Week of January 30, 2023

Police staffing, police training, gun violence across the US, gun violence and mental illness, effectiveness of community based solutions, politics of police statistics, body cam tech ‘trash’, gun fire detection system, NYPD Citizen-like app, police data collection is difficult, Louisiana Sheriff’s violating public record laws, crime data systems in CA, donating organs for shorter prison sentence, and more…

POLICE CONDUCT

Data shows Minneapolis’ “Operation Endeavor” has been successful in its first 90 days (CBS Minnesota)

Why police training in the US falls short compared to the rest of the world: Report (ABC News)

Staffing woes could hinder Baltimore Police reform efforts under consent decree, federal judge warns (The Baltimore Sun)

Raleigh police chief addresses Taser use, de-escalation training in crime update briefing (CBS17)

A former police chief says more police does not mean less crime (NPR) see also: Crime Dipped in Subway After Increase in Police, Hochul and Adams Say (The New York Times)

When law enforcement alone can’t stop the violence. Amid a murder crisis in America, community-based solutions have received a flood of funding. How effective are they? (The New Yorker)

CRIME RATE

The politics of United States police statistics (Political Science Now)

It’s tempting to say gun violence is about mental illness. The truth is much more complex. (AAMC.org)

An atlas of American gun violence nine years. 330,000 shootings. How has gun violence marked your corner of the country? (The Trace)

Sheriff: Social media has worsened fentanyl crisis (GovTech)

First sweeping federal gun crime report in 20 years released (US News)

How TikTok caused a surge in auto thefts (Jeff-alytics)

Data from big cities suggests most violent crime fell last year. It’s not the full picture, experts say. (The Enquirer)

CRIM-TECH

Bernalillo County sheriff calls current body camera tech ‘trash,’ advocates for other options (Albuquerque Journal)

What’s the human role in ShotSpotter gunfire detection system? CEO Explains (WTTW)

NYPD unveils new Citizen-like app with crime-reporting button (New York Post)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Why Don’t We Know Podcast S2E3: Why is data collection so dang difficult? (Spotify)

Almost half of Louisiana sheriffs are violating public record laws (Verite News)

‘We are not where we should be.’ Experts weigh in on crime data systems across SoCal and the US (ABC7 Eyewitness News)

New tool allows citizens to view crime data in Laramie County (KGAB)

THE PRISON SYSTEM

Massachusetts prisoners may get shorter sentences for organ donations. A new bill proposes that prisoners get at least two months off their sentences for donating bone marrow or organs (The Guardian)