SpotCrime Weekly Reads: gun violence data, camera surveillance, facial recognition
Mary's law in FL hides crime data and police use of force, collecting gun violence data, police installing cameras and license plate readers on roads, the facial recognition debate, using algorithms in the justice system, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Cold but not forgotten: how a retired officer is helping solve dormant investigations (KTVL News10) Santa Clara County clears rape kit backlog, says it has sped up processing (The Mercury News) Police say clearance data tells more about crime incidents in Sioux Falls (KELOLand.com) ‘It’s lunacy’: Pa. cops still busting plenty of people for pot despite de-criminalization, report says (Pennlive.com) CRIME RATE Thirty Most Violent Cities Based On Crime Rate-2018-USDOJ (CrimeInAmerica.net) Surge in Minnesota drug seizures reflects influence of cartels (Star Tribune) Washington: Bill would create office to collect firearm violence data (The Lewiston Tribune) Number of Idaho childhood sexu...