SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Crime rates, retail theft, police staffing
Disbanding police forces, cops in schools, gang database scrapped, retail crime, asset forfeiture, big city crime rates, violence against MD youth, online crime data base for transparency, crime on cruise ships, prison guard corruption, and more... POLICE CONDUCT ‘It’s scary’: America’s small towns are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes (Winston Salem Journal) Do cops actually make schools safer? (Minnesota Reformer) Do police stations deter crime? (Crime Science) Police Oversight Board Votes to Permanently Scrap New Chicago Gang Database (WTTW) After George Floyd’s murder, more states require release of police disciplinary records (Stateline) Memphis Police pressured to change culture after high-profile killings and beatings (WGLT) Federal Appeals Court Rules Detroit's Asset Forfeiture Violates Due Process Rights of Drivers (Reason) CRIME RATE Americans are hopelessly confused about big-city crime. Partisanship is partly to blame (LA Times) see also: Rising crim