SpotCrime Weekly Reads: social workers, police transparency, police tech
Social workers on non-criminal police calls, increase in police salaries to combat crime, making sense of unofficial deadly force data, risks of police tech, police transparency, juvenile justice system, abuse in prison systems, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Bridgeport sending social workers on 'non-criminal' police calls (CT Post) see also: Sarasota County implements new system for non-emergency calls (Observer) Can an increase in police salaries combat Memphis' crime problems? (ABC24) Making Sense of Unofficial Deadly Force Data (IACP) CRIME RATE Can a doorbell ring justify a ‘stand your ground’ shooting? (ABC7) 'Gummies, candies, cookies': State Crime Lab opens, sees critical levels of fentanyl in many items (ABC11) Outgoing D.C. police chief on city's rising crime rate: "A lot more guns are in communities now" (CBS News) Mayor Scott gives update on Baltimore's 'Community Violence Intervention Ecosystem' (Fox 45) CRIM-TECH Fact Ver...