SpotCrime Weekly Reads: FBI data, search and seizure, surveillance
FBI data unreliable, Uvalde body cam footage off limits, search and seizure with no crime in KS, medical records could land women in jail under new abortion laws, gun violence on campus, police surveillance, data lacking to identify racial disparities, civil rights violations in student ticketing, and more... POLICE CONDUCT What Can FBI Data Say About Crime in 2021? It’s Too Unreliable to Tell. Nearly 40% of law enforcement agencies around the country did not submit any data in 2021 to a newly revised FBI crime statistics collection program. (The Marshall Project) Texas police want to block officers’ body cam footage of Uvalde massacre response being released to the public (Independent) Denver police giving out Advance Auto Parts gift cards instead of tickets for broken tail lights (KDVR) Police lethal violence against Black people may affect clearance of crimes involving Black victims (Phys.org) California sheriff to stop sharing license-plate data after settlement (StateScoop) R