Public Safety & Justice Update- 2/7/2025

Mass Deportations will Depend on Local Police. Only Some are Offering to Help

Nassau County, New York, announced on Tuesday that its police officers will be joining Immigration and Customs Enforcement's mass deportation…

F.B.I. Agents Ask Court to Bar Trump Team From Disclosing Their Names

F.B.I. Agents and employees filed lawsuits this week to prevent the Trump administration from releasing the identities of agents and staff who participated in the investigations into the Capitol riot on…

Many Schools have Teams Tasked with Stopping Shootings.

Two weeks after the 2018 deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, victims’ parents joined the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission to improve the safety and security of Florida’s…

How YouTube is Changing American Gun Culture

More people are learning how to shoot by watching YouTube channels. 

What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons

The number of young people behind bars increased steadily in the 1970s and 1980s and then rose sharply in the 1990s. 

GOP’s Fentanyl Bill Could Gain Support from Democrats

Republicans want to move on legislation that would result in harsher sentences for peddlers of fentanyl…

California Pushes More Drug Treatment in Jails to Break Cycle of Addiction

Amid an epidemic of drug overdoses that is showing signs of slowing in California, public health experts…