Tag: police
SFPD Drug Seizures “Significantly” Linked to Fatal Overdose, Data Show
New federally funded research examining drug policing and overdose data out of San Francisco ...
For NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Abuses, Discipline Is “Close to Nonexistent”
Over a decade after the New York City Police Department’s notoriously racist “stop-and-frisk” practice ...
Sex Workers Are “Trafficking Victims” Until Cops Don’t Want Them to Be
I started sex work in my early teens. Older boys in the foster care ...
HIV Rights Advance for Cops, Ahead of the Sex Workers They Criminalize
On March 23, the city of Nashville settled a federal discrimination lawsuit over barring ...
Spokane Eyes Involuntary Treatment for Anyone Revived With Naloxone
The City Council of Spokane, Washington, has proposed that being administered naloxone should be ...
New Orleans Police: Rats Eating Drugs in Evidence Room, “They’re All High.”
At a New Orleans City Council hearing on March 11 about the sorry state ...
If You’re a Cop, There Are Better Ways for You to Use Narcan
As the overdose crisis escalates, so do law enforcement’s misconceptions about Narcan, the nasal-spray ...
Many Drug Users Aren’t Protected by “Good Samaritan” Laws
Kansas, one of the last two states without a “Good Samaritan” law for drug ...
You Can Definitely Misuse Naloxone, If You’re a Cop
Cops seem to have decided that ever since fentanyl came into the illicit drug ...
São Paulo Installs Military Police Base at “Cracolândia”
On February 1 in São Paulo, a few hundred yards away from the city’s ...
