SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Traffic stops and searches, yearly crime stats, police certification and licenses, school shootings, cyber crimes, NCII and sextortion, Snapchat sued by New Mexico AG, social media facilitates violence, AI and police report writing speed, updating 911 dispatch systems, gun shot detection software, Capitol Police watchdog reports, centralizing criminal justice data, bail reform, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Lawsuit Forces Release of Operation Rolling Thunder Records  (Institute for Justice) Why doesn’t the Austin Police Department publish yearly reports on the crimes it solves?  (Austin Monitor) News outlets take fight for access to police certification database to Colorado Supreme Court  (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press) see also:  All Texas police officer licenses now searchable online  (KXAN) CRIME RATE The precedent-setting push to hold parents responsible for school shootings  (Vox) see also:  Children and teens are more likely to die by...

Alternative policing hits road blocks, police data and use of force on kids, active shooter defense industry, boosting the 911 system, crime in public schools,  DOJ lack of data for online hate crimes, cyber crime, tech to fight crime, police transparency, body cams foster transparency, criminal charges more likely for black people in MI, and more... POLICE CONDUCT CRESS Policing Alternative Faces Institutional Barriers  (The Amherst Student) Metro councilwoman wants more police data when use of force is used on kids  (WKRN) 5 things to know about the growing active shooter defense industry in Texas  (The Dallas Morning News) Legislative committee considers bills to boost Nebraska’s 911 system, add transparency  (Nebraska Examiner) see also:  The first 911 call in US was made 56 years ago today  (Live Now Fox) 'You can't trust what is going to happen with the crowds' | Charlotteans hesitant about large events following Kansas City shooting  (WCNC)...

The facial recognition debate, cyber attacks affecting agencies and residents, data sharing and analysis makes agencies better, AI predicts opioid deaths, undocumented immigrants do not increase crime, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Data Drives Down Nashville’s Emergency Response Times  (GovTech) Hill Country's mobile mental health crisis unit logs 200+ calls in Redding since January  (Redding.com) Axon misled city about contract terms when police switched to new bodycam vendor  (MuckRock) KBI: Probe of possible ‘double dipping’ at KCK police chief’s lake house sent to DA  (The Kansas City Star) DC police disproportionately target black people for minor violations: study  (WTOP) Does being tough on crime actually deter crime?  (arsTechnica) CRIME RATE Crime commitment: Data sharing at core of collaborative approach to combating city's issues  (Mandurah Mail) Cyber Crime Victims Lost $2.7B in 2018, FBI Reports  (MeriTalk) see also:...

Walter Scott Trial, Oakland fire, Houston Police Shooting, Walmart crime and more... SpotCrime noted as o ne of Baltimore’s civic tech startup success stories (Technic.ly) Jury Deadlocked! Mistrial declared in case against South Carolina officer who shot Walter Scott after traffic stop  (WaPo) Oakland fire death toll hits 33: DA’s team looking into criminal charges (SFGate) Houston Police Officer fatally shoots suspect (ABC13) Preliminary 2016 Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities (NLEOMF) How states are making the holidays merry, even for prisoners (Governing) The ‘Startling’ Link Between Low Interest Rates and Low Crime (TheCrimeReport) ‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’: Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines, our photojournalist documented 57 homicide victims over 35 days. (NYTimes) The Future of Policing under Donald Trump (Vice) Allegheny County DA's office paid bitcoin ransom in cyberat...