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After a nearly two-week manhunt, Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison late last month, was taken into custody Wednesday morning. Cavalcante, 34, escaped from Chester County Prison on Aug. 31. Pennsylvania State Police conducted a search across the surrounding heavily wooded areas, but authorities did not capture him until they identified…

The dollars, cents and people required to remake policing in Minneapolis are coming into focus. On Monday, the City Council formally took up Mayor Jacob Frey’s proposed 2024 budget. It’s the first spending plan that pins taxpayer costs to the specific jobs required to comply with court orders to end racist and unconstitutional policing. Big…

Eight months after Los Angeles County probation officials attempted to auction off hundreds of guns they no longer needed, county supervisors have barred all their departments from ever trying that again. The supervisors unanimously approved a policy Tuesday that would require all departments to destroy firearms they no longer need rather than profit from selling…

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