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Crime and Justice News
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Colorado City Where Elijah McCain Died Fires Its Police Chief
Aurora., Co., the Denver suburb where police officers and paramedics have been charged in the death of a Black man in 2019, ousted its...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 7, 20221 min read
Fewer Police On Roads Contribute to 17% Rise in Pedestrian Deaths
The number of U.S. pedestrians killed in motor-vehicle crashes increased 17 percent in the first half of 2021, according to a nonprofit...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 6, 20222 min read
Experts: Place-Based Strategies Are Effective, Central to Police Reform
By Cynthia Lum, Christopher Koper, David Weisburd, Robin Engel, John Eck, Anthony Braga, John MacDonald, Rod Brunson, and Michael Smith A...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 6, 20221 min read
D.C. Mayor Hopes to Make Women 30 Percent of City's Police Force
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser says she “never supported defunding the police” and wants to expand the city’s police force to...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Challenge For Cities: Reduce Police Role With Homeless in Subways
Days before New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a plan in February to deal with homeless people sheltering on the subway, three police...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 5, 20221 min read
Dallas Police Change Policy After Two Mass Shootings In Two Weeks
Dallas police officers were at a concert over the weekend, but left before a shooting that led to one death and at least 16 people...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 4, 20221 min read
Georgia To Pay $4.8M To Family of Black Man Killed by State Trooper
The state of Georgia will pay $4.8 million to the family of a 60-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a state trooper in 2020...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 4, 20222 min read
In Defeat For 'Defund Police,' D.C. Mayor Seeks 347 More Officers
Two years ago, the Washington, D.C., Council trimmed the police budget, heeding calls for a smaller force amid demonstrations over social...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 4, 20222 min read
NYC's Adams Says He Is Tough-on-Crime And Compassionate
New York City Mayor Eric Adams painted himself as a compassionate but tough-on-crime Democrat as he looks to build his national profile...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 1, 20221 min read
LAPD Says Is Improving Media Relations After Melee Last Year
The harsh treatment of journalists by police at Los Angeles' Echo Park Lake last year drew outrage, but it did not occur in a vacuum. The...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 1, 20221 min read
Minneapolis Police Response to 2020 Riots Was Poor, Report Says
An outside review of the Minneapolis Police Department's response to the riots after George Floyd's death in 2020 concluded that the...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 1, 20222 min read
Minnesota Woman Must Pay Back $120,000 From Castile Fundraiser
The Minnesota attorney general's office found that most of the money Pamela Fergus raised in honor of Philandro Castile was not used for...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 1, 20221 min read
Jury's $14 Million to 2020 Protesters Could Set Nationwide Precedent
After a federal jury's $14 million award to Denver protesters who were severely injured during a 2020 police brutality protest, more...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 31, 20222 min read
'Hot Spot' Policing Strategy Catches On Despite Louisville's Taylor Case
A crime-reduction strategy abandoned by Louisville police after the 2020 fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor has spread to other major...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 31, 20222 min read
Capitol Police Chief Seeks Big Budget Boost As Officers Leave
U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger wants a $105.5 million budget increase for fiscal 2023 to hire more officers for what he...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 30, 20222 min read
Is National Policing Reform Dead Amid Reports of Rising Crime?
Since George Floyd’s murder in 2020, federal lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have proposed legislation to address police behavior,...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 30, 20222 min read
Police Still Facing Fallout From Handling of 2020 Floyd Protests
Denver demonstrators who protested after George Floyd was killed were awarded $14 million in a lawsuit after jurors found that police...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 29, 20222 min read
How Eliminating Police Led To A Significant Crime Increase In Seattle
PHOTO CREDIT: KUOW PHOTO/MEGAN FARMER Eliminating police forces, the most extreme form of the police defunding movement, may...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 28, 20222 min read
Chief in Nebraska City Emphasizes Hiring Women Officers
Karen Wrigley, 35, is one of many female officers hired over the past year and a half in Bellevue, Ne., a suburb south of Omaha, part of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 28, 20221 min read
Jury: Denver Must Pay $14M for Police Force Against Protesters
On Friday, jurors ordered Denver city and county pay $14 million in damages for the police department's handling of the 2020...
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