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SpotCrime Weekly Reads: online crime reporting, gun deaths and violence, police transparency

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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

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: police data, crime trends, body cam footage

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Data driven policing, cracking down on crime hotspots, protecting against the Ferguson Effect, how social media shapes perception about crime, the science behind lower crime trends, gun violence, children and violence, state law enforcement data practices, body cam footage, algorithms and bias in criminal justice, and more... POLICE CONDUCT New Indiana State Police squad using data to crack down on crime hotspots  (Fox 59) see also:  Police to rely on data-driven stats to prevent crime  (CBS Miami) LAPD may no longer send armed officers to these police calls  (KTLA) Protecting against the Ferguson Effect: do legitimacy and pro-policing news matter?  (Taylor and Francis Online) How one city cut gun violence in half and may become a model around the country  (KAKE)  CRIME RATE How Social Media Shapes Our Perceptions About Crime  (Stanford.edu) Why are Dallas crime trends down? The chief explains the science behind it - and hints at 4-day work week  (WFAA) Gun violence is on the rise in D

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Gun violence, reducing police violence, restorative justice

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Early intervention systems to reduce police violence, KKK embedded in Florida law enforcement, crisis response team achieve 70% reduction in people taken into custody, gun violence, pediatric gun violence costs, more guns than ever stolen from cars in Nashville, predictive policing, spy tech in Boston, DNA tests, Dallas roll back open data, restorative justice, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Early Intervention Systems (EIS) may be effective in reducing police violence and other forms of misconduct. However, there is scant research finding direct, causal effects of such systems on officer performance outcomes  (CCJ Task Force on Policing) We Tracked What Happens to Police After They Use Force on Protesters  (ProPublica) KKK members embedded in Florida law enforcement An Army veteran was undercover with the KKK for 10 years as part of an FBI investigation.  (First Coast News) New law named for Vanessa GuillĂ©n will revamp military investigations into sexual assault, harassment  (KSAT) Crisis