SpotCrime Weekly Reads: community policing, police reform, surveillance
Community policing efforts and foot patrols increase, criminal justice reform debates around crime rate, secret surveillance cameras placed and removed by Lake County (FL) Sheriff, transparency surrounding gunshot detection demanded in ABQ, restorative justice and foster care-to-prison pipeline for youth, misconceptions about police reform, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Phoenix police can't fill at least 1,035 vacant positions, putting our safety at risk (AZ Central) Watchdog Group: Aurora Police Department Needs To Improve Use-Of-Force Training, Hiring And Data Collection (CPR News) Build Public Trust, Florida Police Chiefs Association Urges In Report On Better Policing (WUSF) Burlington public safety study highlights desire for social services and police oversight, training (VTDigger) University of Iowa shifts focus to student well-being in re-imagining campus safety (The Gazette) Mayor: Minneapolis PD will no longer conduct 'pretextual' traffic stops for low-level off