Public Safety & Justice Update: 5/5/2023

One-fifth of U.S. households purchased guns during the pandemic, a national arming that exposed more than 15 million Americans to firearms in the home for the first time, academic studies show. Americans purchased nearly 60 million guns between 2020-2022…

According to a new Fox News Poll, most voters prefer focusing on specific gun control measures rather than arming citizens to reduce gun violence…

A state appeals court has upheld a ban on semiautomatic AR-15-style rifles that state law classifies as “assault weapons”…

Amid an ongoing investigation regarding racism within the department, an Antioch police officer was fired in a separate incident…

Almost half of the people injured or killed during police chases in Los Angeles since 2018 were bystanders, according to new LAPD data…

Fentanyl kills more people in California than car accidents and homicides…

Last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a letter to state and local courts and juvenile justice agencies addressing the constitutional and legal issues and policy considerations related to juvenile and adult fines and fees…

A former UC Davis student has been arrested in connection with three stabbings -- two of which killed a college senior and a homeless man -- in Davis, California, police announced this week…

Heavily armed state and federal officers arrested Francisco Oropesa, 38, in a house a few miles from the site of last week’s shooting in San Jacinto County…

Last month,  the House approved a resolution to block a Washington, D.C., police accountability package that bans practices like chokeholds and includes greater public access to officer disciplinary records and body camera video…

An emerging debate over plans to arm some George Washington University (GWU) police officers on the D.C. campus near the White House shows enduring tensions over how best to protect college communities nationwide from gun violence…