Category: News

Oregon voters in 2020 passed Measure 110, a first-in-the-nation law decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of controlled substances such as heroin, methamphetamines, cocaine and fentanyl. Three years later, public drug use has wearied even the most tolerant of Oregonians… Full story: Drug decriminalization stumbled in Oregon. Other states are taking note. – Stateline

Delays in dispatching the alert system mean that some children fall between the cracks… Full story: Amber Alerts Often Don’t Work. A New Law Gives Local Police More Control.

A survey of 1,751 Los Angeles residents shows overall support for the LAPD but concern for racial profiling and discrimination by the department’s officers.  .. Full story: New survey shows LA residents concerned, yet supportive of LAPD  – NBC Los Angeles

A growing number of parents across the U.S. are being criminally charged with murder or manslaughter after their children die from exposure to fentanyl… Full story: As more children die from fentanyl, some prosecutors are charging their parents with murder | AP News

If you’re involved in a fender bender in Wilmington, N.C., chances are about 50-50 that a uniformed police officer will show up at the scene. It’s not because minor crashes aren’t taken seriously or that workforce shortages are especially severe there. Instead, the city employs a squad of civilian technicians to respond to many of…

A mother and son were killed after a police car crashed into them while chasing a suspect in Hickory. The family was hit by a police car while officers were chasing a suspect. The boy’s mother, 38-year-old Cynthia Fox, also died in the crash. On Friday, a Hickory police car t-boned Fox’s minivan on 13th…

Henderson’s two police unions have updated their disciplinary codes to be longer and more specific, while also implementing a reviewing authority to oversee decisions… Full story: Henderson police unions changed their codes of conduct after City Council approval | Las Vegas Review-Journal

The police will designate a patrol car in each precinct to track stolen cars, and officials said half of those arrested in the thefts were under 18… Full story: As Car Thefts Soar, N.Y.P.D. Targets Teenage Thieves – The New York Times

In August, the Richmond Police Department published its general orders: procedural documents that activists and a judge had been requesting for months… Full story: RPD begins release of police orders

City-funded Washington U. study says a decline in rates of violence in the Wells-Goodfellow area was likely due, at least in part, to the program. But the study found no.. Full story: Cure Violence helped cut violent crime in only 1 of 3 affected St. Louis areas, new study finds