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NYC politics
fromIntelligencer
2 weeks ago

Mamdani's New Democratic Adversary

Mayor Mamdani initiates a new approach to mental health crisis response, creating the Mayoral Office of Community Safety instead of a separate department.
NYC politics
fromIntelligencer
2 weeks ago

Mamdani's New Democratic Adversary

Mayor Mamdani initiates a new approach to mental health crisis response, creating the Mayoral Office of Community Safety instead of a separate department.
#police-reform
NYC politics
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

Mamdani's public safety promises are slow going. His allies say that's the point.

Mayor Mamdani's cautious approach to police reform is seen as a strategic choice by advocates, despite scaling back several campaign promises.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The Guardian view on reforming the police: Labour's sprawling plan comes with risks attached | Editorial

A National Police Service will centralize counter‑terrorism, organised crime, training and leadership, replace many county forces, and swap police and crime commissioners for local boards.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

What is Shabana Mahmood proposing in biggest ever' policing reforms?

A major policing overhaul will merge many forces, create a National Police Service, expand national powers, and standardise licences, testing, and technology.
NYC politics
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

Mamdani's public safety promises are slow going. His allies say that's the point.

Mayor Mamdani's cautious approach to police reform is seen as a strategic choice by advocates, despite scaling back several campaign promises.
NYC politics
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

Jersey City to end 'fixed posts' for police, launch new data sharing

Jersey City Police Department implements major reforms including ending fixed posts, deploying mobile patrols with community engagement, and launching JC IMPACT metrics system for transparency and accountability.
#community-safety
NYC politics
fromPBS News
2 weeks ago

NYC Mayor Mamdani launches community safety office

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched a new office for community safety to reduce police involvement in mental health emergencies.
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago
New York City

MAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor starts new community safety office, with mental health crises an early focus | amNewYork

fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago
New York City

Mayor Mamdani to sign order creating Office of Community Safety as first step on mental health response pledge | amNewYork

Mayor Mamdani signs executive order creating Office of Community Safety to reduce police response to mental health crises and non-criminal emergencies.
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago
New York City

Mamdani to create Office of Community Safety, a first step in fulfilling campaign promise

Mayor Mamdani is creating an Office of Community Safety with a deputy mayor to consolidate existing violence prevention and mental health emergency programs, representing the first step toward establishing a Department of Community Safety.
NYC politics
fromPBS News
2 weeks ago

NYC Mayor Mamdani launches community safety office

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched a new office for community safety to reduce police involvement in mental health emergencies.
New York City
fromNews 12 - Default
2 weeks ago

NYC creates Office of Community Safety to expand crisis response

New York City created an Office of Community Safety with a deputy mayor to coordinate multi-faceted responses including gun violence prevention and mental health services beyond police intervention.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

MAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor starts new community safety office, with mental health crises an early focus | amNewYork

Mayor Mamdani created the Office of Community Safety and appointed Renita Francois as Deputy Mayor to reshape the city's mental health crisis response and advance his campaign promise of a new Department of Community Safety.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

Mayor Mamdani to sign order creating Office of Community Safety as first step on mental health response pledge | amNewYork

Mayor Mamdani signs executive order creating Office of Community Safety to reduce police response to mental health crises and non-criminal emergencies.
New York City
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

Mamdani to create Office of Community Safety, a first step in fulfilling campaign promise

Mayor Mamdani is creating an Office of Community Safety with a deputy mayor to consolidate existing violence prevention and mental health emergency programs, representing the first step toward establishing a Department of Community Safety.
NYC politics
fromAP News
2 weeks ago

NYC Mayor Mamdani launches community safety office, inching forward a campaign promise

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani established an office for community safety to reduce police involvement in mental health emergencies, starting with two staff members and plans to expand the B-HEARD program.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

Sen. Blumenthal discusses reforming DHS and his concerns about the war in Iran

Sen. Markwayne Mullin's DHS secretary nomination advanced narrowly through Senate committee 8-7, facing scrutiny over political violence concerns and lack of policy differentiation from his predecessor.
#defund-the-police
NYC politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Made No Sense': Bill de Blasio Admits to Sean Hannity That Defund the Police Was a Mistake'

Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged that the Defund the Police movement was a mistake, despite implementing a $1 billion police budget cut in 2020.
NYC politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Made No Sense': Bill de Blasio Admits to Sean Hannity That Defund the Police Was a Mistake'

Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged that the Defund the Police movement was a mistake, despite implementing a $1 billion police budget cut in 2020.
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
3 weeks ago

John Burris: The Godfather of Police Litigation in San Jose | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Over the last 40 years, he has represented over a thousand victims of police brutality and misconduct. His most notable cases include the 1991 Rodney King against LAPD, 2009 Oscar Grant against the Oakland BART Police, and 2015 Mario Woods against SFPD.
Law
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Six years after Breonna Taylor's death, America is weakening the rules that could have saved her | Jamil Smith

Breonna Taylor's death during a no-knock warrant raid prompted widespread government restrictions on the controversial police tactic across multiple jurisdictions.
NYC politics
fromNews 12 - Default
3 weeks ago

Debate grows over NYPD's Strategic Response Group after attempted terrorism attack near Gracie Mansion

A failed bomb attack near Gracie Mansion intensifies debate over the NYPD's Strategic Response Group, with Mayor Mamdani maintaining his position to disband the unit despite the terrorism threat.
East Bay (California)
fromThe Oaklandside
4 weeks ago

Police oversight board needs more resources and authority, Oakland auditor says

Oakland's Police Commission is severely understaffed, preventing it from fulfilling its oversight responsibilities and delaying the police department's two-decade federal reform program.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Met accused of insulting black people with shake-up of anti-racism strategy

The Metropolitan Police's plan to merge its anti-racism strategy into a broader anti-discrimination scheme has drawn criticism from academics and activists who argue it dilutes focus on systemic racism affecting black communities.
fromCalifornia Post
1 month ago

Exclusive | LA cops thwarted by woke reforms blocking them from tracking 80,000 gang suspects

By our own rules and ordinances, we're not supposed to keep track of gang members. Now, we're not allowed to track anyone by their gang association. CalGang contained the personal information of roughly 80,000 suspected gang members - all of which has now been lost to police.
Los Angeles
#crisis-intervention
Social justice
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Letters: Police are the wrong people for crisis intervention

Police lack the advanced clinical training of counselors and crisis intervention by police correlates with worse outcomes for people in mental health crises; behavioral health-led responses by clinicians are more appropriate and cost-effective.
Social justice
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Letters: Police are the wrong people for crisis intervention

Police lack the advanced clinical training of counselors and crisis intervention by police correlates with worse outcomes for people in mental health crises; behavioral health-led responses by clinicians are more appropriate and cost-effective.
Social justice
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Letters: Police are the wrong people for crisis intervention

Police lack the advanced clinical training and education of counselors and are inappropriate for crisis intervention; behavioral health-led responses by clinicians and social workers are more effective and cost-effective alternatives.
New York City
fromGothamist
1 month ago

NYC taxpayers on the hook for more than $117M in police misconduct payouts last year

New York City paid over $117 million in NYPD misconduct lawsuit settlements in 2023, reflecting systemic accountability issues within the police department.
#police-accountability
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Gil Kerlikowske: Border Patrol has no business being in cities like Minneapolis'

Gil Kerlikowske joins the video call exactly one hour after agreeing to the interview. Behind him, a portrait of Abraham Lincoln hangs on the wall, the savior of the American Union that is said to be in such danger these days. Next to him, several police badges attest to a long career in law enforcement. One of them bears the insignia of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), where he served as commissioner during Barack Obama's presidency.
US politics
#oakland-police-department
UK politics
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago

Home Office announces sweeping police technology plans | Computer Weekly

The Home Office will massively roll out AI and facial-recognition across UK policing and create a centralized National Police Service to standardize data-driven technologies.
London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 months ago

Mayor Sadiq Khan has gutted policing' in London as officers fall by 1,460 in a year, Tories claim

London policing lost 1,461 officers (4.3%), contributing to a fall to 145,550 full-time officers nationally and prompting political criticism.
fromTruthout
2 months ago

In Battle Over DHS Funding, Reforms Like Body Cameras Are a "Copaganda" Myth

Police-tracked crime, "contrary to what you have been told in the news every single day for the last several years, is actually down," says Karakatsanis, but fearmongering mainstream media narratives are "designed to make people so afraid that they support repressive institutions that infringe on their own liberty, that don't make them safer, but that give people in power in our society more ability to control and manipulate."
US politics
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'British FBI' to take over terror and fraud probes in reforms to police

A National Police Service will centralize counter-terror, fraud, and organised crime investigations across England and Wales, unifying agencies and deploying advanced technology.
#journalism-funding
California
fromThe Mercury News
3 months ago

Settlement reached in class-action lawsuit alleging widespread Antioch police abuses

Twenty-three Antioch residents settled abuse claims against dozens of officers, prompting a department-wide reform agreement and a roadmap for constitutional policing.
fromwww.amny.com
3 months ago

Eric Adams' exit interview: At the end of his lone term as NYC mayor, how will he be remembered? amNewYork

I really want New Yorkers to use my journey as a symbol, Adams said, describing his decision to return to the precinct. Even in the darkest moments of your life, it's about how you turn pain into purpose. Adams recalled that the incident at the 103rd Precinct pushed him toward activism and eventually a career in law enforcement, rather than bitterness. Sometimes we don't realize the darkest moments of your life are not a burial, but it's a planting, he said.
New York City
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Victims of sexual offences face postcode lottery' with police, says home secretary UK politics live

It is a postcode lottery at the moment if you are a victim in terms of the standard of service you are going to get when your allegation is being investigated by the police and whether that is going to lead to charges ultimately and hopefully a successful prosecution, Mahmood told Trevor Phillips on Sky News.
UK politics
#zohran-mamdani
fromFortune
5 months ago
US politics

Zohran Mamdani goes on Fox News to publicly apologize to NYPD, offers Trump talks 'at any time to lower the cost of living' | Fortune

fromAP News
5 months ago
New York Knicks

Mamdani uses Fox interview to apologize to NYPD, send direct message to Trump

fromFortune
5 months ago
US politics

Zohran Mamdani goes on Fox News to publicly apologize to NYPD, offers Trump talks 'at any time to lower the cost of living' | Fortune

fromAP News
5 months ago
New York Knicks

Mamdani uses Fox interview to apologize to NYPD, send direct message to Trump

#metropolitan-police
fromwww.bbc.com
5 months ago

Anti-black racism 'baked' into Met, review finds

Dr Shereen Daniels said that systemic racism was "not a matter of perception", adding that "true accountability begins with specificity". "The same systems that sustain racial harm against black people also enable other forms of harm. Confronting this is not an act of exclusion but a necessary foundation for safety, fairness and justice for everyone," Dr Daniels said.
London politics
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Met police's culture makes racial harm inevitable', internal review finds

Metropolitan Police is institutionally designed to cause repeated anti-Black harm, with leadership and culture protecting the force from meaningful reform.
from48 hills
5 months ago

Dean Preston and Cat Brooks to speak at 48 Hills Community Gala, Oct. 22! - 48 hills

We're incredibly excited to announce that community leaders Dean Preston and Cat Brooks will be speaking at the 12th Annual 48 Hills Community Gala and 2025 Best of the Bay Winners' Celebration! Support local independent media and join us Wednesday, October 22, 6pm-9pm at El Rio in the Mission for live salsa music, complimentary local bites, great drinks, the 2025 Best of the Bay winners, and tons of community spirit!
Left-wing politics
#oakland-police
US news
fromnj
6 months ago

A summer without murder doesn't tell Camden's whole story | Opinion

Camden achieved zero homicides this past summer after dramatic declines from 67 homicides in 2012 following police restructuring, local reporting, and legal controversies.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
6 months ago

Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw's contract renewed for another 4 years | CBC News

Chief Myron Demkiw’s contract was extended four years to ensure leadership continuity and to continue community-focused policing, reform, and trust-building.
#doj-oversight
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 months ago

Police face massive challenge' without more funding, watchdog warns home secretary

Police cannot meet government crime-reduction targets without additional funding; planned reforms offer a critical opportunity but require clear prioritisation and proper upfront resourcing.
US politics
fromKOMO
7 months ago

Tensions rise in DC as protesters push back against military-style police presence

Protests against military-style police presence in D.C. coincide with rising concerns about crime, complicating public sentiment.
Social justice
fromAxios
7 months ago

"Watts Rebellion" 60th anniversary renews call for Kerner Report plan to fight poverty

Progressive candidates are emerging, revitalizing hope for addressing issues of inequality and police violence.
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
8 months ago

Berkeley wraps up policy work tackling racial disparities in police stops

The Berkeley Police Department first adopted its fair and impartial policing policy in 2014, aiming to eliminate racial profiling and reduce disparities.
Social justice
fromLos Angeles Times
8 months ago

LAPD undergoes first major leadership shake-up with McDonnell as chief

Chief Jim McDonnell reshuffled the upper ranks of the LAPD, promoting three deputy chiefs and reviving a Human Resources Bureau previously disbanded in 2004.
LA real estate
#justice-department
NYC politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
8 months ago

Zohran Mamdani Railed Against NYPD Argued Police Shouldn't Respond to Domestic Violence Calls

NYPD perpetuates violence against poor Black and Brown people; trained responders are better suited for handling domestic violence and mental health calls.
fromwww.cbc.ca
9 months ago

Ontario could mandate putting police officers in some schools. These parents are pushing back | CBC News

Police in school programs make our children less safe and not more safe. Studies show that particularly Black and Indigenous children are criminalized for what should be everyday discipline.
Social justice
#george-floyd
Black Lives Matter
fromSlate Magazine
10 months ago

America Wanted a Reckoning Over Racist Policing. Five Years Later, Here's What Has Happened.

Minneapolis is undergoing significant police reform post-George Floyd's murder, despite a stable or increasing budget for the police department.
Black Lives Matter
fromtime.com
10 months ago

At TIME Impact Dinner, Leaders Speak on the Road to Justice'

George Floyd's murder five years ago catalyzed global protests, yet calls for justice and reform face significant rollback and challenges today.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
10 months ago

France reviewing small boat policing tactics, Cooper says

The French government is set to review policies regarding policing of migrant boat crossings in response to record numbers of crossings.
San Francisco
fromsfist.com
10 months ago

Day Around the Bay: SUV Hits Parked DOT Vehicles in Deadly San Mateo Bridge Crash

A deadly crash involving a speeding SUV has raised concerns about road safety near the San Mateo Toll Bridge.
#racial-justice
Black Lives Matter
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 months ago

How did 2020's Black Lives Matter movement change the world? Our panel responds

Despite some changes in the U.S. post-2020 protests, significant reforms have stalled and public perception can differ from the reality of progress.
fromThe Washington Post
10 months ago
US news

Much of the 'racial reckoning' efforts after Floyd's murder never emerged

The momentum for racial justice efforts has significantly stalled since George Floyd's death.
Black Lives Matter
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 months ago

How did 2020's Black Lives Matter movement change the world? Our panel responds

Despite some changes in the U.S. post-2020 protests, significant reforms have stalled and public perception can differ from the reality of progress.
Left-wing politics
fromTruthout
10 months ago

Did the US's Descent Into Authoritarianism Start With Policing in Blue Cities?

Baltimore's zero-tolerance policing led to massive arrests without reducing crime, reflecting failures in political leadership and public safety policy.
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