SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Murder decline, traffic stops, generative AI
Solving more murders, culture of wellness in criminal justice jobs, the police personality, traffic stop disparities, drop in gun violence and murders, gun homicides down slightly, generative AI for criminal justice, reducing recidivism and worker shortage, free prison calls, and more... POLICE CONDUCT New evidence that we're solving more murders (Slow Boring) DOJ Officials Call for 'Culture of Wellness' in Criminal Justice Jobs (National Criminal Justice Association) The “Police Personality”: Is it Real? (Sage Journals) Most U.S. emergency call centers are understaffed (Axios) Kansas Cops Have 'Waged War on Motorists' by Subjecting Them to Pretextual Traffic Stops, a Federal Judge Says (reason) see also: Pittsburgh efforts to address racial bias in traffic enforcement have reduced the number of stops, but disparities remain (Public Source) Tickets and arrests didn’t go up when SROs reintroduced to Denver schools, police data shows (The Colorado Sun) CRIME RA