Aug 11 Police shoot and kill unarmed teen, sparking riots in Ferguson, Missouri By Colleen Shalby Michael Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden said her her son was shot eight times following an altercation with an unidentified officer. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch Chicago grapples with how to curb gun violence after deadly weekend By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 04 More than 100 gang members arrested in the biggest crackdown in NYPD history By Ariel Min More than 100 members of three gangs were arrested Wednesday in Harlem, New York in the largest-ever gang bust in New York City’s history. Continue reading
May 09 Conn. cops train in mental health 101 for better crisis interventions By Jeff Cohen, WNPR How do you tell the difference between someone who needs to be taken to jail and someone who needs to be taken to the hospital? That’s a big concern in Connecticut, where the intersection of law enforcement and mental health… Continue reading
Apr 29 Supreme Court takes on warrantless cellphone searches By Mark Sherman, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is considering whether police may search cellphones found on people they arrest without first getting a warrant. The court's latest foray into the issue of privacy in the digital age involves two cases being argued… Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch A new probation program in Hawaii beats the statistics By PBS News Hour Hawaii probation program successful in reforming offenders and keeping them out of prison. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch Vancouver law cuts drunken-driving deaths in half New drunken-driving laws in British Columbia have led to a dramatic decrease (roughly 50%). Officials ramped up penalties on drivers who tested at a lower blood alcohol level (.05, as opposed to the current .08 legal standard) and authorized police… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch NYPD program offers last chance justice by monitoring teens NewsHour Weekend takes a look at an NYPD program called the Juvenile Robbery Intervention Program. Its aim is to mentor and monitor teens who have been arrested for a robbery. The report's focus is on two New York City neighborhoods. Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch School resource officers and the quest for safer schools One year after the shooting at Sandy Hook, Kevin Quinn, president of the National Associate of School Resource Officers, talks about the growing practice among some schools of assigning police officers to guard schools full-time and what techniques and practices… Continue watching