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Media coverage of gun violence, can crime be predicted with AI and machine learning, lack of facial recognition laws, SpotCrime's FOIA testimony, open data to transform and engage communities, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Beyond crime rates and community surveys: a new approach to police accountability and performance measurement  (Crime Science Journal) IRS Claims to Have Identified “Dozens” of New Crypto Criminals  (Inside Bitcoins) Detailed look into Winston-Salem Police Department’s need for gunfire detection system  (MyFox8) Can We Trust the FBI's Crime Estimation Procedures?  (Academia.edu) Lessons to learn from a school resource officer  (PressHerald) Portland police chief walks out of meeting as school board asks for more time on body camera issue  (PressHerald) CRIME RATE Bias, Sensationalism Distort Media Coverage of Gun Violence, Conference Told  (TheCrimeReport) Chicago gun violence, drug cartel mayhem fueled by straw purcha...

2017 NIBRS FBI data released, shootings are contagious?, Atlanta turns ex-cons into farmers, using crime data to make safer cities, police property seizures scrutinized, and more... POLICE CONDUCT 2017 NIBRS Crime Data Released. Law Enforcement Continuing Transition to More Detailed Reporting System  (FBI) Rockford Police scores high marks during audit  (rrstar.com) SPD Chief Ben Raymond wants more communication with victims' families  (KSLA12) ACLU: N.J. police unfairly taking cash, property from criminal suspects  (WHYY.org) see also:  Texas police made more than $50 million in 2017 from seizing people’s property. Not everyone was guilty of a crime.  (Texas Tribune) CRIME RATE Shootings are contagious: Prosecutors study King County gun violence from a public-health angle  (Seattle Times) Criminally Insane in Oregon Attack Twice as Many People Than Previously Known, New Data Shows  (ProPublica) Spotify Ditches Market Street Office...

Jeff Sessions gets it wrong (again), AI and machine learning in policing, 2016 NIBRS data released, data on police shootings, the opioid crisis, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Research Shows Police Body-Worn Cameras Reduce Misconduct and Cost for Las Vegas (GovTech) Data on both fatal and nonfatal police shootings from the 50 largest local police departments in the United States (Vice) Autopsy Doctor Resigns, Says Sheriff Overrode Death Findings to Protect Officers (KQED) CRIME RATE 2016 NIBRS crime data released (FBI) Jeff Sessions misrepresented crime statistics from his own department's report  (NewsWeek) How we win the opioid war: Report (TheCrimeReport) See also:  NIJ Report: Opioid Crisis Is a Driver of Homicide Boom (Washington Free Beacon) CMPD, prosecutors call domestic violence an 'epidemic' (WBTV) Why is internet gambling a crime? (TheCrimeReport) Mass shootings aren't more frequent, but they are deadlier: Study (NBC Chicago...

NIBRS data 2016 NIBRS data was released this week. The data is available directly here on the FBI’s website . NOte that NIBRS is different than UCR. 2016 UCR data was released about a month ago. A lot of agencies are making the migration of UCR to NIBRS. We took a stab defining the difference between UCR and NIBRS a couple of years ago.   Check it out in a blog post here. Of the reported NIBRS offenses , 22.7% were crimes against persons, 14.8% were crimes against society, and 62.5% were crimes against property. More than half (52.4%) of the victims knew their offenders, but did not have a familial relationship to them. Nearly one quarter (24.3%) of the victims were related to their offenders. There’s an  array of information  included in the reports. You should check it out if you have time. For the purpose of this post, we took a deeper look at the data on offenses related to weapons. Overview of weapons data Each crime incident that involves a w...

We're going to start digging into FBI UCR state data. First stop, crime rate in California . There are an estimated 18,000 police agencies in the US. FBI reporting is only required if an agency wants to receive federal funding and not all 18,000 agencies report to the FBI. UCR data is reported anywhere from monthly to quarterly to the FBI. The FBI then publishes the national data about every 6 months.  Some agencies have moved over to the FBI NIBRS reporting program. NIBRS was created to create a higher level of classification on crime that's reported to the FBI. More and more agencies are moving to NIBRS reporting, but there is no timeline as to when 100% of agencies will be using NIBRS. 2016 data for NIBRS has not been released yet. If you want more information on the NIBRS program,  head here . Keep in mind, SpotCrime collects RMS/CAD data - the data found on SpotCrime is more up-to-date and robust than FBI data. RMS/CAD helps tell a better picture of what your...