SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Data sharing, violent crime, police turnover
Kansas police force raids newspaper and publisher's home, facilitating law enforcement data sharing, turnover in police agencies, violent crime falling, cost-benefit analysis of gun shot detection, license plate readers, women in prison, and more... POLICE CONDUCT A central Kansas police force sparked a firestorm by raiding a newspaper and the publisher’s home (AP News) Grant-funding opportunities to facilitate law enforcement data sharing (Police1) Chicago’s newly selected top cop says reducing violence, officers’ well being among top priorities (KTSM) Turnover in Large US Policing Agencies Following the George Floyd Protests (CRIMRXIV) 911: Don't Hang Up! (City of Raleigh) Clergy call for resignation of Indianapolis Police Chief Randal Taylor (Indy Star) CRIME RATE Violent crime is falling in Philly (AXIOS Philly) The Post-Pandemic Murder Wave Is Cresting (WSJ) 'The plan is working': Albany city leaders see decrease in crime, increase in illegal handgun arrest