Police Reform and Public Safety
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are inching closer to an agreement to set federal standards for no-knock warrants, ban chokeholds except in life-threatening situations and place limits on equipment the Defense Department can send to state and local police departments…
Despite being close to bipartisan agreement on major police reform, the debate over the fate of qualified immunity for law enforcement officers continues…
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced last week his intent to launch federal investigations into local law enforcement agencies, hoping to spark a rebuilding of trust among marginalized communities and police…
The police-involved shootings and fatalities of the past year have launched a national movement calling for criminal justice reform, largely due to actual footage released of these incidents…
In his first joint address to Congress last week, on 4/28, President Biden urged lawmakers once again to pass stricter gun safety laws as shootings continue across the country…
A 32-year-old man shot and wounded three people, including a 4-year-old child, in Times Square, NY over the weekend…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to examine a New York law barring people from carrying guns outside their homes could weaken state-level efforts to curb violence after a slew of mass shootings…
Despite being among the first front-line workers to gain priority access to coronavirus vaccines, vaccination rates among police are lower than or about the same as those of the general public…
Jane Coaston of The New York Times held a roundtable discussion with Randy Shrewsberry, a former police officer and the executive director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Training Reform; Rashawn Ray, a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland and a David M. Rubenstein fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution; and Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, a leader in the Movement for Black Lives and an executive director of the Highlander Research and Education Center in Tennessee to discuss how the nation can “fix” America's policing system…
Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia have seen major police reform measures since last year’s murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020…
Former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on 4/20 of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the killing of George Floyd last May…
Chauvin’s defense attorney requested a new trial, claiming the court abused its discretion on several points and that the verdict should be impeached due to jury misconduct…
As the nation was captivated by the Chauvin trial, the reality of the danger law enforcement officers face each day, as well as the urgent need for new policing and response solutions, remained evident through the dozens of officer-involved fatalities and shootings as the country awaited a verdict…
Michael Fanone, a Washington, D.C. police officer injured fighting off pro-Trump rioters during the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol, is speaking out about how events of the day have been downplayed…