SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Crime data transparency, license plate readers, crime rate

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Essential services for crime victims slashed, LAPD stops releasing public crime data, does shuttering a school impact neighborhood violence, protecting yourself against scams, data informed youth justice, AI to communicate with non-English speakers, license plate leaders, funding police technology, UK to stop publishing crime data, did prison replace mental hospitals, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Justice Department Slashes Essential Services for Crime Victims (Brennan Center for Justice)

Truth or crime. The facts behind an American obsession (Deseret News)

LAPD stops releasing criminal map records The department said the decision was made to better serve public interest. (USC Annenberg Media)

CRIME RATE

As Philadelphia Weighs New School Closings, Advocates Ask: Does Shuttering a School Impact Neighborhood Violence? (Mind Site News)

WA residents lost $55 million to these scams in 2024. How to protect yourself (The Olympian)

Data-informed youth justice creates safer communities (Clarion Ledger)

CRIM-TECH

Police in Delaware County using AI to communicate with non-English speakers (NBC Philadelphia)

Southington police credit license plate readers with dramatic crime reduction (WFSB)

City Council barely approves new Municipal Court fee to help fund police technology (The Denver Gazette)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

FAC Sues City of Vallejo for Police Shooting Records (First Amendment Coalition)

Are police agencies being transparent enough with the Flock license plate reading cameras? (KVAL)

UK to publish less official data in drive to restore quality (reuters)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Did prison just replace mental hospitals? (Slow Boring)

System for determining if someone is mentally fit for trial in Pa. is in crisis, new report finds (Spotlight PA)

America’s Incarceration Crossroads: Reversing Progress Amid Record-Low Crime Rates (The Sentencing Project)

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