SpotCrime Weekly reads: Transparency, AI, prison

Police misconduct records, homicide and violent crime fall, explaining the murder decline, Ring and Citizen share video with police, Virginia Beach letting AI answer calls, AI chatbots writing crime reports, predictive policing, police transparency difficult for smaller NY agencies, police transparency, Oklahoma prisons harness AI, sending books behind bars, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Kissimmee Chief’s 1st 100 days lays groundwork for future transparency (Osceola News Gazette) Ex-officer Brett Hankison sentenced to 33 months in prison in Breonna Taylor's death (ABC News) Can NY police departments legally destroy their police misconduct records? Here's how (Lohud) CRIME RATE Homicide, Other Violent Crimes Continue to Fall Below Pre-Pandemic Levels in U.S. Cities at Mid-Year (Council on Criminal Justice) Why America is murdering less. How Baltimore explains America’s miraculous murder decline. (Vox) The Spatial Distribution and Determinants of Fatal vs. Nonfa...