Author Archives: SpotCrime

Police oversight boards, misconduct lawsuits, DOJ oversight, solving homicides, gun crime hot spots, crime rate, domestic violence linked to other violent crime and recidivism, DNA techniques, AI in non emergency calls, police transparency, locking down police radio traffic, value of in-person prison visits for children, prison health care costs, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Boston policeContinue reading “Week of September 1, 2025”

Military equipment usage, community engagement, FBI monthly crime data, data drive early intervention, license plate cameras, DC crime, police drones, police transparency, crime reduction, DC data dilemma, open crime data, youth confinement, prison, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Santa Ana Police Department addresses inefficiently reporting military equipment usage (UC Irvine New University) Community wants answers after 5Continue reading “Week of August 25, 2025”

Police reform, accountability and transparency, police discipline cases, shootings and homicides, DCs crime trends, nutrition labels for AI, ShotSpotter speeds response times, drone policies, license plate reader transparency, FL corrections uses AI, unjust pretrial detention, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Dover Community Gathers to Discuss Police Reform and Accountability (WBOC) Massachusetts State Police chief gets to specificsContinue reading “Week of August 11, 2025”

De-escalation tactics, CA police misconduct database, Honolulu police chief quits, disbanding police departments, murder plunge, crime drop, drop in shootings, SNAP disbursement and crime incidence, live facial recognition deployment, police drones, predictive crime, big data and generative AI, crime data transparency, how many people die in custody, prisons ink deals with ICE, and more… POLICEContinue reading “Week of August 4, 2025”

Police officer arrested by ICE, community outreach, citizens academy, decline in gun violence, crime rates falling, AI facial recognition, police surveillance, gunshot detection, license plate readers, tech disrupting trafficking, cold case technology, transparency in juvenile cases, body camera footage transparency, death penalty, NY prisons understaffed, prepping inmates for real world jobs, and more… POLICE CONDUCTContinue reading “Week of July 28, 2025”

Police misconduct records, homicide and violent crime fall, explaining the murder decline, Ring and Citizen share video with police, Virginia Beach letting AI answer calls, AI chatbots writing crime reports, predictive policing, police transparency difficult for smaller NY agencies, police transparency, Oklahoma prisons harness AI, sending books behind bars, and more… POLICE CONDUCT Kissimmee Chief’sContinue reading “Week of July 21, 2025”

Union concerns, interacting with youth, civilian police review, public safety partnerships, falling crime, changes in retail crime, child grooming in London, homicides in the US, combating financial crime, license plate readers, gunshot detection, facial recognition, police drones, city wide security cameras, crime and transparency in California, citizen police academy, police chief investigation transparency, prison phoneContinue reading “Week of July 7, 2025”