SpotCrime Weekly reads: Transparency, AI, prison
Police misconduct records, homicide and violent crime fall, explaining the murder decline, Ring and Citizen share video with police, Virginia Beach letting AI answer calls, AI chatbots writing crime reports, predictive policing, police transparency difficult for smaller NY agencies, police transparency, Oklahoma prisons harness AI, sending books behind bars, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Kissimmee Chief’s 1st 100 days lays groundwork for future transparency (Osceola News Gazette)
Can NY police departments legally destroy their police misconduct records? Here's how (Lohud)
CRIME RATE
Homicide, Other Violent Crimes Continue to Fall Below Pre-Pandemic Levels in U.S. Cities at Mid-Year (Council on Criminal Justice)
The Spatial Distribution and Determinants of Fatal vs. Nonfatal Shootings in Baltimore, USA: Examining the Impact of Distance to a Trauma Center on Fatality Rates (Taylor & Francis Online)
CRIM-TECH
Ring to let police request user videos again (Mashable) see also: Citizen will share crime videos with the NYPD (The Verge)
Inaccurate automation: Legal concerns surround police usage of AI chatbots to write crime reports (Milwaukee Independent)
Predictive analytics in policing: Weighing up the pros and cons (Computer Weekly)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Pittsburgh’s police review board head says Gainey administration ‘has not been transparent’ (Pittsburgh Public Source)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
City of Fort Smith facing new lawsuit related to Franklin County prison information request (5NewsOnline)
St. Louis jail death raises questions about restraint chair policy, transparency under new mayor (KSDK)
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