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SpotCrime Weekly Reads: AI, mental health, gun violence

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Mental health responders, radio encryption, child exploitation, fatal and nonfatal shootings comparisons, Mexico City crime, EverShot, gun violence, Dallas response times, DOJ report on AI, AI or non-emergency calls, police military equipment, Charlotte schools withhold sexual assault data, data in criminal justice, and more... POLICE CONDUCT As state slashes mental health funding, Tulsa adds 911 clinicians to divert crisis calls  (Public Radio Tulsa) Police scanners in Minneapolis fall silent as MPD encrypts radio traffic  (MPR News) CRIME RATE Child sexual exploitation and abuse is a multibillion-dollar industry – new report shows who benefits  (The Conversation) Leveraging the National Incident-based Reporting System to compare fatal and nonfatal shooting incidents  (Taylor & Francis Online) see also:  EveryShot is a publicly available data tool that tracks gun violence incidents in the United States using AI to parse news stories about gun violence. ...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Spy plane, mass shooting database, gun laws

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Baltimore spy plane settlement, San Francisco rape kit DNA used to arrest rape victims, NIJ mass shooting database, Philadelphia's lost gun reporting law, gun shot detection technology, police access to facial recognition, innovation and access to justice, and more... POLICE CONDUCT More police departments are hiring women, here's why  (THV11) San Francisco Cops Used DNA From Rape Victim to Arrest Her Over Property Crime: Report (Gizmodo) see also:  Use of Rape-Kit DNA to Probe Other Crimes Shocks Prosecutors  (USNews) Florida police officer arrested on excessive force charges  (Tampa Bay Times) Here's what Georgia law enforcement discussed at a recent crime roundtable  (11Alive) Settlement reached in 'spy plane' case; BPD must remove data collected  (WBAL) Police in Ohio can seize property without criminal convictions  (Dayton Daily News) Hands Up at Home: Militarized Masculinity and Police Officers Who Commit Intimate Partner Abuse  (Academia.ed...