A survey of a large group of public health officials responsible for helping to rollout the nation’s new 988 emergency mental health telephone service found that fewer than half expressed confidence their jurisdiction was prepared in terms of financing, staffing or infrastructure.
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San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced the release of eleven years’ worth of data on criminal cases that have been diverted from the traditional criminal justice process.
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In an unusual move, law enforcement in Florida released the name and image of a 10-year-old boy who was arrested over the weekend and charged with making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting.
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Forty years after her murder, a Michigan State Police detective began going through boxes of cold case files. He made the innovative decision to partner with the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University to develop a new Cold Case Unit.
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Today, President Joe Biden will sign a historic executive order (EO) to advance effective, accountable policing and criminal justice practices that will build public trust and strengthen public safety.
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A new assistance dog at Bristol County District Attorney's Office helped a 10-year-old girl testify against her 44-year-old abuser, ultimately leading to his conviction for aggravated rape of a child.
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The body of a 17-year-old girl from New York who disappeared while visiting South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach on spring break 13 years ago has been found and a sex offender has been charged with murder, kidnapping and rape.
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Mass public shootings in which four or more people are killed have become more frequent, and deadly, in the last decade. And the tragedy in Buffalo is the latest in a recent trend of mass public shootings taking place in retail establishments.
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Researchers used insights from three known cases of police corruption to create a statistical model to identify possible crews of officers engaging in misconduct and criminal behavior.
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Each episode will focus on a cold case killing, and will feature testimonials from the victim’s family members as well as a CPD detective who recounts the specifics of the case.
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