Public Safety and Justice Update: 5/12/23

A gunman shot and killed eight people, including three children, and injured at least seven more at an outdoor mall on 5/6 in Allen, Texas. A police officer shot and killed the gunman…

Sam Harless, a Republican in the Texas statehouse, voted this week in favor of stricter gun laws…

Recent U.S. mass shootings have led several countries to issue warnings over gun violence for travelers heading to American destinations…

Healthcare officials and state leaders are voicing growing concern over violence in medical facilities, highlighted by last week’s deadly shooting at an Atlanta medical office building…

This week, Attorney General Rob Bonta opened a civil rights investigation into the Antioch Police Department, saying the agency beset by a growing number of scandals was “already on our radar” for an alarming rate of force that officers have used against residents…

California will pay a $24 million civil rights settlement to the family of a man who died in police custody while officers tried to take a blood sample…

A former White U.S. Marine who killed a homeless man by putting him in a chokehold on the New York City subway will be arrested today and charged with manslaughter…

Last year, police officers from the Solomon Islands traveled to China, where they visited local police and were trained in hand-to-hand combat, guarding VIPs and managing security at large events…