SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Recruitment and retention, responses to active shooters, reducing mental health calls, officer involved shootings, 911 call prioritization, problems with FBI crime data, violent crime reduction, gaining access to Google data, juvenile crime, access to public records deteriorating, investing in data, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Justice Department Releases Report on Recommendations for Law Enforcement Agencies Facing Recruitment and Retention Challenges  (DOJ) Baltimore County to use millions of dollars to clear decades-old sexual assault evidence  (Baltimore Banner) New ‘first-in-the-nation’ policy limits Seattle police from knowingly lying  (MyNorthwest.com) Wait for backup or not? How police officers view their role when responding to an active shooter event  (Springer Link) Bloomington looks to reduce police mental health calls with no-cost therapy program  (CBS News Minnesota) A closer look into the civilian majority use of force board that evaluates IMPD officer-involved shootings  

Things are getting worse in Mexico, FBI releases first half 2017 prelim stats, hate crime data woes, rural areas experience mass incarceration, crime prediction software comes into question, school gun violence, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Sheriff’s office data show Wells Branch crime initiative worked  (Statesman.com) Baltimore Police officer who turned off body camera charged with tampering with evidence; others cleared  (Baltimore Sun) “Get Out of Jail Free” Cards  (MarginalRevolution.com) Poor crime reporting could cost Mississippi law enforcement agencies federal funds  (Clarion Ledger) No cops to be charged in 2016 shooting of Paul O’Neal  (Chicago Sun Times) see also:  Punishing Police Won’t Curb Officer-Involved Shootings: Study  (TheCrimeReport.org) Confusion, varying thresholds keep many Minnesota agencies from reporting hate crime data  (Star Tribune) CRIME RATE School Shooting in Kentucky Was Nation’s 11th of Year  (NYTimes) Mexico’s drug cartels, now hooke