SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Community engagement, surveillance, life after prison
Police officer arrested by ICE, community outreach, citizens academy, decline in gun violence, crime rates falling, AI facial recognition, police surveillance, gunshot detection, license plate readers, tech disrupting trafficking, cold case technology, transparency in juvenile cases, body camera footage transparency, death penalty, NY prisons understaffed, prepping inmates for real world jobs, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Maine police chief says officer arrested by ICE is missed by colleagues and was eligible to work (AP)
Kentwood Police Department revives citizens academy to boost community engagement and transparency (Fox17)
Lauderdale County town goes without police department for months (Fox 13 Memphis)
WITN Investigates: Washington police chief removed from position (WITN)
CRIME RATE
New CDC Data Shows a Substantial Decline in Gun Violence in 2024 (External Processing)
Greg Hinz: Violent crime is falling in Chicago. But will it last? (Crain's Chicago Business)
CRIM-TECH
Vallejo surveillance board seeks hard data on efficacy of police gunshot detection tech (Vallejo Sun)
Hello, Bay City: Flock cameras could make city safer, but would it be at the cost of privacy? (MLive)
Tech Versus Trafficking: Disrupting the Business Model of Exploitation (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Alabama's body-camera law undermines police accountability, lawyers say (Red Lake Nation News)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Vocational Program Prepares Incarcerated Individuals for Life Beyond Custody (El Paso County Sheriff)
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