SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Murder rate, gun violence and children, transparency

Real time information centers, behind the scenes of being a cop, GPS monitoring juveniles, use of force concerns, new law to help solve homicides, murder rate plunging, crime trends in summer, gun violence decline, impact of gun violence and children, NG911, police drones, new crime labs, police overtime use transparency, body cam footage transparency, health and human rights bill for pregnant women in prison, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Aurora police use real time information center to boost officer, public safety (CBS)

‘Inside SDPD’ event offers public behind-the-scenes look at being a cop (Times of San Diego)

Philly is monitoring more kids by GPS than ever. And it’s turning over geolocation data to law enforcement, no warrant required. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Savannah Police to address use-of-force concerns after chief pens open letter to public (Savannah Now)

Chicago Police Have Failed to Solve More Homicides. Could a New Law Help? (The Trace)

Jackson's National Action Network calls for termination of Police Chief Thom Corley (Jackson Sun)

CRIME RATE

Why I Think Murder Is Plunging (Jeff-alytics)

Crime tends to rise in the summer. How Raleigh police plan to address it (The News and Observer)

Pleasanton PD reports crime rates trending down, staffing levels improving (Pleasanton Weekly)

Baltimore marks decline in gun violence with distribution of gun locks at awareness event (CBS News)

Empty desks How the District’s failure to curb truancy in middle schools fueled the biggest youth crime surge in a generation. (Washington Post)

Support staff distribution in K-12 US schools that experience shootings: A matched analysis (Science Direct) see also: The Impact of Gun Violence on Children and Adolescents (KFF.org) and also: Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US (JAMA Pediatrics) and finally: New CHOP study reveals nearly 5 million kids live in homes where guns are loaded, unlocked (Philadelphia Tribune)

Surveillance for Violent Deaths — National Violent Death Reporting System, 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2022 (CDC) 

CRIM-TECH

New York State Has Fallen Behind in NG911, Audit Says (GovTech)

‘We’re going to be covering the entire city with drones:’ SFPD accepts billionaire’s $9.4M gift (Mission Local)

Shelby County proposes $5.5M crime lab focused on forensics, cell phone data, DNA (Tri-State Defender)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Trenton police and government need to be more transparent (L.A. PARKER COLUMN) (The Trentonian)

Reno public safety chiefs defend overtime use, council seeks more transparency (This Is Reno)

Judge rules Aurora Police violated state law by not releasing unaltered body camera footage of fatal shooting (9News)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Montana Department of Corrections eyeing Butte, Boulder, Hardin for new women’s prison (Montana Free Press)

NYS Senate passes prison reform bill aiming to promote health and human rights of incarcerated pregnant people (AMNY)

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