SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Fighting crime, civilian oversight, tough on crime
Liberty University fined for crime reporting violations, DC could be doing more to fight crime, FL curtails civilian oversight, PA lost data, police accountability reports, Baltimore sues ATF, fentanyl arrests surpass heroin arrests for first time, NYC deploys national guard, the cost of juvenile crime, juvenile crime rates, Shotspotter research, LAPD new RMS, police termination transparency, tough on crime grows prison populations, federal prisons are getting worse, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Liberty University fined $14 million for federal crime reporting violations (NPR) D.C. agencies could do more to fight crime, reports auditor (WashingtonTimes.com) see also: DC auditor points to lagging performance by some crime-fighting agencies (WTOP) A bill curtailing civilian oversight of police has passed the Florida House (WFSU) see also: Phoenix city agency tasked with monitoring police defends its work and independence (AZFamily.com) Pa. state police have yet to fully determine los