SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Perceptions of crime, AI, data transparency

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Targeting complex criminal networks, mortality among law enforcement officers, police oversight board sees widespread refusal, New Orleans consent decree ends, San Diego police shortages, predictive policing, AI reinventing crime, US bishops call for tighter gun laws, perceptions of crime, alternatives to police response, AI in policing, facial recognition, safety and transparency go hand in hand, data winter emerges, press access to executions, and more... 

POLICE CONDUCT

Deerfield Beach residents meet about possible breakup with Broward Sheriff's Office, creating first city police department since 1990 (CBS News)

Oregon DOJ launches program targeting complex criminal networks (KCBY)

Mortality among law enforcement officers in the United States: a population-wide analysis of the National Occupational Mortality Surveillance data, 2020–2023 (CRIMRXIV)

Boston’s police oversight board sees ‘widespread refusal’ by officers to cooperate (MassLive)

New Orleans police consent decree ends after 12 years (WDSU)

San Diego Police shortages are slowing down response times, report shows (Fox 5 San Diego)

CRIME RATE

AI is reinventing crime and cops aren't ready (Axios)

US bishops call for tighter gun laws amid ‘epidemic of violence’ (The Catholic Herald)

Is ShotSpotter helping to make Cleveland safer? City Council debates the question (Signal Cleveland)

Perceptions of Crime Are Shifting Gallup's annual poll shows some positive change. (Jeff-alytics) see also: Are Americans Worried About Crime? It Depends on How They Voted. The sitting president can be a better predictor of how safe someone feels than what the crime data shows. (The Marshall Project)

Tacoma considers long-term safety plan, including 'alternatives' to police response (King5)

CRIM-TECH

When trust turns digital: why relational cues matter in online crime-reporting portals (Springer Link)

Axon Will Buy Carbyne as Part of New 911 Network Push (GovTech)

Predictive Policing in Practice: How AI Is Shaping Law Enforcement in U.S. Cities Published at CityGov.com (CityGov)

Ring’s Jamie Siminoff thinks AI can reduce crime (The Verge)

DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants (404 Media)

RapidSOS Raises $100M as It Pushes Public Safety AI (GovTech)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Editorial: How safety and transparency go hand in hand (The Whit Online)

The Emergence of a Data Winter: The Growing Enclosure of Data at a Time of Rapid AI Advances (SSRN)

Inside RCFP attorneys’ fight for police transparency in Pennsylvania (Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press)

On the agenda: Richmond council to weigh police transparency rules, $12 million in contracts (Grandview Independent)

What Information Does the University of Chicago Police Department Make Public? (Chicago Maroon)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

News outlets challenge Tennessee restrictions on press access to executions (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press)

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