Category: News
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Switch devices are making guns deadlier than ever
Small parts the size of a Lego are filling communities with modern-day machine guns that can empty an entire magazine with a single trigger pull… Full story: Switch devices are making guns deadlier than ever
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Justice Department issues new report aimed at improving police hiring nationwide
With police departments across the country struggling to hire and retain officers, the Justice Department issued a new report on Tuesday with strategies and takeaways aimed at helping law enforcement agencies grow their forces. “Recruiting and retaining qualified law enforcement officers in the 21st century requires executives and hiring professionals to modernize policing from the…
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Texas to launch first of its kind database to prevent intimate partner violence – CBS Texas
Within a few months, Texans will be able to access a database of repeat family violence offenders, a first of its kind tool that could help you better know who you’re getting close to. The idea was brought to Texas by Dallas Police Chief Eddie García, inspired by a murder case his former police department…
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Colorado Supreme Court ruled in favor of reverse-keyword search Denver Police used to track arson suspects
In a 5 -2 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled the controversial reverse Google keyword search warrant utilized by the Denver Police Department to track down suspects involved in a house fire that killed a Senegalese family of five in Denver’s Green Valley Ranch neighborhood in 2020 could be admitted as evidence and…
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FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise
Data in the FBI’s annual crime report released Monday shows that violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year, dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic… Full story: FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise
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California bans controversial ‘excited delirium’ diagnosis
California bans doctors and medical examiners from attributing deaths to ‘excited delirium,’ a term often applied to Black men in police custody… Full story: California bans controversial ‘excited delirium’ diagnosis
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A Look Inside the Mostly Useless Secret Newsfeed Amazon Provides to Law Enforcement
Similar to the message-board style app Nextdoor, Neighbors encourages people with Ring cameras, and others who join the platform independently, to share information to keep their neighborhoods “safe.” People can use Neighbors to publish footage alongside their posts; when the posts are forwarded to police officers, officers can click through to view the accompanying media.…
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Aurora is the first Colorado city under state oversight to reform policing. Two years in, how’s it going? | Colorado Public Radio
It’s the first time in Colorado’s history that a city has entered into a consent decree agreement with the state, and it was made possible by a law passed in the wake of Elijah McClain’s death. This week, criminal trials for the three officers who forcibly stopped and subdued McClain are underway. That may result…
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Cambridge Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Sayed Faisal Will Not Be Prosecuted Following Inquest | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Cambridge Police Department officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Sayed Faisal in January will not be prosecuted after a Massachusetts judge found his actions to be “objectively reasonable.” The finding by Massachusetts District Court Judge John F. Coffey comes at the close of a monthslong investigation by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office into the…
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The number of guns found in U.S. schools has spiked, The Post found
The number of guns found in schools—hidden in backpacks, waistbands and lockers—has spiked in recent years, impacting hundreds of thousands of students… Full story: The number of guns found in U.S. schools has spiked, The Post found – The Washington Post