SpotCrime Weekly Reads: neighborhood policing, crime data, substance abuse in prison
ABQ wants out of DOJ agreement, homeowners patrolling own neighborhoods, turning to data to predict and reduce crime, looking at substance abuse in prison, crime at Walmart, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Reorganizing St. Louis police department gets support from union, opposition from chief (St Louis Post Dispatch) Schenectady Police working to adjust to new criminal justice reform laws (CBS6) Albuquerque wants release from part of DOJ agreement (Albuquerque Journal) Denver Public Safety Director Troy Riggs Resigns After Leading Major Shift In Approach To Crime (CBS Denver) Grand jury indicts former Houston PD officers for alleged involvement in Harding Street raid (KHOU) CRIME RATE North Austin homeowners patrolling neighborhood after increase in break-ins (KXAN) Insys Therapeutics executive sentenced to 3 years in prison for lying about opioid addiction (ABC News) ‘Drastic decrease:’ Milwaukee’s police chief touts reduction in crime in city for 2019 (Fox6Now)