SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Transparency, gun violence, license plate readers

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Whistleblower lawsuit over MPD crime data, recovering stolen property, gun violence, public health emergency, ICE arrests, sex trafficking ring against county prosecutor, hacked WordPress sites running global crime ring, DeSantis says license plate readers out of control, surveillance tech, LAPD stops putting records online, transparency with police response to 2020 protests, prison safety and transparency, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Kirkland police recover more than $30K in stolen property across King County (My Northwest)

Veteran DC cop files $4M whistleblower lawsuit against MPD over crime data (WJLA)

Portsmouth takes new approach to gun violence, treating crime as a public health emergency (13 News Now)

ICE arrested a record number of people without criminal records in summer enforcement surge, new data shows (CBS News)

Neighbors shocked by sex trafficking ring charges against former Anoka County prosecutor (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

CRIME RATE

Experts warn 2,000 hacked WordPress sites were secretly running a global crime ring (Tech Radar)

CRIM-TECH

DeSantis says Flock cameras, license plate readers are ‘out of control,’ calls for protections for civilians (WFLA)

Huntington, W.Va., Residents Voice Opposition of Surveillance Tech (GovTech)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

The LAPD has quietly stopped putting many public records online (LA Times)

Zionsville teen pushes local police department to publish more Flock data (Current Publishing)

Portland groups demand transparency in review of police response to 2020 protests (KATU)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

House passes Wortz, Bohnak plan for prison safety and transparency (Michigan House Republicans)

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