Month: August 2023

The factors that lead to tragedies like the UNC-Chapel Hill shooting are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law…

Full story: The latest shooting at UNC puts focus on America’s unique, enduring gun problem – Vox

A two-pack of the opioid overdose antidote will retail for $44.99, which some experts fear is too high…

Full story: Opioid overdose antidote Narcan will be widely available over the counter next week

New expert study provided exclusively to USA TODAY finds hate crimes reported to police in 42 major cities rose 10% last year from the year before…

Full story: Jacksonville shooting’s larger trend: Hate crimes rise across US

The Conradis twins were two of several women in the clutches of the same man who spread their nude photos on the internet — and were told that what they were experiencing was not criminal…

Full story: Ignored by police, twin sisters took down their cyberstalker themselves

Authorities say a University of North Carolina graduate student walked into a classroom building, shot his faculty adviser and then left…

Full story: UNC shooting: Graduate student left Chapel Hill campus building right after killing adviser, police say | AP News

Lt. Antonio Bailey credits students’ alertness for helping to avoid a potential catastrophe at the first historically Black college in Florida…

Full story: ‘I’m no hero,’ says campus officer who confronted shooter at HBCU

The Associated Press has found that 14 of the 20 most populous U.S. cities are experimenting with removing police from certain, nonviolent 911 calls and sending behavioral health clinicians…

Full story: Many big US cities now answer mental health crisis calls with civilian teams — not police

Many public sector workers in the United States have exited their jobs since the pandemic due to low pay, stress, burnout and time commitment, among other strains, according to data from research groups, leaving record-high shortages among teachers, healthcare workers and police officers…

Full story: Teachers, Police Officers, Healthcare Workers: Here Are The Public Sector Jobs Still Struggling To Fill Roles

Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin Kraus said he could not count the number of gunfire “volleys” between the suspect and the officers.

“I mean, he had a lot of ammunition in that house, and certainly … all of us were strapped, you know, with ammunition, and we were calling for additional ammunition,” Kraus said. “Like I said, we tried to give him every opportunity to come out.”

It’s unclear how many bullets were fired as numerous local and federal agencies responded to the scene.

Full story: 75 Pittsburgh officers on leave after firing their weapons during hourslong standoff at eviction attempt

A law enforcement panel is still considering whether to adjust its drug-use standards for new recruits after Gov. Jim Pillen recently rejected a proposal to relax them.

But one thing is clear — statistics sought by the governor aren’t available to indicate how many potential recruits are deterred by the current standards: no marijuana use in past two years and no hard drug use in the last five years.

Both Bryan Tuma, the head of the Nebraska Crime Commission, and Brian Jackson, an assistant Lincoln police chief who chairs the State Police Standards Advisory Council, said such statistics aren’t kept.

In addition, they said it would be impossible to know how many potential recruits don’t apply once they learn of Nebraska’s standards.

Jackson compared it to trying to determine how many crimes police prevented today.

Full story: Officials still unsure on changing drug-use standards for police recruits | Nebraska Examiner