Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on two cases regarding qualified immunity, a legal doctrine shielding officers from lawsuits that has been at the center of national protests and debates in Congress and state legislatures since the murder of George Floyd…
Late last month, the FBI released crime statistics for 2020…
Recent FBI data shows that amid the COVID-19 pandemic, trends in California’s crime rates mirrored national trends—with some key differences...
The return to in-person learning has come with increased violence in schools, causing some to revert to virtual classes…
The Alexandria City Council voted last week, 10/13, to return police to the city’s public schools through June 2022…
This election season, Democrats are distancing themselves from the “defund the police” movement despite continued national cries to reallocate funding from law enforcement…
After George Floyd’s murder last year, many cities protested, calling to “defund” the police, with Portland residents protesting for over 130 days…
The Yes 4 Minneapolis coalition petitioned to put an initiative on the ballot to amend the city's charter to replace the police department with an agency that provides a "comprehensive public health approach" to public safety…
After last month’s negotiations to achieve bipartisan police reform collapsed, police and criminal justice reform remain a local issue for the foreseeable future…
Police unions are among those pushing back on vaccine mandates citing laws and contract provisions that require employers to negotiate with unions when they want to change workplace rules…
Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 73—legislation to end mandatory jail sentences for certain drug sale offenses—into law, amending incarceration mandates established in the 1980’s during the escalation of the “war on drugs”…
The Public Policy Institute of California released a report showing racial disparities within the criminal justice system continue to be a pressing issue for the US and California in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd and a national call for police reform…
Last year, Congress passed bipartisan legislation creating a three-digit hotline, 988, for mental health emergencies…