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Several San Diego County Mayors, DA collect signatures to change contested California Prop 47 – NBC 7 San Diego

San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan on Sunday announced a joint effort with the leaders of 14 local cities to collect signatures from community members to make changes to Proposition 47. Proposition 47 was passed by California voters in November 2014. It changed certain low-level crimes from potential felonies to misdemeanors and also allowed […]

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DC mayor details plan for crime center amid questions of privacy, accountability – NBC4 Washington

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday officially announced a state-of-the-art real-time crime center at Metropolitan Police Department headquarters that will monitor surveillance cameras around the clock. But some say the center raises concerns surrounding police accountability and privacy. Federal law enforcement and police from around the D.C. area will monitor the District’s vast system of […]

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DC mayor issues public emergencies on opioid overdoses, juvenile crimes – NBC4 Washington

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared public emergencies in response to the rise in youth violence and opioid overdoses. The number of people dying from opioid overdoses is skyrocketing in the District while the number of young people arrested for serious and violent crimes like carjacking and homicide also is on the rise. To help address […]

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Deputy mayor tells House committee DC in crime ‘crisis’ – NBC4 Washington

What to Know D.C. Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Lindsey Appiah told the House Oversight Committee there is a crime “crisis” in the nation’s capital House Republicans have vowed to intervene more in D.C.’s local affairs in recent months and have criticized city leaders over rising crime Victims of crime also spoke during […]

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Tuscaloosa Mayor Says Closing Bars Early Won’t Help

With university students coming back to school soon, the concern for nighttime activity on the strip is back. On Wednesday, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox discussed local policing with Steve & DC on the 95.3 The Bear morning show.  Steve Shannon asked the mayor about the recent proposal to close bars early in Tuscaloosa. Maddox revealed […]

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City Council

Dubuque City Council to discuss approving city-wide license plate reader system | Tri-state News | #citycouncil

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Mayor Bowser Says She Feels ‘Anxiety’ Over Crime in DC – NBC4 Washington

Mayor Muriel Bowser said she feels more anxious about violent crime now than she did in the 90s when the District was considered the “murder capital.” She shared this feeling at a crime summit with the community and advisory neighborhood commissioners over the weekend. When speaking to reporters about the comment on Tuesday, Bowser said, […]

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DC Mayor Holding Crime Summit With Neighborhood Leaders – NBC4 Washington

Mayor Muriel Bowser and District officials will meet with community leaders from across the city Saturday to discuss ways to end the violence continuing to put safety and peace of mind at risk in D.C. “Shootings on a nightly basis, helicopters, carjackings, a lot of auto thefts in our neighborhood, drag racing up and down […]

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Arkansas

Arrest warrant issued for Arkansas man accused in fentanyl death | Crime and Courts

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Centerton, Arkansas, man accused of providing a fatal dose of fentanyl to a man who died in West Salem Dec. 31, 2021. Lathan Gaston Foster faces a single felony count of first-degree reckless homicide after prosecutors filed a criminal complaint Monday in La Crosse County Circuit Court. […]

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