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SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Violence against women, real time crime centers, precrimes

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Richmond crisis team, funding for solving crimes and improving crime reporting in PA, cybercrime and video games, crime rate drop, violence against women, GA homicides drop, survivors guide to navigating image-based abuse, real time crime centers, precrimes and AI, FOIA costs, Stanford Prison Experiment, prison commutations, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Richmond’s crisis team has been 5 years in the making. Here’s how its first 120 days went  (RichmondSide) City settles lawsuit alleging falsified evidence by officer  (Fox21) Shapiro‑Davis Administration to Invest $3.5 Million for Police Departments to Solve More Crimes and Improve Crime Reporting (PA.gov) CRIME RATE Cybercrime and which Video Games? A Scoping Review  (Springer Nature Link) Crime rate in Minnesota dropping back to pre-pandemic levels  (Minnesota Star Tribune) Georgia homicides dropped 18%, but families still feel the pain of violence  (WSB) Nearly Nine out of 10 Women Murdered by Men are Killed by...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Crime rate, private security, Flock transparency

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The big business of private security, addressing gun violence,  data tech and community partners contributors to lowering crime, retail crime issues, crime decline, Baltimore homicides drop, domestic violence driving up assaults, summer violence reduction, America 911 system out of date, police body cams speak 50 languages, ALPRs, transparency with Flock portals, giving money to ex-cons to keep them out of prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT The big business of personal protection: How private security became a $50 billion industry  (CNBC) What are Olympia police doing to address recent gun violence downtown?  (The Olympian) Fort Worth violent crime drops sharply in 2026, Chief credits data technology and community partners  (WFAA) CRIME RATE Who Gets Credit for the Drop in Crime? Whoever Claims It.  (Governing) Walmart, Target, and Kroger face new retail crime issue  (The Street) Baltimore nears lowest homicide rate in nearly 50 years, but residents cite ot...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Crime statistics, crim-tech, prison sales

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Crime statistics, racial disparities in policing, DC crime data manipulation investigation, state criminal database access, FBI crime reporting funding, answering 911 calls, homicide rate dropped to historic lows, home alarms cost, Tyler Tech buys CODY Systems, water utilities face cyber security incidents, license plate readers, public records fees, ICE detention, prison sales, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Why Crime Statistics Cannot Explain Racial Disparities in Policing  (Vanguard News Group) Washington crime stats system experienced a ‘systemic breakdown’ of internal controls, report says  (WTOP) Two DC police officers leave department amid crime data manipulation investigation  (WJLA) Five Alabama law enforcement agencies could lose access to state criminal database  (Alabama Reflector) Pennsylvania gets $1M to improve FBI crime reporting  (Axios) Baltimore Is Rethinking Who Answers 911 Calls  (Governing) CRIME RATE The Homicide Rate Has Dropped to Histo...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Crime rate, surveillance, prison

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Mental health crisis response teams, police transparency, gun violence in rural America, domestic violence, homicides decrease, international Epstein arrests and investigations, youth violence, modernizing emergency dispatch, Ring and Flock partnerships, surveillance concerns, transparency in police use of force policies, AI in policing, AI addresses safety and rehab in prison, women and the death penalty, juvenile justice data, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Mental health crisis response team to launch in April  (Idaho Mountain Express) Wichita Falls police chief vows transparency amid criticism  (KFDX) CRIME RATE Crime Hits a 50-Year Low, Unless an Abuser Sleeps Beside You  (Psychology Today) Gun Violence in Rural America Is the Forgotten Public Health Epidemic  (Center for American Progress) Feeling unsafe in neighborhoods may predict lower cognition and more mental health symptoms  (Medical Express) Homicides in California Have Decreased Dramatically  (Publ...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Automated license plate readers, police tech, police transparency

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Homicide clearance rates, hot spots policing, police misconduct costs, mobile crisis teams, health shocks and criminal behavior, reducing gun violence, police tech proposal rejected in Durham, automate license plate readers, Justice AI Tracker, police oversight, police transparency, reducing recidivism, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Police homicide clearance rate hits 13-year high as murders fall dramatically citywide  (Hyde Park Herald) Public Perceptions of Hot Spots Policing: How Crime Reduction Stats and Stigma Narratives Affect Public Perceptions  (Springer Link) Virginia lawmakers push for federal database on police misconduct costs  (WVVA) Former Capitol Police chief talks about the increase in threats against lawmakers  (WCBU) Mountain View officials allege federal, state agencies accessed Flock camera data without consent  (ABC7) Phoenix Police receives certification for new crime records system  (Daily Independent) They help police with mental health...