SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Homicide rate, AI crime prediction, youth crime
Houston ignored cases, NJ police discipline, traffic stop racial disparities, homicides falling, kids' online safety bill, image based sexual abuse, youth and delinquency, DNA, gunshot detection impact, AI to predict crimes, DA transparency dashboard, death in prisons, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Houston police misused ‘lack of personnel’ code for eight years, Chief Satterwhite says, leading to 260,000 ignored cases (Houston Public Media) 460 cops faced major discipline in 2023, new report shows (New Jersey Monitor) An Analysis of Racial Disparities in Police Traffic Stops in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, from 2010 to 2019 (Vera) CRIME RATE Homicides in U.S. Continue to Fall from Pandemic Highs (New York Times) see also: Crime in Austin continues downward trend, though homicides still above pre-pandemic levels (Austin American-Statesman) LAPD warns residents after spike in burglaries using Wi-Fi jammers that disable security cameras, smart doorbells (Tom's Hardware) Tole