SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Public safety workforce, transparency, juvenile crime

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Police data, expanding public safety workforce, tax increases to strengthen public safety, TN crime lab backlog, cyber crime economy, juvenile crime, US lowest murder rate, FBI collects non fatal shooting data, toll of lethal gun violence, using technology to solve crimes faster, facial recognition technology, NJ and police transparency, Minneapolis transparency, campus police secrecy at private colleges, America's aging prison population, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

The Quiet Revolution. Why Data Became the Most Important Tool in the Field (IACP Police Chief Magazine)

Moss Point PD to lose chief, more than half its officers. Here’s why, and what’s next (The Sun Herald)

Expanding the Public Safety Workforce (American Progress)

Milwaukee Mayor’s Twin Public Safety Puzzles (Governing)

Des Moines City Council looks to tax increases to strengthen public safety response (Waterland Blog)

Tennessee crime lab at max capacity, backlog to grow without intervention: Report (The Tennessean)

Questions raised by retired Aurora detective stashing 30 boxes docs in a crawlspace (Sentinel)

CRIME RATE

The Silent Threat: How Misconfigurations Fuel the Cyber Crime Economy (GovTech)

What Peoria's police chief says about juvenile crime in the city and how to prevent it (Peoria Journal Star) see also: September Spotlight on Criminal Justice: What Works to Reduce Juvenile Crime? (R Street)

The U.S. Is on Track for Its Lowest Murder Rate Ever (US News)

The FBI Can Now Collect Non-Fatal Shooting Data (Jeff-alytics)

New Six-Year Report Reveals Ongoing Toll of Lethal Gun Violence in Minnesota (Violence Policy Center)

CRIM-TECH

How police are using technology to solve crimes faster (Sioux Falls Simplified)

Your Reporter Aurora police hope to add facial recognition technology to crime-fighting tools (CBS)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Where NJ’s governor hopefuls stand on police transparency (New Jersey Monitor)

After a violent summer in Minneapolis, a plea for transparency (MPR News)

Erie County Sheriff’s transparency commitment fails to deliver on public records requests (WIVB)

Lawsuit against Brown University sparks debate on campus police secrecy at private colleges (The Sun Chronicle)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

America’s aging prison population is posing challenges for states (Stateline)

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