police drones, license plate readers, AI use in non emergency calls, real time crime centers, speed cameras, FOIA, facial recognition transparency, LMPD oversight, after prison, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Savannah mayor backs police reform, addresses crime criticism from Georgia AG (WJCL)

Our 5-year fight to publish NY's police misconduct records, and what we've found so far (Democrat and Chronicle)

Official: Texas authorities illegally access Illinois data to locate woman who had abortion (The State Journal Register)

LAPD is illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol (LA Public Press)  see also: FOIA records reveal Evanston data accessible to out-of-state police making ICE searches (Evanston Round Table)

CRIME RATE

New dashboard brings near real-time info about crime around the region (WTOP)

Where the 988 mental health hotline is used most — and least (Axios)

The Milwaukee Police Department has a plan to reduce violent crime. Here’s what that means for your neighborhood. (Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service)

Solving Crime, Protecting Communities: A Blueprint for Safer Streets (R Street)

The Climate of Crime and Urban Health: Exploring the Relationship Between Urban Heat Islands and Behaviour (Springer Link)

CRIM-TECH

New Orleans pushes to legalize police use of ‘facial surveillance’ (The Washington Post)

Kane County Sheriff's Office Upgrades Decades-Old Bomb Equipment with High-Tech “Robot Dog" (Kane County Connects)

The Tech Minnesota Used to Capture a Suspected Assassin (GovTech)

San Francisco police test AI for report writing (Axios)

Dayton police plan gunshot detection, drones, plate readers in 3 neighborhoods (Dayton Daily News)

What Is a Real-Time Crime Center — Really? (GovTech) see also: New AI-powered crime center to help boost Warner Robins' police response, authorities say (13WMAZ)

Grand Traverse County seeks AI solution to streamline non-emergency call handling (UpNorthLive)

Washington, Conn., Speed Cameras Find Repeat Offenders (GovTech)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Baltimore Says Shootings Are Down. But Their New Crime Feed Makes It Harder to See Them (SpotCrime Blog)

Journalists sue Brown U. for refusing to release police reports after pro-Palestinian protest. (The College Fix)

California could roll back gains made toward public access to police records (The Guardian)

New ordinance aims to create facial recognition transparency (Fox8)

Louisville residents call for transparency, accountability in LMPD oversight monitor (WDRB)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

A New Path After Prison (Hawaii Business Magazine)

California prison union strikes $600 million contract with Newsom that includes furloughs (CalMatters)

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