In The News: Center for Crime and Justice Policy

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Starting in 2024, it could be against Clark County rules for people including panhandlers and performers to stop traffic on pedestrian bridges.

Las Vegas Sun

It’s common for visitors to stop and snap pictures on pedestrian bridges that rise above Las Vegas Boulevard with the lights of the Strip in the background.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

According to the proposed ordinance, it would be "unlawful" for any person to stop, stand, or do anything to cause others to pause in those zones. The ordinance goes on to state that the measure is being proposed due to public safety concerns.

Police 1

Police agencies engaged in data-driven policing use data to identify and address patterns (e.g., in crime incidents and personnel behaviors). Data-driven policing improves strategic and tactical decision-making by enhancing agency capacity to detect problems and develop efficient and effective solutions to inform deployment and maximize the impact of limited departmental resources.

Los Angeles Times

The cycle of police violence and protest in America has so often been told as a story of white officers killing Black men that three words — “Black lives matter” — stand as global shorthand.

Daily Item

The growing number of law enforcement agencies across the Valley, state and nation adding body cameras to their tool kit is a good thing, for both the officers and the citizens they are charged with protecting.

The American Spectator

California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a chance this year to fight California’s rampant crime problem. He didn’t take it.

WalletHub

Law enforcement is a career that is always in the public eye, whether for heroic reasons or scandal. Currently, our nation's 800,000 law enforcement officers have even more of a spotlight than usual, though. To start, for the past two years they have been in charge of enforcing COVID-19 restrictions. In addition, there have been quite a few recent high-profile police brutality cases, including officers found guilty for federal civil rights violations leading up to the death of George Floyd. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech also called for the nation to “fund the police” with better training and resources.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

A Las Vegas organization looks to expand its resources to help women escape sex trafficking, offering emergency housing for those who have been arrested and just released from jail.

Las Vegas Review Journal

During the six hours Trent Leach was hiding in an abandoned church in downtown Las Vegas on Sept. 21, police said, he fired 20 rounds, striking a SWAT vehicle and the window of an occupied apartment.

AR News Noticias

The Metropolitan Police Department sent two robots to find Leach, a 4-by-4-foot that stood near the door recording and an 18-inch-long robot that scoured the floor below.

Larchmont-Mamaroneck Patch

Village of Mamaroneck residents will soon notice more and more police officers wearing body cams, thanks in part to a substantial grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.