SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Transforming policing, Marsy's Law Supreme Court ruling in Ohio, 911 call center reforms, school crime report, police staffing and crime rates, ICE statistics, AI for police reports, NYPD to disclose surveillance tech contracts, gunshot detection, using tech to fight crime, facial recognition, law enforcement transparency, private prisons, recidivism, and more... POLICE CONDUCT How to Transform Policing and Regain Public Trust  (Governing) Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments on whether cops get crime victim protections  (The Columbus Dispatch) Nonpolice response teams may cut crime, save cash, but data limited  (Civic Media) Jersey City Union President Backs McGreevey for Mayor, Calls for 911 Call Center Reforms  (Jersey City Times) CRIME RATE Annual K-12 school crime report shows overall drop over previous year  (North State Journal) San Francisco’s police staffing is at a historic low. So is its crime rate.  (Mission Local) ICE Enforcement and Removal Oper...

Police staffing shortages, civilian response teams, USPS postal police, DOJ hotlines to report hate crimes, America's gun problem, gun violence, ICE data collection on Americans, NYPD secret database, facial recognition in schools, law enforcement polices restrict transparency and accountability, a holistic criminal justice system, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Staffing shortages are causing case backlogs at Phoenix-area police departments  (AZFamily.com) With Complaints Rising, Transit Agencies Search for Alternatives to Police  (Route Fifty) see also:  SLCPD to form new civilian response team to handle massive call volume  (Fox13) After court battle, Marilyn Mosby releases list of 305 Baltimore police officers with credibility issues  (The Baltimore Sun) Voters, investors and crime experts have eyes on bid to recall San Francisco DA  (Courthouse News Service) After years of gang list controversy, the NYPD has a new secret database. It's focused on guns. ...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions publicly addressed federal, state, and local law enforcement on July 12 in Las Vegas about sanctuary cities and efforts to combat violent crime. Sessions cited a study from the University of California Riverside claiming cities with sanctuary policies 'have more violent crime on average than those that don’t.’ Contrary to what Attorney General Jeff Sessions stated in his address to hundreds of law enforcement officials, there is no link to violent crime spike and sanctuary city status. Sessions and his staff appear to have misinterpreted one graph in the study to show a higher crime rate, when in fact the graph showed no relation. The study specifically states:  ‘We find no statistically discernible difference in violent crime rate, rape, or property crime across the cities. Our findings provide evidence that sanctuary policies have no effect on crime rates, despite narratives to the contrary. The potential benefits of sanctuary cities, ...