SpotCrime Weekly Reads: school SROs, body cam footage, gun violence
Should schools have SROs, mental health unit for crisis calls, gentrification and murders by youths, gun violence during the pandemic, connection between debt and crime risk, new HHS task force to prevent human trafficking, drones and robocops, Anton's Law transparency survey, steep fees for body cam footage, school to prison pipeline, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Third Denver police officer has been suspended for using excessive force during the 2020 protests (Denverite) Should every school have a police officer? (Virginia Mercury) Hochul focuses on stopping illegal guns coming from other states (WGRZ) see also: Spending, Crime Top Lawmakers' Agendas for 2022 Session (USNews) Ferriday Police Dept. deactivated until further notice, sheriff’s office says (KNOE) Leon County Sheriff’s Office establishes mental health unit for crisis calls (WCTV) CRIME RATE ‘There’s something wrong when Jackson’s murder rate is higher than Atlanta,’ official says ...