Fight subway crime by actually enforcing the law | Washington Examiner

This is an interesting find how enforcing the law, especially for minor crimes, affected overall crime. The article goes on to say broken windows policing works and the police aren’t the problem the criminals are the problem.

“This bill does not say that crime is OK,” Washington, D.C., Councilman Vincent Gray said in 2019 as he voted to decriminalize turnstile jumping in the Metro system. “This bill does not advocate lawlessness,” he insisted. “Rather, it advocates for fairness.”
— Read on www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/fight-subway-crime-by-actually-enforcing-the-law

Downtown St. Louis Safety and Security – Understanding the Level of Police Presence

This is a community group calling for an increased police presence in the St Louis Downtown area.

Get the report here:

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Also see the 5-Point Plan:

https://futureofpolicing.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/84605-afive-pointsafetyproposal.pdf

Impacts of Successive Drug Legislation Shifts: Qualitative Observations from Oregon Law Enforcement [Interim Report: Year One]

Get the report here:

pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi

The Fight Against Crime in Colorado: Policing, Legislation, and Incarceration

Get the report here:

commonsenseinstituteco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/FINAL-CSI-Report-CO-Fight-Against-Crime.pdf

The death penalty: The state killed my brother. Americans and SCOTUS don’t understand lethal injection.

Very interesting article about a sister’s experience watching her brother’s execution death.

I watched my brother’s lethal injection. No one gets what this is really like.
— Read on slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/execution-federal-death-penalty-lethal-injection-family.html

California violent crime tripled as suspects walked free without bail: reform study | Fox News

A new study comparing California offenders who posted bail with those were let out under “Zero Bail” found that the latter group reoffended sooner and more often.

Get a copy of the report HERE

— Read on www.foxnews.com/us/california-violent-crime-tripled-suspects-walked-free-withou-bail-reform-study.amp

Terp | An End to the Bleeding

The mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., picked up a UMD researcher’s book on preventing gun violence. The resulting partnership could be a model for how cities can…
— Read on terp.umd.edu/an-end-to-the-bleeding

SAFE AT HOME: Improving Maryland’s Parole Release Decision Making

See the report here:

justicepolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Safe-At-Home.pdf

This Police Week, concern over increased assaults on MN cops

This Police Week, concern over increased assaults on MN cops
— Read on www.twincities.com/2023/05/17/police-week-concern-over-increased-assaults-on-minnesota-cops/

New York’s Crime Problem is a Self-Inflicted Wound — and a Warning for Other Cities – The Messenger

There’s no getting around the fact that people and property are both much less safe, and it’s a problem that was politically created.
— Read on themessenger.com/opinion/new-yorks-crime-problem-is-a-self-inflicted-wound-and-a-warning-for-other-cities