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SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Use of force, crime rate, AI

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Use of force rules, fatal police shootings and training, encrypting scanners, anti-crime laws, state crime victims funds, 911 calls surge, deadly shootings involving 18-20 year olds, taking on rising car thefts, big data surveillance tech, school crimes, AI and body cam footage, discrepancies in crime data, loopholes in police transparency laws, rehabilitative services in prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police in this Pennsylvania county slow to adopt new use-of-force rules, study finds  (The Morning Call) After fatal shootings, Rantoul police recommended more training. They just sent one officer to a gun range  (IPM News) Des Moines seeks to hire dispatchers as 911 calls surge to decade-high record  (Des Moines Register) Head of police oversight in Phoenix questions office's independence in resignation letter  (KJZZ) Many cities have anti-crime laws. The DOJ says one in Minnesota harmed people with mental illness  (MPR News) Justice Department proposes major changes to address

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: social workers, police transparency, police tech

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Social workers on non-criminal police calls, increase in police salaries to combat crime, making sense of unofficial deadly force data, risks of police tech, police transparency, juvenile justice system, abuse in prison systems, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Bridgeport sending social workers on 'non-criminal' police calls  (CT Post) see also:  Sarasota County implements new system for non-emergency calls  (Observer) Can an increase in police salaries combat Memphis' crime problems?  (ABC24) Making Sense of Unofficial Deadly Force Data  (IACP) CRIME RATE Can a doorbell ring justify a ‘stand your ground’ shooting?  (ABC7) 'Gummies, candies, cookies': State Crime Lab opens, sees critical levels of fentanyl in many items  (ABC11) Outgoing D.C. police chief on city's rising crime rate: "A lot more guns are in communities now"  (CBS News) Mayor Scott gives update on Baltimore's 'Community Violence Intervention Ecosystem'  (Fox 45) CRIM-TECH Fact Ver