Quality policing costs money, and even with Big Apple murder rates similar this year compared to last, other major crimes have surged, experts on public safety say.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed joined the chorus of liberal leaders across the country that vowed to defund the police after the murder of George Floyd in 2020.
As Congress considers legalizing marijuana on the national level, some Republicans have raised concerns about the impact such a move would have on the country’s rising crime rate.
President Joe Biden is asking Congress to support his $37 billion "Safer America Plan," an anti-crime proposal that left law enforcement experts unimpressed.
The Chicago Police Department has lost two officers and a sergeant to suicide in the past months, authorities revealed Monday – amid what critics say is a harsh environment for police officers and as brass continues to cancel days off.