SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Automated license plate readers, police budgets, violent crime

Police budgets, police accountability boards, juvenile criminal offenses, violent crime rate in the US, AI in law enforcement, phone data location data used in court, automate license plate readers, body cam funding, facial recognition use on the rise, legislation to improve police transparency, FOIA, prisoner review boards, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Lehi police asking city for additional million dollars to grow department (KJZZ) Rochester Police Accountability Board Loses Investigatory Powers (New York Focus) CRIME RATE ‘Killing each other’: Juvenile criminal offenses skyrocket by 100% in Durham’s quarterly crime report (Queen City News) Something remarkable is happening with violent crime rates in the US (Vox) see also: Could 2025 See the Lowest Murder Rate Ever Recorded? (Reason) Prince George’s Co. police say crime is down again this year, and here’s how they’ll plan for the summer (WTOP) Data broker LexisNexis discloses data breach affecti...