SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Technology, youth, crime rate
Union concerns, interacting with youth, civilian police review, public safety partnerships, falling crime, changes in retail crime, child grooming in London, homicides in the US, combating financial crime, license plate readers, gunshot detection, facial recognition, police drones, city wide security cameras, crime and transparency in California, citizen police academy, police chief investigation transparency, prison phone rates, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Vallejo City Council approves sheriff’s support contract despite deputy union concerns (Vallejo Sun)
Massachusetts Drafts New Rules for How Cops Interact With Youth (Governing) see also: Police cite youth programs for decrease in youth gun violence (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Richmond civilian police review board delayed again (VPM)
Transforming Public Safety Through Partnerships: Focused Deterrence in Dallas (National League of Cities)
CRIME RATE
It's Not Just Murder That's Likely At Historic Lows (Jeff-alytics) see also: 30 months of great news on falling crime (Slow Boring)
California Government Report Assesses a Decade of Changes in Retail Crime (Sourcing Journal)
Child grooming in London at 'catastrophic' levels (BBC)
Prosecutorial regimes and homicides in the United States: was the differentiating shift at the COVID pandemic or 2015? (Taylor and Francis Online)
Combating financial crime in the era of instant payments (Thomson Reuters)
CRIM-TECH
Eye On Illinois: Plate reader dashboard remains a useful tool as controversy swirls (Shaw Local)
Scoop: New Orleans brings back controversial gunshot-detecting technology (Axios) see also: New Orleans police seek expanded facial recognition powers amid privacy backlash (Biometricupdate.com)
Drones could soon be responding to incidents at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront (WAVY)
Birmingham approves 100 additional security cameras in $9.7M deal with Alabama Power (AL.com)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
California Law Enforcement Grappling With Crime and Transparency (Bloomberg Law)
Mesquite Citizens Police Academy builds connection, transparency with community (Mesquite News)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Advocates, Sheriffs, and Service Providers Face Off Over FCC’s Prison Phone Rates (Broadband Breakfast)
Cook County launches new crime and court stat justice dashboard (OakPark.com)
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