SpotCrime Weekly Reads: police funding, crime data, restorative justice
Feds award police funding in CT, police service requests via text, police mental health, shoplifting trends, deciphering federal crime data trends, Baltimore homicides dip, Cop Con tech, public access to police radio traffic, Clery Reporting, restorative justice, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Feds award $8.8 million in police funding to Connecticut, municipalities (Inside Investigator) Community can now receive Santa Monica Police service request updates on their phone (SantaMonica.gov) In one 24-hour period, 4 LA county sheriff employees died by suicide: What we know so far If you or someone you know needs mental health support, contact the national Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 (USA Today) CRIME RATE Shoplifting Trends: What You Need to Know (Council on Criminal Justice) New Data Shows Violent Crime Is Up… And Also Down. Property crime and violence against young people are both up, recent federal data shows, but other crime trends are murkier. (The Marshall Project