Public Safety
Covering topics such as corrections, criminal justice, emergency management, gun control and police/fire/EMS.
Across the U.S., lawmakers are introducing a wave of bills that would either restrict or support federal immigration enforcement.
Supervisors say the move is about transparency and civil rights, but federal officials warn it could compromise agent safety and operational security
They raise issues of fairness, and critics claim they’re only about revenue. More speed and red-light cameras, however, would prevent a lot of deaths and injuries.
With scorching temperatures blanketing nearly half the country, power providers brace for peak demand as cities issue health warnings and transit systems slow under the strain.
The fallout from a strike by prison guards continues to paralyze prisons, forcing officials to suspend programs and rely on emergency deployments.
A new report shows homicides fell 17 percent in early 2025, but experts caution the trend is concentrated in a few major cities and not yet clearly linked to specific policy changes.
From politics to economics, closing old or bad prisons is not always straightforward. Even some incarcerated people have mixed emotions.
For incarcerated people, books can bring hope and new understanding, prepare them for jobs on the outside or simply help pass the time. But they’re often hard to get.
The state’s first drone-as-first-responder program gives police near-instant visual access to emergency scenes.
Miserable conditions are bad not only for the incarcerated but staff who are severely stressed. There is a better way.
Over recent decades we’ve moved toward a much more effective and humane system to deal with youth crime. Evidence and research, not hyperbole and hysteria, should be guiding today’s debate.
We need competent responders every hour of the day, every day of the week. But we often don’t have them.
The city has a goal of hiring 4,000 more officers by 2029. Recruiting classes are starting to increase thanks to higher salaries and other expanded hiring efforts.
James Hochman has resumed prosecuting even low-level crimes, but the number of felony charges hasn’t increased compared with his reform-minded predecessor’s count.
The state asked the high court to lift a lower-court judge’s temporary block on enforcement of the law, which makes it illegal for an undocumented immigrant to enter or re-enter Florida.
Under a state law enacted this year, individuals can face additional penalties if they’re caught wearing a face covering while committing a crime.
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