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Crime and Justice News
Nov 20, 20232 min read
Stolen Car 'Ram Raids' Plaguing Retailers Nationwide
Burglars are using stolen vehicles to barge through storefronts and loot ATMs, guns and other valuables inside. Known as “ram raiding,”...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 19, 20232 min read
Cities Revive Enforcement Of Transit Fare Evasion Crimes
A push to hold police accountable, reduce incarceration and expand alternatives to mandatory minimum sentences after George Floyd’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 12, 20232 min read
Is A Violent Crime Increase During The Summer Inevitable?
The unofficial start of summer saw violent incidents across the nation. The Gun Violence Archive said there were 15 mass shooting...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 5, 20231 min read
L.A. Crime Down As City Plans To Hire More Police Officers
As Los Angeles prepares to expand its police force with a spending boost and plans to hire hundreds more officers, new data show that...
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Crime and Justice News
May 30, 20232 min read
Officials Brace For Summer Crime Surge; Chicago Holiday Toll Up
An expected bump in violent crime this summer has mayors and police officials rolling out familiar strategies of making officers more...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 13, 20231 min read
Big-City Homicide Trends In Early 2023 Seem Encouraging
In preliminary data for 2022 published by AH Datalytics, after significant increases in homicides in 2020 and 2021, nearly two-thirds of...
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By Ted Gest
Jan 26, 20233 min read
Robberies, Thefts Rose Last Year In Big Cities As Homicides Dropped
Reported homicides and most other violent crimes decreased last year in 35 major cities, but robberies and theft offenses rose as the...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 29, 20222 min read
Philadelphia Gun Violence At Historic Levels For Third Year
For the third consecutive year, Philadelphia has experienced historic levels of gun violence, subjecting thousands of people to the pain...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 22, 20222 min read
Big Increase In Felony Assaults With Guns Reported During Pandemic
An analysis of FBI crime data shows felony assaults with guns increased during the pandemic in the vast majority of larger communities...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 19, 20222 min read
New Orleans, With Nation's #1 Murder Rate, Faces Crime Struggle
Violent crime has surged across the U.S. since the start of the pandemic. While it has flattened in much of the country this year, the...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 26, 20222 min read
Despite Crime Rise, Fear In Seattle Has Declined Since 2018
Seattle University's annual public safety survey showed that last year, fear of crime among people who live and work in Seattle was at...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 21, 20221 min read
Property Crime Up 13 Percent in San Francisco, Organized Thieves Cited
San Francisco residents, business owners and tourists face a new surge of property damage and burglaries, according to the Wall Street...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 11, 20222 min read
Retailers Take Security Steps As Shoplifting Goes 'Out of Control'
Shoplifting has gotten so bad that chains like Rite Aid are closing hard-hit stores, sending terrified employees home in Ubers and...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 21, 20222 min read
Mayors Optimistic That 2022 Will Be A Year of Declines in Homicides
After U.S. homicide totals rose in the past two years, city leaders from coast to coast say that, flush with federal pandemic-relief...
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