SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police transparency, crime rate, crime data

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Police chief settlement transparency, police jurisdiction, police response times, domestic terrorism, undocumented immigrants and crime, DC crime rate, cashless bail, murders and homicides, serial killers, police cameras, police drones, police oversight, open data, crime data, transparency laws, gun crime, violent crime, household member incarceration effects, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Audit finds Charlotte lacked transparency in $305,000 police chief settlement (MyFox8)

How does US law enforcement work? Who has jurisdiction? (USA Facts)

Fresno Police response times range from minutes to hours, chief Casto vows change (ABC30)

DOJ Deletes Its Own Study From Website Showing ‘Far More’ Domestic Terrorism Committed by ‘Far-Right Extremists’ (The Guardian)

CRIME RATE

Public safety alliance launches Nashville crime stats dashboard (The Tennessean)

In Washington, the obvious thing is probably true (The Economist) see also: Prosecutors already have dropped nearly a dozen cases from Trump’s DC crime surge, judge says (WTOP)

The Data on Undocumented Immigrants and Crime (The Trace)

Is ‘Cashless Bail’ a Public Safety Risk? (Governing)

Exploring The Difference Between FBI Murders and CDC Homicides (Jeff-alytics)

The serial killer next door: These states spawn the most notorious — and prolific — murderers (The Independent)

As U.S. faces deadly week, gun violence experts lament end of prevention research (Stat News)

Stop the Violence funds allocated amid downward trend in Pittsburgh violent crime (WESA)

CRIM-TECH

'What took so long?' | Cincinnati City Council earmarks $150K for West End camera expansion (WCPO)

Gurnee Police Department introduces new drone that can be automatically launched to emergency calls (Lake and McHenry County Scanner)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Calls for Transparency Clash with Safety Concerns in East Lansing Police Oversight Debate (East Lansing Info)

Will this bill dent police transparency laws? (Fox26)

Council Bluffs Police launch website showing real-time crime updates (First Alert 6)

Fees for Nevada public records are flashpoint for government, transparency advocates (The Daily Indy)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Nature, Nurture, or Both? Using Sibling Comparisons to Examine Age of Exposure to Household Member Incarceration and Future Justice System Involvement (Sage Journals)

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