Tag: policing
Police “Support” for Harm Reduction in Canada Soon Evaporated
Amid a policy shift away from harm reduction, senior police officials in Canada have ...
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 ...
Police Consent Decrees at Stake as Trump Transforms DOJ
The Trump administration is freezing any new civil rights investigations as part of a ...
Police Union Fights Louisville Consent Decree as Trump Inauguration Looms
A legal battle is raging over the fate of the Louisville, Kentucky police. Federal ...
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 ...
Minneapolis Police Consent Decree Has Uncertain Future Under Trump
Minneapolis, the city where a police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, has agreed ...
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 ...
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 ...
Police Shootings in Rural Areas Are Common, But Much Less Visible
Ask the average news consumer to think of “police shooting” and the names most ...
