There were a record 188 school shootings resulting in injuries or deaths in the 2021-22 school year, according to the latest available data included in a report released today by the Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics…
According to a new report released by the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the rate of nonfatal violent victimization in the United States rose to 23.5 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older in 2022, after reaching a 30-year low of 16.4–16.5 during 2020–2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic…
Mobile crisis teams have been around for decades in places like Oregon, Arizona, and Georgia and in March 2022, the White House included them as a key pillar of its mental health Unity Agenda, investing almost $1 billion into community-based services that include mobile crisis response…
A Philadelphia police officer was charged with murder after he fatally shot 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry at near point-blank range…
Complying with court orders to end unconstitutional policing in Minneapolis will require hiring nearly three dozen new workers at a cost of millions of dollars each year for years…
Lawmakers wrapping up the legislative session this week have sent dozens of bills to Gov. Gavin Newsom on weighty topics including guns, drugs, and crime and punishment…
Convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante evaded authorities for two weeks despite a substantial manhunt launched following his escape from Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township, a Philadelphia suburb…
Hunter Biden was indicted this week on federal firearms charges, the latest step in a long-running investigation…
The sudden retirement announcement of San Jose’s civilian police watchdog followed an encounter at a community festival in which she appeared to drunkenly accost police officers working security at the venue…
Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the central role he played in organizing his followers to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021…