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U.S. Senator Ron Wyden on Wednesday called for the Justice Department inspector general to investigate federal, state and local law enforcement access to a database of more than 150 million money transfers, citing concerns it disproportionately affects minorities and low-income individuals. Law enforcement agencies have routinely accessed the vast trove of money transfer records without…

In December, St. Louis County Police told News 4 that the move to 12-hour shifts will help the Division of Patrol to staff more beats, also known as patrol areas. Police said a 12-hour shift requires less overall manpower than a 10 or eight-hour shift. It’s a move the department said many other departments across…

In Dayton, unarmed mediators are responding to 911 calls that would normally be fielded by police officers. The idea came about through police reform talks in the wake of the George Floyd killing and the protests that followed. WYSO’s Jason Reynolds spent some time with one of the city’s new “Mediation Response Units.”.. Full story:…

Transportation Security Administration officers confiscated more than 6,542 firearms from airport passengers in 2022 — the highest number recorded since the agency’s inception. Of those guns taken at airport security checkpoints, 88% were loaded, the agency announced Tuesday.  .. Full story: TSA confiscated record number of guns from airline passengers in 2022 – CBS News

The episode, which showed footage of the child waving the gun around and pulling the trigger, brought fuel to an already heated national conversation about children’s access to firearms after a 6-year-old shot his teacher at a Virginia elementary school earlier this month… Full story: 4-year-old Indiana boy seen waving a gun on ‘On Patrol:…

Police response times are taking longer in many cities and experts attribute it, in part, to staffing shortages. Departments are struggling to fill vacancies left by officers who have quit or retired… Full story: Why data from 15 cities shows police response times are taking longer : NPR

The AG’s office has never found an officer-involved shooting in Maine to be unjustified.. Full story: Maine AG: Officers’ use of force justified in 3 separate shootings

About five dozen sheriffs from counties across the state put their name on similarly worded messages saying they would not enforce a law they considered unconstitutional. Pritzker fired back with a warning that such a stance puts the law enforcement officials’ jobs in danger: “You don’t get to choose which laws you comply with in…

As a stop gap measure, the department hopes a rarely used bureaucratic mechanism will allow it to regain lost ground. Known informally as the “bounce program,” it allows the chief of police to bring retired officers back for up to a year. It typically has been used sparingly in the past to recall an individual…

Deputy Darnell Calhoun, 30, is the second Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy killed in the line of duty in the past 16 days.. Full story: Calif. sheriff’s deputy fatally shot