Category: News

In the Oregon mountain town of Grants Pass, a fierce fight over park space has become a battleground for a much larger, national debate on homelessness that has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The town’s case, set to be heard April 22, has broad implications for how not only Grants Pass, but communities nationwide address…

During several years of efforts to refine policing tactics — ranging from mandating body-worn cameras to limiting or banning excessive use of force — many states and law enforcement agencies nationwide imposed more restrictive car chase policies to protect civilians and officers. Now, state legislators and some local and state agencies are turning back the…

Cool experiment. Even gun owners and Republicans are much less likely to want to be neighbors with someone with an AR-15. While there seems to be little movement in congress for an assault weapons ban, recall that it has been done before. Full story: Widespread, bipartisan aversion exists to neighbors owning AR-15s or storing guns…

The answer is “yes,” but the effects are quite modest. Full story: Can increasing preventive patrol in large geographic areas reduce crime?: A systematic review and meta‐analysis – Weisburd – Criminology & Public Policy – Wiley Online Library

One arrow key can open many mailboxes in a delivery area. They’re so valuable that it’s against federal law for an unauthorized person to be in possession of one. But that hasn’t prevented a nationwide wave of robberies involving arrow keys. A Scripps News investigation found an increasing number of letter carriers being targeted by…

Colorado will become only the second state in the country to prohibit use of the controversial term “excited delirium” on such official documents as police and autopsy reports after Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law Thursday. The new law, inspired by a lengthy 9NEWS/KFF Health News investigation, follows legislation initially passed in California…

Kentucky’s Democratic governor vetoed a GOP-backed criminal justice bill that would impose harsher sentences for a range of crimes, saying it would saddle the state with sharply higher incarceration costs. The bill, which spurred some of the most contentious debates of the session, would make a multitude of changes to the state’s criminal code, enhancing…

For decades, 911 call takers have had three main options: send emergency medical responders, fire and police. A fourth option is becoming increasingly common: a mental health professional who responds to some calls instead of police. A study released this March found that 44 of the largest U.S. 50 cities now have an alternative response…

New data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives shows that 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five year report… Full story: Federal report finds 68,000 guns were illegally trafficked through unlicensed dealers over 5 years

A Washington state judge overseeing a triple murder case barred the use of video enhanced by artificial intelligence as evidence in a ruling that experts said may be the first-of-its-kind in a United States criminal court. The ruling, signed Friday by King County Superior Court Judge Leroy McCullogh and first reported by NBC News, described…