SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police accountability, DC crime rate, AI

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Police reform, accountability and transparency, police discipline cases, shootings and homicides, DC crime trends, nutrition labels for AI, ShotSpotter speeds response times, drone policies, license plate reader transparency, FL corrections uses AI, unjust pretrial detention, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Dover Community Gathers to Discuss Police Reform and Accountability (WBOC)

Massachusetts State Police chief gets to specifics on accountability and transparency (The Lawton Constitution)

Appellate court rules Chicago police discipline cases should remain public (Abc7 Chicago)

CRIME RATE

Did New York City Record Its Lowest Number of Shootings and Homicides in the First Half of 2025? (New York Focus)

Assessing DC's Violent Crime Trends (Jeff-alytics) see also: Crime in Washington, DC: What You Need to Know (Council on Criminal Justice)

Crime is dropping fast in Syracuse. Police chief says it’s a snowball effect (Syracuse.com)

CRIM-TECH

Motorola Solutions Launches ‘Nutrition Labels’ for AI (GovTech)

How AI is being used in police stations to help draft reports (KSBW)

Report: ShotSpotter Speeds Response Times in Pittsburgh (GovTech)

With Drone Policy, Ann Arbor, Mich., Aims to Protect Privacy (GovTech)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Springfield chief promises transparency in rolling out license-plate readers (Lookout Eugene-Springfield)

Policing must strike a balance between transparency and justice (The Independent)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Florida Corrections Uses AI to Support Staff, Modernization (GovTech)

I Lost My Job, Apartment, Vehicle, and Time with My Kids Due to Unjust Pretrial Detention (Vera.org)

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