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- Aug 29, 2019
- 1 min
Peace on the streets requires long-term commitments, and soon
While we still see spikes in weekend violence, and headlines that decry the city not doing enough, it is apparent to me that continual...
- Aug 28, 2019
- 1 min
Reducing Street Crime
Can simply adding more police officers to the streets, or changing how they operate, reduce the crime rate? A report from the Brennan...
- Aug 14, 2019
- 2 min
We Can’t Imagine What Cops Go Through
Since June of this year, six members of the NYPD have committed suicide, bringing the 2019 total to eight. This represents a sharp rise...
- Aug 12, 2019
- 1 min
Cops turn fare evasion bust into gun and heroin arrest of parolee
A minor subway crime led police to a major drug bust. When cops nabbed a serial turnstile jumper in the Bronx last month, they grilled...
- Aug 12, 2019
- 1 min
NYPD Deputy Commissioner slams bail reform, says 99% won’t see jail cell
Almost everyone arrested in the Big Apple — aside from those facing murder or attempted murder charges — will not see a jail cell until...
- Aug 11, 2019
- 1 min
Tensions flare as homeless and drug users spread into South End
The contrasts of urban life were on display on a recent sunny afternoon in the South End’s Franklin Square, an oasis of greenery...
- Aug 10, 2019
- 1 min
Chicago’s top cop says he’s also ‘deeply troubled’ about city gun crime database, in fiery letter
Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson fired a full-throated defense of a controversial city database at the county’s public...
- Aug 9, 2019
- 1 min
Crime and Non-Punishment in NYC
New Yorkers who have arrived in the two decades since Rudy Giuliani cleaned up the streets take for granted that they can comfortably...
- Aug 5, 2019
- 1 min
‘Soft targets’ site of almost all mass shootings in last two years
More than two hundred people have been killed in mass shootings in the last two years, and almost all of them at soft targets -- which...
- Aug 2, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Mid-Year Preliminary Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities Report
Click the below report from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to view in entirety.
- Aug 1, 2019
- 1 min
There Is No Epidemic of Racist Police Shootings
A new study debunks a common myth. The Democratic presidential candidates have revived the anti-police rhetoric of the Obama years. Joe...
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