SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Crime data transparency, gun violence, AI
LAPD steps backwards in data transparency, overspending budgets, police video ordinance, impact of being a wife of a police officer, Boston requires name tags, tempered crime fighting methods, how to strengthen domestic violence response, gun violence drop, murder victims skewing older, encrypted radios, AI in criminal justice, and more... POLICE CONDUCT LAPD withholds data. Lawyer says denial violates public records law (LAist) What does it mean when a neighborhood’s emergency calls to 911 and service requests to 311 go up? (Bloomberg Harvard) Chicago Police Department Overspent Its Budget By $501M Over 5 Years: Data (WTTW) North Charleston Police Chief hosts town hall to connect with community (WCSC) Detroit passes new police video ordinance as critics slam ‘edited’ shooting footage (Detroit Free Press) Rivian’s onboard cameras save owner from a false accusation by police (Electrek) The impact of education in critical thinking on leadership in polic...