In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved.
— Read on www.npr.org/2026/06/04/g-s1-120825/seattle-chop-zone-antonio-mays
Tag: Criminal Justice System
Upstate NY sheriff puts Hochul in her place for sanctuary policy threats
Cattaraugus County Sheriff Eric Butler slammed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s push to end local jail agreements with ICE under NY’s new sanctuary laws.
— Read on nypost.com/2026/08/11/us-news/upstate-ny-sheriff-puts-hochul-in-her-place-for-sanctuary-policy-threats/
TACKLING NEAR REPEAT CRIME
This document is designed to assist law enforcement professionals in identifying and responding to near repeat patterns of victimization. Several open source tools are broadly discussed as they are necessary to quantify near repeat patterns and develop interventions; we encourage you to review those program’s user manuals for more details.
This report will help you:
- Understand what near repeat patterns are and why they are useful to policing
- Evaluate global and local patterns of near repeat
- Formulate appropriate responses these patterns
- Develop program metrics to understand the effect of the intervention
- Evaluate a near repeat crime prevention program
See the complete policy brief HERE
New York’s ACS is failing children and kids are dying
The horrifying death of Adonis Jarvis raises a simple question: Why does New York’s ACS fail so many vulnerable children? Simple reforms, such as requiring agents to wear bodycams and demanding transparency would save lives. Kathy Hochul is standing in the way.
— Read on nypost.com/2026/08/08/opinion/new-yorks-acs-is-failing-children-and-kids-are-dying/
Predictive Risk Scores in the Public Sector: Experimental Evidence from Child-Protection Investigations | NBER
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
— Read on www.nber.org/papers/w35540
Five Policies for School Boards to Improve Discipline | American Enterprise Institute – AEI
Learning requires that schools are safe and orderly, educators can teach without chaos, and students can actually focus on their studies.
— Read on www.aei.org/commentary/five-policies-for-school-boards-to-improve-discipline/
What 1,000 Studies Reveal About the Crime-Fighting Strategy Many Cities Abandoned | Law Enforcement Today | lawenforcementtoday.com
More than 1,000 studies and decades of research point to the same conclusion: proactive policing reduces crime. So why are so many departments pulling back? This analysis explores the evidence, the controversy, and the difficult decisions reshaping modern law enforcement.
— Read on lawenforcementtoday.com/proactive-policing-research-reduces-crime-analysis
Rethinking School Safety in Iowa: The Harms of School Resource Officers (SROs) – ACLU of Iowa
Rethinking School Safety in Iowa: The Harms of School Resource Officers (SROs) – ACLU of Iowa
— Read on www.aclu-ia.org/publications/rethinking-school-safety-in-iowa-the-harms-of-school-resource-officers-sros/
Vital City | Modern Community Safety Includes More than Police
This really a story about less police and what it takes to keep the community safe.
Mamdani’s new department can work if done right.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/community-safety-police-reform-nyc-mamdani/
The Fifth Branch : NPR
Your house is on fire; the fire department responds. You are sick; EMS gets dispatched. Shots are fired, and law enforcement comes. But who responds when the call is about mental illness, addiction, or suicidal thoughts?The Fifth Branch is a special series by Tradeoffs and The Marshall Project, exploring how one community in Durham, NC, is transforming crisis response. Over three episodes, meet the people reimagining safety and support. Follow their journey to launch this program, ensure its effectiveness, and navigate the challenges of defining its scope.Episodes drop July 18, July 25 and August 1, 2024.Love The Fifth Branch? Subscribe to Tradeoffs for weekly insights into the complex world of healthcare. Subscribe at tradeoffs.org/subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
— Read on www.npr.org/podcasts/1255347227/the-fifth-branch
Future of Policing 