SpotCrime Weekly Reads: mental health, gun trafficking, controversial police programs
Mental health police response programs seeing results, reimagining policing in Seattle, Chicago controversial gang database still in use, Pasco County controversial intelligence program still in use, evidence from gun-shot detecting AI altered, DOJ launches firearms trafficking strike force, officers from January 6 insurrection testify, hate crime laws lack uniformity across US, reentry programs change inmates lives, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Chicago Police Defend Use of Gang Database, More than 2 Years After Watchdog Called it ‘Deeply Flawed’ (WTTW) Pasco Sheriff’s Office letter targets residents for ‘increased accountability’. Critics of the agency’s intelligence programs called the letter ‘patronizing’ and ‘offensive,’ and raised continued concerns about civil rights (Tampa Bay Times) Policing in America Project: The Value of Community Engagement (Data Foundation) Police Are Telling ShotSpotter to Alter Evidence From Gunshot-Detecting AI (VICE) Seattle mayor proposes new emerge