SpotCrime Weekly Reads: police reform, crime data, court transparency
DHS commission looks at best law enforcement practices, CA law strips badges from bad officers, NYC union leader resigns, 'hunting' protestors in Minneapolis, domestic violence awareness, looking at recent FBI crime data, flawed gang database, geofence warrants, OH promises transparency in felony cases, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Columbus police to focus on gangs as part of crackdown on violence (WBNS) St. Louis is overhauling its 911 system to fix long hold times (STLPR) California enacts law to strip badges from bad officers (AP News) Flagstaff City Council approves $2.5 million contract for mobile alternate response unit (AZ Daily Sun) Fatal police violence by race and state in the USA, 1980–2019: a network meta-regression (The Lancet) see also: More Than Half of Police Killings Are Mislabeled, New Study Says (New York Times) New DHS commission will look at best law enforcement practices: Mayorkas (ABC News) Body cam footage shows MPD officers talking about 'hun