SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Police AI transparency, school safety, crime rates
Shielding officer names, police overtime, Uvalde shooting grand jury, mass shootings stats, safety in schools, gun violence. DNA and AI to predict suspect's face, facial recognition, addressing the lack of up to date crime data, surveillance transparency, AI assisted law enforcement transparency, life in prison without parole, criminal justice debt, and more... POLICE CONDUCT Local police using victims’ rights law to shield names of officers who shoot suspects (Dayton Daily News) Yakima spent more than $2 million on police overtime in 2023 (NBC Right Now) Downtown Raleigh businesses, city leaders and police praise safety measures: 'Definitely noticed' (ABC11) How many police officers die in the line of duty? (USA Facts) Texas prosecutor convenes grand jury to investigate Uvalde shooting, multiple media report (AP News) In Minneapolis, police staffing levels continued to drop in 2023. So did crime. (Star Tribune) CRIME RATE Visualizing how mass shootings in 2024 compar