SpotCrime Weekly Reads: use of force, gun violence, crime rate
Not all police report use of force to FBI, rise in use of force cases in Las Vegas, crime pushing responders to their limit, gun violence leaves insurmountable impacts in Yakima, NOLA adds 70 more crime cameras, roadblocks to police records, St Louis PD stops reporting crime, and more... POLICE CONDUCT As shootings ‘skyrocket,’ Wichita police get council approval for federal crackdown (The Wichita Eagle) Most Florida police agencies don’t report use-of-force data to FBI 90 of 387 departments participate statewide (Click Orlando) Las Vegas police report shows rise in uses of force (Las Vegas Review Journal) Teen tased by trooper on girlfriend’s porch; experts call it ‘egregious’ (WINK) Policing in America: Racial and ethnic variations in perspectives on police activities (DataFoundation.org) National Data on Citizen Complaints about Police Use of Force: Data Quality Concerns and the Potential (Mis)Use of Statistical Evidence to Address Police Agency Co...