Crime sparks change in policing in DC, LA police pursuits, online crime reporting, gun stolen from cars every 36 hours in 2022 in Henrico County, preventing gun violence, new CrimeLocal app, crime in summer, gun deaths data, AirTags to fight car thefts, police transparency, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Rise in overall crime sparks change in policing in DC (WUSA 9)
Little follow-up to online crime reporting in Portland (Axios)
L.A. police pursuits injured more than 1,000 people over past 5 years, report says (KTLA)
CRIME RATE
Henrico Police: Data shows a gun was stolen from cars every 36 hours in 2022 (NBC 12)
What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S. (Pew Research Center)
Drugs overtaking alcohol as culprit in impaired-driving arrests, officials say as crackdown mounts (NWI.com)
Lots of cities are trying to prevent gun violence. What’s working? And what lessons can Philly’s next mayor take? (WHYY) see also: Gun possession arrests doubled in Chicago, but shootings remained high — and unsolved (Chicago Sun Times) and also: US, Canadian officials talk combatting guns, drugs at cross border crime forum (ABC News)
Does Twin Cities crime really go up in the summer? (Minn Post)
Crime rising on Tennessee college campuses: report (WKRN)
The association between professional sporting events and police calls for service in San Antonio, Texas (TandFOnline)
CRIM-TECH
NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car thefts (Ars Technica) see also: Police Urge Caution in Using Apple AirTags to Combat Theft (GovTech)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Lags in criminal justice reporting raise reformers’ concerns about transparency (New Jersey Monitor)
SpotCrime Launches CRIMELocal to Promote Safety, Transparency (CityBiz)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Malfunctioning locks, staff shortages noted at Virginia jail months before inmates escaped (ABC11)
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