SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Sheriff starts mining bitcoin, Trump FBI report missing ton of info, three percent of Americans have been to prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Preliminary 2017 Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities (National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund) Police Enhancing Accountability through Community Engagement (PEACE) Initiative (Vera.org) See also Bridging the Divide between Police and Community (Vera.org) Most California Jurisdictions Show Declines in Property Crime During Justice Reform Era (Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice) The First FBI Crime Report Issued Under Trump Is Missing A Ton Of Info (FiveThirtyEight.com) CRIME RATE Three Percent of Americans Have Been To Prison- Eight Percent Have Felonies (CrimeInAmerica.net) White Collar Crime Risk Zones uses machine learning to predict where financial crimes are mostly likely to occur across the US (The New Inquiry) Gun Laws Stop At State Lines, But Guns Don’t (FiveThirtyEight.com) Mayor: NYC bike path a...

Social media monitoring, Women in Public Safety, 2016 FBI crime stats, and more... POLICE CONDUCT In Phoenix, Women Are Breaking Public Safety's Glass Ceiling (GovTech) Alabama police agency uses social media monitoring service (Anniston Star) Local Panama City police departments feeling strained long after recession (JHG.com) ‘He shot her down’: Two officers dead in Orlando manhunt for murder suspect (WaPo) CRIME RATE Fort Lauderdale shooting suspect faces possible death penalty (CNN) Preliminary Crime Stats for 2016 Released. Report Covers January through June (FBI.gov) Violent Crime Reports Up 5.3% in First Half of 2016 (TheCrimeReport.org) Spike in assaults, especially in middle schools, dominates SPS crime report (News-Leader) Dylan Roof Sentenced To Death For Charleston Church Shooting  (CBS) POLICE TRANSPARENCY California Bill Seeks Police Surveillance Transparency (CATO Institute) New police training addresses use-of-force, tra...

When it comes to reporting on crime data to the FBI, most police departments use one of two ways of reporting - UCR or NIBRS . UCR (Uniform Crime Reports) , established in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, is a nationwide program that law enforcement agencies across the country voluntarily report data on crimes that occur in their jurisdiction to the FBI. The program was created with the objective to generate reliable, comparable information for law enforcement administration, operations, and management. Each month, the participating agency reports the number of known index crimes, number of crime cases cleared, and crimes reported to the police in their jurisdiction to the FBI.  There are Part I and Part II crimes reported as well as two crime categories - Crimes Against Persons and Crimes Against Property. Yearly reports are published by the FBI on their website. Part I crimes, also known as Index crimes collectively, are split into two categories -...