SpotCrime Weekly Reads: police strategy, firearms, AI
Crime statistics influence police strategy, firearms leading cause of life lost, Stand Your Ground laws linked to increase in homicides, gun violence declared public health crisis, AI help with 911 staffing shortages, Maine law enforcement FOIA audit, criminal justice fee's trap people in poverty, Utah's clean slate law, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Phoenix police release bodycam footage of officer 'ambushed' by shooter (AZ Central) 2 JP deputies arrested on manslaughter counts in shooting that left man dead (WWLTV) Former St. Tammany Sheriff Jack Strain gets 4 life sentences in rape, incest case (KNOE) Colorado could become 3rd state to ban police from lying to kids during interrogations (Oregon Live) Michigan City crime statistics will influence police strategy (NWI Times) CRIME RATE Firearms: the leading cause of years of potential life lost (BMJ Journals) ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Linked to Increase in Homicides (TheCrimeReport) More accurately capturing data