Twenty-five years ago, the massive Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which...
Archive - July 2019
Coming on WitnessLA: Campus Kilpatrick and The Woolsey Fire
On Wednesday we’ll begin an important new series about what happened when the most destructive...
The 4th of July, Fireworks….and a Prize for WitnessLA
And while we're celebrating in general, we thought you might want to know that, on Sunday, at the...
California DOJ Data Shows Drop in Police Uses of Force in 2018
Police used force during encounters with civilians significantly fewer times in 2018 than in the...
Any Spike in Repeat Crimes After CA Ramped up Criminal Justice Reforms? New Research Says No
By Ben Christopher, CALmatters When the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to disgorge tens of...
Illegal Cell Phones & the Need for Contact
I’ve known Ben for about four years now. He’s very social, at times, even a clown. But, for...