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After Police Abuse Findings, Trenton Mayor Wants More Police Funding

Trenton, New Jersey, has been violating people’s civil rights, according to a federal investigation into the city’s police department. The…

March 4, 2025

Police “Support” for Harm Reduction in Canada Soon Evaporated

Amid a policy shift away from harm reduction, senior police officials in Canada have been signalling their approval, though some…

February 18, 2025

A Day at the DEA Museum

Why would anyone visit the DEA Museum? My excuse was to see all the lies and misinformation in one place.…

February 13, 2025

TN City Council Wants Opioid Grant to Pair Cops With Social Workers

There's controversy in Knoxville, Tennessee, after its lawmakers approved of opioid settlement money being used to pay for a program…

February 6, 2025

Police Consent Decrees at Stake as Trump Transforms DOJ

The Trump administration is freezing any new civil rights investigations as part of a radical overhaul of the Department of…

January 29, 2025

Police Union Fights Louisville Consent Decree as Trump Inauguration Looms

A legal battle is raging over the fate of the Louisville, Kentucky police. Federal officials are demanding that the city…

January 15, 2025

Canada’s Supreme Court to Rule On Scope of Good Samaritan OD Law

In September 2020, a truck pulled over in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, to report an overdose. Cheryl Delorme had lost consciousness…

January 14, 2025

Minneapolis Police Consent Decree Has Uncertain Future Under Trump

Minneapolis, the city where a police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, has agreed to let the federal government monitor…

January 8, 2025

Multnomah County, Oregon, Begins Its Post-Decrim “Deflection” Strategy

Oregon recriminalized drug possession on September 1—overturning the voter-approved Measure 110, which decriminalized simple possession of all drugs from early…

October 8, 2024

Over 200,000 Arrests for Marijuana Possession in 2023, Per FBI Data

Hundreds of thousands of people are still being arrested for marijuana possession in the United States. New data are a…

September 26, 2024