SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Fatal police shootings, addressing retail theft, cyber crimes, Chicago students walk out over gun violence, face recognition in US criminal investigations, "Find My" app wrongly targets a grandmother, gunshot detection in Portland, license plate readers, bodycam transparency, backlog of court cases, prison oversight, and more... POLICE CONDUCT As fatal police shootings increase, more go unreported  (The Washington Post) Iowa police chief charged with lying to ATF to obtain machine guns for resale  (Des Moines Register) Portland Cops Will Use Overtime to Address Rising Retail Theft  (Willamette Week) CRIME RATE The School That Calls the Police on Students Every Other Day  (ProPublica) Chicago high school students walk out of class over gun violence  (ABC News) The FBI is worried about a wave of cyber crime against America’s small businesses  (CNBC) What a far-right plot to take over Germany can tell us about QAnon, extremism in the US  (USA Today) The FBI’s Warning About ‘Sext

Police officer retention rates, the opioid epidemic may have fueled the murder spike, medical marijuana to fight the opioid epidemic, Portland might scrap $12 million records system, Chinese police start using smart glasses, cyber crimes, and more... POLICE CONDUCT DOJ charges 36 in global cyber crime ring takedown  (TheHill.com) The Utah Department of Public Safety says violent crime is increasing, but that it’s losing officers to higher-paying jobs  (Salt Lake Tribune) See also:  More than 80% of Berkeley officers have looked to leave BPD, cop union says  (Berkleyside) Social worker to join SLOPD officers in the field to help address mental health issues  (KSBY) Detroit a model when it comes to solving the opioid epidemic  (TheHill.com) CRIME RATE People are committing violent crimes after suffering brain damage — and researchers are trying to figure out why  (Business Insider) States and cities are taking the lead on bump stock bans  (Associated Press) Homeless, Ment