(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report Sept 23 2025 From a shovel-swinging maniac at dawn, to a woman stabbed in the heart of the Loop, to a teenager shot over
— Read on subx.news/morning-rampage-nighttime-nightmare-chicagos-downtown-unravels-24-hours-of-chaos/
Tag: Crime
As Los Angeles Gives Up on Public Safety, Residents Foot the Bill
The city has failed to provide adequate policing or fire control.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/los-angeles-fires-crime-private-security
Hennepin County chiefs, sheriff speak out against new policy on low-level traffic stops – KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News
Law enforcement heads are speaking out in opposition to a new policy from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty to not prosecute felonies that arise from low-level traffic stops.
— Read on kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/law-enforcement-speak-out-on-new-hennepin-county-policy-on-low-level-traffic-stops/
Right cops, right place: solving D.C.’s policing puzzle – Niskanen Center
City and agency leaders already have many of the tools they need to meaningfully reduce crime.
— Read on www.niskanencenter.org/right-cops-right-place-solving-d-c-s-policing-puzzle/
Peter Moskos on “Back From the Brink” and today’s issues of public safety | Remapping Debate
If you like the podcast check out the book.
Peter Moskos on “Back From the Brink” and today’s issues of public safety | Remapping Debate
— Read on www.remappingdebate.org/article/peter-moskos-back-brink-and-todays-issues-public-safety
Public Safety Assessment & Feasibility Study – City of Tucker PD
Here is an interesting study about creating a new police department.
Get the report here:
protecttucker.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Tucker-Police-Feasibility-Study-8.8.25.pdf
US families shoulder nearly $350B in annual costs tied to incarceration, report finds • Ohio Capital Journal
U.S. families lose nearly $350 billion each year due to the incarceration of a loved one in jail or prison, according to a recent report from the criminal justice advocacy group FWD.us. The estimate includes both direct expenses and long-term losses in household income.
— Read on ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/us-families-shoulder-nearly-350b-in-annual-costs-tied-to-incarceration-report-finds/
Get the report HERE
Teenagers in Washington, D.C., worry about the police takeover : NPR
When President Trump announced his crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., the local U.S. attorney said she wanted to focus on juveniles. But experts say harsher punishments don’t deter criminals.
— Read on www.npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-5501528/federal-police-takeover-washington-dc-teenagers
Teenage victims and criminals have increased since ‘raise the age’ law passed
This year, New York City residents have been benefitting from historic declines in shootings and homicides, and from less-sharp, but still meaningful, decreases in other crime categories.
— Read on nypost.com/2025/08/08/opinion/teenage-victims-and-criminals-have-increased-since-raise-the-age-law-passed/
Anatomy of a Ferguson Cycle – by Charles Fain Lehman
Back in 2015, my Manhattan Institute colleague Heather MacDonald popularized the term “Ferguson effect” to refer to a dramatic increase in homicide which (the term and she implied) was caused by the wave of protests, in turn instigated by the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the year before. The homicide rate rose 11 percent in 2015, and another 10 percent in 2016, before cresting and receding. This, MacDonald and others argued at the time, was the result of a reduction in police proactivity, itself caused by political attacks on and criticism of the police in the wake of Brown’s death (among other high-profile incidents).
— Read on thecausalfallacy.com/p/anatomy-of-a-ferguson-cycle
Future of Policing 