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25 August 2020
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A nonprofit consulting firm, Prosecutor Impact, advances the cause of reducing incarceration and related reforms by helping reform-minded elected district attorneys confront one of the greatest obstacles to change: th...
28 July 2020
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Criminalizing domestic violence was considered a feminist-inspired advance for crime victims, but making arrests and prosecution the main responses to the problem has backfired in many ways. With funding and attention...
15 July 2020
Santa Cruz, California, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
The city of Santa Cruz is considering adopting a crisis-intervention strategy used in Eugene, Oregon, after two fatal police shootings of people suffering a mental health crises prompted questions about how an alterna...
22 June 2020
Denver, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Less than one month into its use of a crisis intervention team to handle mental health calls in place of the police, Denver’s one-year STAR pilot project has been flooded with calls and already has achieved success in...
19 June 2020
United States
Video
5-15 Minutes
Just as the Emmett Till murder helped inspire protests in the civil rights era, which in turn led to the passage of civil rights and voting rights legislation, the protests over policing in 2020 already have sparked r...
17 June 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Minneapolis school board’s vote to remove police from public schools arose not only from protests over the police killing of George Floyd, but also from a long-term advocacy project to end the so-called school-to-...
The Washington Post
Gregory Scruggs
16 June 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In Seattle's police-free street encampment that sprang up during protests over policing abuses, a mostly unarmed group of volunteer "sentinels" has defused a number of potential problems while largely avoiding the use...
20 March 2020
Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
In Butler County, Ohio, law enforcement and jails are adapting quickly as the COVID19 pandemic continues on. They’re working with courts and judges to allow low-level and non-violent offenders to be released and have ...
March 2020
Rochester, New York, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In Rochester, NY, the Center for Teen Empowerment, a nonprofit that trains youth in community organizing, personal development, and anti-violence, is working to bring kids off the street and into safety. The program, ...
23 February 2020
Denver, Colorado, United States
Radio
800-1500 Words
The Denver, Colorado, district attorney’s office assigned an investigator to methodically search for signs that domestic abusers possessed prohibited guns, and then uses that information to take the guns away. Firearm...
23 January 2020
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
For 28 years, the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations, stripped more than 100 people of U.S. citizenship and deported them for their direct participation in Nazi war crimes. The most successful ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network)
The Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Board
10 January 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Since 2016, Chicago has seen a 37% decrease in homicides with a comprehensive, targeted approach toward violence. The city developed a multi-pronged approach, including a collaboration between foundations and funders,...
27 December 2019
Indio, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In Indio, California, the Community Outreach Resource Program (CORP) partners law enforcement with social supportive services as a way of holistically working with people experiencing homelessness, mental health issue...
Mongabay
Fred Kockott
19 November 2019
Mozambique
Text
800-1500 Words
Protecting forests requires collaboration between conservation groups and government authorities. In Mozambique, the Peace Parks Foundation is working with support of the Mozambique government to protect the Zinave Na...
24 October 2019
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In her first two and a half years in office as Chicago’s top prosecutor, Kim Foxx lived up to her campaign pledge to prosecute fewer low-level crimes, divert drug cases to treatment, and focus more on gun violence. An...
15 October 2019
Oakland, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Forensic Logic, a Silicon Valley startup, has developed a database called the Law Enforcement Analysis Portal (LEAP) that collects, streamlines, and analyzes police data in one, centralized digital portal. With forens...
9 October 2019
District of Columbia, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
With gun reform being a key legislative topic, the majority of time, energy, and resources have focused on preventing mass shootings, which amount to just 2-3% of gun-related homicides. The rest affect majority commun...
23 September 2019
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A federal deportation program called Secure Communities has been around off and on since 2008, and is a collaboration between local law enforcement agencies and federal immigration like Immigration and Customs Enforce...
11 September 2019
Massachusetts, United States
Multi-Media
5-15 Minutes
While most Americans and politicians from across the partisan aisle support universal background checks for firearm purchases, that system has shown to not be as effective as many think. Instead, states are implementi...
21 August 2019
San Diego, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In San Diego, California, more than three Gun Violence Restraining Orders, or “red flag laws,” have been used to prevent gun violence. These laws have gained in popularity across the country, and allow courts to tempo...
30 July 2019
Fairfield, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In 2017, Ohio’s Fairfield County built a new jail that, for the first time in a long time, met minimum jail standards. Using bonds, the new jail included an increase in the amount of living space, better security stan...
16 July 2019
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
In Brisbane, the Queensland police officers have been adopting practices to strengthen community engagement with the goal of making the city’s residents feel safer. Some initiatives include learning Mandarin to better...
16 July 2019
Idaho, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The use of genetic genealogy technology has given law enforcement the opportunity to compare DNA that people have tested personally through companies like 23andMe to DNA collected at crime scenes. Recently being used ...
The New York Times
Timothy Williams
12 June 2019
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The San Francisco District Attorney’s office has been instituting “blind charging,” making it impossible to see someone’s name, race, and other demographics before deciding to charge them with a crime. This new practi...
10 June 2019
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
After incidences of crime, Chicago’s business liaison officers help business owners communicate what they need in terms of protection and prevention back to the district’s police department. Infrastructure, like secur...
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