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Criminal Justice Collaborative
A demonstrator holds her hands up while she kneels in front of the Police at the Anaheim City Hall on June 1, 2020 in Anaheim, California. Reform pressures have many cops leaving the job.

Cops Say Low Morale And Department Scrutiny Are Driving Them Away From The Job

Jun 24, 2021
The mass exodus comes at a delicate time for many communities large and small as violent crime is on the rise and recruitment remains difficult.
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National
Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey (left) speaks with Ensign Dimitri Foster in the pilothouse aboard guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain in 2018.

Why Does The Navy Have So Few Black Admirals? Some Blame A Culture Of Discrimination

Nov 06, 2020
Some say Black sailors have to navigate both unconscious and active bias in the Navy.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Protesters confront police during a march Tuesday in Philadelphia following this week's fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man.

Philadelphia Issues Curfew As It Braces For More Protests In Walter Wallace Shooting

Oct 28, 2020
Mayor Jim Kenney ordered the curfew amid unrest after the fatal police shooting of the 27-year-old Black man. The city's police commissioner says bodycam footage will be released "in the near future."
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Police officers stand guard in Philadelphia following protests over the police shooting death of Walter Wallace on Tuesday.

Fatal Police Shooting In Philadelphia Sparks Protests, Clashes Overnight

Oct 27, 2020
Police shot and killed Walter Wallace during a confrontation Monday afternoon in West Philadelphia. Police said he was holding a knife. Violent clashes erupted on Monday night and into Tuesday.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
"The discharge of those 21 shots for those four members of the Houston Police Department are not objectively reasonable,"Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said of the deadly encounter with Nicolas Chavez in April.

4 Houston Police Officers Fired Over Fatal Shooting Of Nicolas Chavez

Sep 11, 2020
"You don't get to shoot somebody 21 times," Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said of the deadly encounter in April. "I cannot defend that."
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National
Acting Customs and Border Protection director Mark Morgan speaks with reporters in the briefing room at the White House, on Nov. 14, 2019.

CBP Chief Admits Officers 'Overzealous'; Critics Say Iranians And Others Targeted

Feb 13, 2020
The head of CBP says the Seattle field office was "corrected" after it questioned hundreds of Iranian-American citizens at a border crossing. But advocates fear this wasn't an isolated mistake.
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Criminal Justice Collaborative
Nick Selby and NYPD officer Luis Sayan interview a retired New York City teacher who lost more than $300,000 to online scammers posing as Chinese police.

Coaxing Cops To Tackle Cybercrime? There's An App For That

Jan 16, 2020
Local police often don't feel equipped to investigate cybercrime. The NYPD is trying to teach patrol officers to ask the right questions about IP addresses, Bitcoin and phone spoofing.
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National
This undated photo provided by the Portland Police Bureau shows John A. Elifritz. A witness says police fired bean bag rounds at carjacking suspect Elifritz before shooting and killing him in a Portland homeless shelter.

Questions Remain After Deadly Shooting By Portland Police In Homeless Shelter

Apr 10, 2018
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon and family members are questioning the officers' use of force.
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The Two-Way
In this Aug. 25, 2017, image made from video and released by the Asheville, N.C., Police Department, Johnnie Jermaine Rush grimaces after officer Christopher Hickman overpowers Rush in a chokehold. Earlier this year, a shorter clip obtained by a newspape

Videos Show Asheville, N.C., Police Beating And Choking A Man Stopped For Jaywalking

Apr 03, 2018
Police body camera footage released by the North Carolina city shows Johnnie Rush being beaten, choked and stunned with a Taser. An officer involved in the incident resigned.
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Law
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at a civics event in January in Seattle. Sotomayor wrote a scathing dissent about police shootings Monday.

Police Shootings Stir Outrage Among Some, But Not The Supreme Court

Apr 03, 2018

The Supreme Court sided with police on Monday when it tossed out a lawsuit against a policeman after he shot a woman in her own front yard.

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National
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart in Robbins, Ill., on Nov. 19, 2013. Dart says many suburban departments have a hard time just getting officers to patrol the town.

What Happens When Suburban Police Departments Don't Have Enough Money?

Jan 22, 2018
Small police departments struggling with high crime and low budgets tend to pay fast-food wages, may employ officers with troubled pasts and can miss out on opportunities to learn from mistakes.
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U.S.
Friends, family and activists gathered for a vigil Sunday outside the apartment building where Charleena Lyles was killed earlier that day.

Seattle Shooting Raises Questions About Officers' De-Escalation Efforts

Jun 19, 2017
Two Seattle police officers shot and killed Charleena Lyles on Sunday. Her family is accusing the officers of not doing enough to de-escalate an encounter with a person known to have mental problems.
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The Two-Way
Police guard the emergency room entrance of Our Lady Of The Lake Medical Center, where wounded officers were brought on Sunday in Baton Rouge, La.

3 Law Enforcement Officers Killed In Attack In Baton Rouge

Jul 17, 2016
Three officers were killed and three others injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday. The three slain officers and the suspect have been identified. The motive, however, is still unclear.
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