SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Crime rate, surveillance, prison
Complaints against officers, New Orleans ending federal oversight, DOJ reforms in Minneapolis, crime rate falling, shooting data, anti-hazing laws, homicides, dispatch system glitch, police surveillance cameras, charging for body cam video, youth charged as adults, expungement, and more... POLICE CONDUCT New bill would seal unproven complaints against officers (City & State New York) New Orleans Police can begin the process of ending federal oversight (The Minnesota Star Tribune) Minneapolis, DOJ agree on police reforms in wake of George Floyd murder (WGLT) CRIME RATE Crime Is Falling. Why Don’t Americans Believe It? (Governing) The Disappearing American Bank Robbery (Jeff-alytics) What We Learned From Analyzing 10 Years of Shooting Data (The Trace) A vanishingly small number of violent sex crimes end in conviction, NBC News investigation shows (NBC Philadelphia) The partisanship of mayors has no detectable effect on police spending, p...