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/
Tag: Crime
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
How Mask Bans Threaten Free Speech, From New York to North Carolina | The Marshall Project
The problem with relying on identification technologies or some type of biometric technology is that you have to have a database that can compare the captured real time data. There is no all-encompassing database where cell phone usage can identify a person or facial recognition can identify a person. It’s difficult to identify a person after the incident.
Removing the mask would act as a deterrence. Why do people rob banks with masks on, because they don’t want to be identified. People who go to protests and act illegally would be deterred from doing so if they couldn’t wear masks. Most people are uncomfortable greeting a mask wearing stranger at their house. That’s because there is a certain connotation about people’s motives when they are wearing masks.
Privacy advocates worry banning masks at protests will encourage harassment, while cops’ high-tech tools render the rules unnecessary.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2024/11/12/mask-bans-protest-surveillance
‘We helped each other. We taught each other the law.’ | The Lens
In 1983, to help fight the wrongful charge, Calvin Duncan began to teach himself the law, while being held within the Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans. In his new book The Jailhouse Lawyer, co-written by Sophie Cull, he writes about that time in his life:
— Read on thelensnola.org/2025/07/08/we-helped-each-other-we-taught-each-other-the-law/
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