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SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police chiefs, transparency and accountability

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Police layoffs transparency, police civilian oversight board, police chief contract, disciplinary records kept secret, police chief search, gang activity in the Twin Cities, hate crimes, scam based human trafficking, guns stolen from vehicles, the double edged sword of video technology, police transparency and accountability, police scanner transparency, police custody death raises questions, Florida's prison zoo, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Former Hollister police employees call for transparency after layoffs  (KSBW) Police Civilian Oversight Board Completes Evaluation of Interim Independent Police Monitor  (CityofMadison.com) St. Louis Police Chief’s New Contract Sparks Dispute  (STL News) Over $330K in illegal drugs seized across Virginia in one week: VSP (WRIC) 7News finds unfunded law keeping MPD disciplinary records secret amid crime data scandal  (WJLA) Accountability, transparency prioritized by residents as search for KCPD police chief continues (KCTV5) CRI...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police transparency, license plate readers, prison

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Police budget, community trust, police transparency, crime rates drop, school shootings in 2025, preventing human trafficking, firearm violence in Chicago, calming political violence, license plate reader controversy, interactions with federal agents, police transparency tools, fake reports in prisons, how the prison system perpetuates violence, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Pensacola police chief finalists face public on budget, community ties, transparency  (WEAR) Little Rock police chief addresses city crime trends, community trust, and use of technology  (THV11) CRIME RATE Atlanta records lowest homicide total since 2018, officials say  (CBS News) Commission on Crime and Delinquency Launches New Website Aimed at Preventing Human Trafficking  (PA.gov) How many school shootings in 2025?  (Riedman Report) How to calm political violence, according to psychologists  (American Psychological Association) Eviction, Collective Efficacy, and Firearm Violence in Chic...

SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Use of force, AI in policing, transparency

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Police Chief resignations, DNA data manipulation in Colorado, combatting swatting calls, higher use of force linked to training conference in NJ, addressing mental health in communities, DOJ opens investigation into Boeing, cybercrime losses reach $12.5 billion, violent crime numbers, gun violence, AI and police real time crime centers, police record transparency, reversing criminal justice reform, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Lakes Wales to begin looking for new police chief amid nepotism, transparency concerns: Memo  (Fox13 Tampa Bay) Colorado Bureau of Investigation finds DNA scientist manipulated data in hundreds of cases over decades  (WPSD Local 6) Uvalde police chief announces resignation after report on Robb Elementary School shooting  (NBC News) Georgia bill would impose harsher penalties on more 'swatting' calls  (11Alive) Use of force incidents high among cops who attended controversial police training conference  (New Jersey Monitor) Rats are 'all high...