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For a decade, Tim Hann Rivera’s Subway Mania has staged WWE-style wrestling matches on NYC subway trains, drawing global fans and pro wrestlers alike.
— Read on hoodline.com/2026/08/inside-subway-mania-the-underground-wrestling-league-riding-nyc-trains-for-10-years/
People are right to want less police intrusion in their lives. The way to get there is more precision, not less.
A car is a difficult thing to steal. It is large, cherished by its owner, difficult to hide and required by law to have identifying metal plates that everyone can see. A good thief changes the plates, and an excellent thief steals a common car in a boring color and hopes to blend in among the crowd. But eventually, no matter what techniques they use, they must drive that car on the road, and roads are public places.
— Read on worksinprogress.co/issue/a-cops-case-for-flock/
The mayor’s new judicial panel reveals the radical direction in which New York’s criminal and family courts may be headed.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/mamdani-judicial-panel-new-york-courts
What to know about trends in murder, assault, rape and more
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/nyc-crime-midyear-2026-felony-assaults-rape-murder/
The Police Leadership Commission, chaired by former Home Secretary Lord Blunkett and former Policing Minister Lord Herbert, has published its final report, Professionalism and Performance: Police Leadership for the Future, following one of the most extensive examinations of policing leadership in a generation.
Drawing on evidence from thousands of officers, staff and stakeholders, the Commission concludes that leadership development across policing is too inconsistent and has suffered from decades of underinvestment. It warns frontline supervisors are often inadequately prepared for leadership responsibilities and that opportunities for development vary significantly across forces.
The findings echo concerns long raised by the Police Federation.
— Read on polfed.org/news/latest-news/2026/federation-responds-to-leadership-commission-report/
Unarmed NJ college student Glen Pysher, 22, was shot and killed by police after mistakenly trying to enter a stranger’s Pennsylvania home.
— Read on nypost.com/2026/08/24/us-news/nj-college-athlete-shot-dead-by-cops-after-mistakenly-trying-to-enter-strangers-home-during-night-of-drinking-family/
The FBI released its 2025 Crime in the United States report on a Friday afternoon which wasn’t there fault but also was super great for getting a ton of attention on the fact that murder fell at the fastest pace ever recorded to the lowest rate recorded since the FBI started its modern estimates.
— Read on jasher.substack.com/p/summarizing-a-historic-2025-crime
A criminologist reviews 70 years of evidence on how to prevent crime.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/lessons-for-criminal-justice-reformers/
Austin officers killed an unarmed 17-year-old at a park last month in what the chief swiftly deemed “suicide by police.” Some call the concept a type of “junk science.”
— Read on www.texasobserver.org/suicide-by-cop-austin-accountability-police-shooting/
A bipartisan pushback against automated license plate readers is misguided.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/automated-license-plate-readers-flock
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