SpotCrime Weekly Reads: AI failing, police databases, legal marijuana
Legal marijuana crime stats, centralized police databases, AI predictive policing is bad policy, VA police uses bitcoin in pension fund, violent crime spikes in cities who worked with DOJ, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Are Cops Afraid To Make Arrests? (CrimeInAmerica.net) Sweet footage shows Virginia police officer entertain children with dolls after emergency call (AOL) Pa. taxpayers continue funding state troopers in towns without cops after years of capitol debate (WITF) Dramatic body cam video shows desperate effort to save woman from burning house in Oskaloosa County (Fox10) Virginia Police Department Reveals Why its Pension Fund is Betting on Bitcoin (CNN) CRIME RATE Violent crime skyrockets in cities who work with fed to curb police shootings (KOAT) As North Dakota’s oil patch surged, so did violent crime (TwinCities.com) A New Study Disproves Long-Held Beliefs on Both Sides of Cannabis Debate (Inverse) see also: Marijuana dispensaries associated with ris