SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Facial recognition, cyber attacks, data sharing
The facial recognition debate, cyber attacks affecting agencies and residents, data sharing and analysis makes agencies better, AI predicts opioid deaths, undocumented immigrants do not increase crime, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Data Drives Down Nashville’s Emergency Response Times (GovTech) Hill Country's mobile mental health crisis unit logs 200+ calls in Redding since January (Redding.com) Axon misled city about contract terms when police switched to new bodycam vendor (MuckRock) KBI: Probe of possible ‘double dipping’ at KCK police chief’s lake house sent to DA (The Kansas City Star) DC police disproportionately target black people for minor violations: study (WTOP) Does being tough on crime actually deter crime? (arsTechnica) CRIME RATE Crime commitment: Data sharing at core of collaborative approach to combating city's issues (Mandurah Mail) Cyber Crime Victims Lost $2.7B in 2018, FBI Reports (MeriTalk) see also: Why Rewards for Loyal Spenders A