Ex-Kansas Police Chief Charged with Obstruction in Newspaper Raid
Gideon Cody, a former Marion, Kans., police chief, who spearheaded a raid on a weekly newspaper last year, faces felony obstruction of...
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Aug 142 min read
Officer Charged With Murder After Shooting Black Pregnant Shoplifter
An Ohio police officer was indicted Tuesday on murder and other charges in the shooting of Ta'Kiva Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 122 min read
Appeals Court Rules Police Can’t Hold Phones Indefinitely
Police can’t hold onto people’s possessions indefinitely after an arrest, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 112 min read
Illinois Sheriff Retiring After His Deputy Killed Sonya Massey
Sangamon County, Ill., Sheriff Jack Campbell, who hired the deputy charged in the death of Sonya Massey, announced he would retire five...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 92 min read
A Decade After Michael Brown Shooting, Reform Record Is Mixed
Friday marks a decade since Michael Brown was killed in a Ferguson, Mo., police shooting that led to crucial conversations about...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 62 min read
Special Prosecutors To Charge Ex- Chief Over Kansas Newspaper Raid
Special prosecutors are set to charge ex-Marion, Ks., Police Chief Gideon Cody with a low-level felony for his conduct after the raid he...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 52 min read
Kansas Magistrate Avoids Discipline In Newspaper Raid Case
The Kansas magistrate who authorized last year’s police raid on the Marion County Record escaped discipline from a state panel by making...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 51 min read
National Police Clearance Rates For Murder Return To Pre-COVID Level
Police clearance rates in murder cases were historically low in 2022. Clearance rates were low nationally in 2022. Rates reported by the...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 52 min read
Houston Seeks Sex Crime Victims Whose Cases Ended By 'Bad Policy'
The Houston Police Department is trying to contact thousands of sexual assault victims whose cases were suspended because of what the...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 52 min read
IL Deputy's Fatal Shooting Shows Variation In Hiring Standards
In the three weeks since an Illinois deputy sheriff was charged with murder after fatally shooting Sonya Massey, observers have...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 22 min read
Louisiana Fourth State To Enact 'Police Buffer' Law
Four years before a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd, hundreds of people marched in Baton Rouge, La., to protest...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 293 min read
Are Pay Raises Working To Attract More Police Officers?
In response to shrinking police forces across the country, some local departments are giving officers large pay boosts — but many say it...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 252 min read
Denver Police Start 'Trust Patrols' To Improve Community Relations
The Denver Police Department wants to fight crime with a new program to increase community engagement while officers are doing patrols....
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 252 min read
Illinois Woman's Killing Prompts Renewed Police Reform Demands
A newly released video of the fatal police shooting of a Black woman in Illinois who had called 911 for help is reigniting the push for...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 242 min read
Deputy Charged in Massey’s Death Worked 6 Agencies in 4 Years
The ex-sheriff's deputy facing murder charges for the death of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 242 min read
Arizona City To Debut New Generation Of Autonomous Drones
A new generation of drones designed for law enforcement is set to launch, starting in Arizona. They can be deployed rapidly during...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 232 min read
Body Cam Footage Shows Officer Killing Woman Who Called 911
Police body camera footage released on Monday shows the killing by a sheriff's officer of Sonya Massey, a Black woman from Springfield,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 222 min read
Police Agencies Raise Pay, Offer Perks To Help Recruiting
Officer Andrae Smith, the recruiter at the Plano, Tex., Police Department, had jobs to fill. He commissioned five billboards with a big...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 222 min read
Maryland Suburb a National Leader In Police Use Of Drones
On a typical night just north of Washington, D.C., a dozen drone flights quietly take off as part of a major police trend spreading...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 161 min read
Chicago Cop Faces Suspension for Pro-Palestinian March in Uniform
An off-duty Chicago police officer, Raid Ghanimah, faces a 10-day suspension for marching in uniform during a pro-Palestinian...
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