Summer action plans, LAPD removes crime data, where darkness and crime overlap, firearms tax, UofM crime data research unit, murders down in Baltimore, dropping crime rates, AI assisted system for non emergency calls, surveillance cameras, gun shot detection, crime mapping, prison, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
Anchorage police chief cites overnight shift, K-9 role in officer’s repeated shootings (KTUU)
Raleigh police release Summer Action Plan, highlighting priorities for warmer months (CBS17)
LAPD Removed Crime Location Data. Here’s Why It Matters. (SpotCrime)
CRIME RATE
Where darkness and crime overlap (Vital City)
A New Firearms Tax Design Could Reduce Homicides Without Costing Gun Owners (ProMarket)
Firearm Storage in Households With Children (JAMA Network)
This Gun Shop Stayed Open Despite Repeated Violations. Then a Cop Was Killed With One of Its Guns. (ProPublica)
U of M to open new research unit to evaluate crime data (Action News 5)
Why are Murders Down in Baltimore? (Marginal Revolution) see also: Baltimore’s Safe Streets program linked to decrease in youth homicides, Hopkins study finds (The Baltimore Banner)
The amazing — somewhat mysterious — crime drop (Slow Boring)
As The American Motel Comes Down, Police Calls For Service Drop Dramatically at Hotels (Neighborhood Gazette)
CRIM-TECH
Scottsdale police to launch AI-assisted system for non-emergency calls (Arizona Digital Free Press)
Lynchburg surveillance cameras, gunshot detectors aid police — but council wants answers (WSLS)
Flock cameras, AI and drones. Technology transforming police work in Idaho (Idaho Statesman)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
New Crime Mapping Tool Helps Keep Residents Informed (RaleighNC.gov)
Crime mapping in the AI era: why transparency still matters (Biometric Update)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Mental Health Courts Offer People Facing Prison an Imperfect Alternative (TradeOffs.org)
The Prison Hustlers Who Sell Fancy Items (Prison Journalism Project)
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