SpotCrime Weekly Reads: online crime reporting, gun deaths and violence, police transparency
Crime sparks change in policing in DC, LA police pursuits, online crime reporting, gun stolen from cars every 36 hours in 2022 in Henrico County, preventing gun violence, new CrimeLocal app, crime in summer, gun deaths data, AirTags to fight car thefts, police transparency, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Rise in overall crime sparks change in policing in DC (WUSA 9) Little follow-up to online crime reporting in Portland (Axios) L.A. police pursuits injured more than 1,000 people over past 5 years, report says (KTLA) CRIME RATE Henrico Police: Data shows a gun was stolen from cars every 36 hours in 2022 (NBC 12) What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S. (Pew Research Center) Drugs overtaking alcohol as culprit in impaired-driving arrests, officials say as crackdown mounts (NWI.com) Lots of cities are trying to prevent gun violence. What’s working? And what lessons can Philly’s next mayor take? (WHYY) see also: Gun possession arrests doubled in Chicago, but shootings remained h