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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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Crime and Justice News
Mar 28, 20221 min read
$32 Billion For Crime-Fighting Included In Biden 2023 Budget
President Biden will propose $32 billion in new spending to fight crime, putting a price tag on his State of the Union call to fund...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 25, 20222 min read
Critics Protest Federal Anti-COVID Spending on Police, Prisons
Veronica Johnson of the Alabama Justice Initiative has been fighting against a proposal to build three new prisons in the state. She has...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 25, 20222 min read
Detroit Police Release New Plan For Reducing Summer Crime
The Detroit Police Department issued a "Community Safety Strategy" that details plans to reduce violent crime by ten percent, identifying...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 22, 20222 min read
Tennessee Taser Incident Prompts Debate On De-escalation
Use of a Taser on a Tennessee DoorDash driver who refused to leave his vehicle during a traffic stop is raising questions about police...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 21, 20221 min read
WI School Officer Placed Knee on Girl's Neck to Subdue Her
Newly released surveillance footage of a middle school lunch-hour fight shows an off-duty police officer in Kenosha, Wi., placing his...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 18, 20222 min read
DOJ Re-Starts Program Aimed At Voluntary Police Reform
The Justice Department is starting a revamped police reform program asking local law enforcement agencies toy accept federal help...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 17, 20221 min read
Video Shows Police Killed CA Man Who Said 'I Can't Breathe' 8 Times
A newly-released video shows that a southern California man killed by police on March 31, 2020 repeatedly told officers "I can't...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 16, 20221 min read
Civil Rights Advocates Object To NYC Mayor's Plans to Reform Police
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been escalating the city’s police powers, deeply concerning civil rights advocates, the Guardian...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 16, 20222 min read
No Charges For Two Chicago Officers in Killings of Man, Teen
No charges will be filed against Chicago police officers who chased and fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 15, 20221 min read
NJ High Court Favors Release of Some Police Discipline Records
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the internal affairs report that led to the resignation of Elizabeth’s police director three...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Nearly Half Of Blacks Pessimistic On Police Reforms, Survey Finds
Few Americans believe there has been significant progress over the last 50 years in achieving equal treatment for Black people in...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 14, 20221 min read
Overhauled Anti-Firearm Unit Re-Starts in New York City
A revamped version of a specialized police unit focused on getting firearms off New York City's’ streets is now operating in line with...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 11, 20222 min read
Police Hiring Rebounds; Agencies Still Face 'Serious Staffing Issues'
U.S. law enforcement agencies still face "serious staffing issues," although hiring of new officers rebounded last year after falling...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 11, 20221 min read
'Black Panther' Director Mistakenly Suspected of Bank Robbery
"Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler was mistakenly suspected of attempting to rob an Atlanta bank when he went to make a large cash...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 10, 20222 min read
A Call For Massive Federal Spending To Reduce The Nation's Violence
Congress should spend $6 billion on "highly focused, evidence-informed law enforcement anti-violence strategies" in a standalone bill,...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 10, 20222 min read
Security Firm Issues Scathing Report On Minneapolis Response to Unrest
Nearly two years after the police killing of George Floyd led to fiery unrest in Minneapolis, a security firm issued a scathing...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 9, 20221 min read
How Technology Is Helping Police Gather Crime Evidence
Artificial intelligence (AI), automation, big data and "extended reality" are among the most significant improvements in technology that...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 8, 20221 min read
DOJ Won't Disclose Police Use Of Force Data to Civil Rights Group
For the past several years, the FBI has tried to collect information from police departments on their use of force, but it has yet to...
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