CONVICTED OF MURDER AT 16, RELEASED 24 YEARS LATER IN ONE OF FIRST SB 9 PAROLES In 1991, the year...
San Jose Veteran Officer Killed by Suicidal Shooter After Answering Call for Help
When 14-year veteran San Jose police officer Michael Johnson was fatally shot Tuesday evening, he...
John Oliver Blasts Municipal Fine Swindle-System, LAPD Empathy Training, LA City Crime Rates, and Former LA DA Paid to Lobby for New Jail
JOHN OLIVER SHINES A LIGHT ON MUNICIPAL FINES AS ABUSIVE MEANS TO FUND CITIES Many cities use the...
LA Jail Settlement over Disabilities Law, Drunk CA Prison Guards with Guns, Recording Studio in Juvie Lock-up, and Gradual Reentry
US DISTRICT JUDGE OKAYS LA COUNTY SETTLEMENT OVER NONCOMPLIANCE WITH AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES...
SCOTUS to Consider How Cops Deal with Mentally Ill, Asking the Right Questions About Police Killings, Gov. Brown Sez Hire Ex-inmates, and Trafficked Foster Kids
US HIGH COURT TO HEAR ARGUMENTS ON HOW POLICE HANDLE ARMED, MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE This week, the US...
A New Complaint by the Texas State Bar Suggests That Prosecutorial Misconduct May Have Caused the Execution of an Innocent Man
THE TROUBLING CASE OF TODD WILLINGHAM THAT WON’T GO AWAY In a startling and painfully belated...
LA Sheriff McDonnell, LAPD Chief Beck, CHP’s Farrow and More Meet with Religious Leaders for Post-Ferguson Conversation
On Tuesday afternoon, Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and a...
A Tale of Planted Guns & Rogue Sheriff’s Deputies
In this week’s LA Weekly, reporter Gene Maddaus writes about how a marijuana...
Berkeley’s Waterside Workshops Shows How Building Boats & Fixing Bikes Can Help Kids Fix Themselves – by John Kelly
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the past two weeks, we’ve published stories from the series by John...
Child Welfare Czar Update, Sen. Cory Booker Interview, a Coroner’s Inquest, and Henry Solis
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE OFFICE OF CHILD PROTECTION: TRANSITION TEAM STEPS BACK After months of...
Prop 47 and Drug Courts, Ex-lifers Mentor Each Other, Prosecutorial Power, and Young Cops and Use of Force
WHY PROP 47 DRASTICALLY REDUCES USE OF DRUG COURTS …AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE...
DOJ Picks Stockton for Community Policing Pilot, Dorsey Nunn, Pasadena Police Misconduct Audit, and Fullerton’s Homeless Liaison Unit
STOCKTON, CA ONE OF SIX CITIES TO PILOT DOJ’S COMMUNITY POLICING INITIATIVE Hours after the...
LA County Probation Reaches for New Goals for Juvie Camps as Feds Pack Up
FULL COMPLIANCE Earlier this week we learned that the LA County’s Juvenile Probation camps have...
“Back on Track LA,” Sheriff and Doctor Duo Fight Trauma, How to Defend Kids Facing Life, and ending CA Prison Healthcare Oversight
NEW COLLABORATIVE LA COUNTY REENTRY PROGRAM SEEKS TO BE MODEL FOR NATION On Wednesday, California...
LASD, Probation, AG Kamala Harris Introduce Anti-Recidivism Pilot in LA’s Jails
On Wednesday morning, Sheriff Jim McDonnell, along with Probation Chief Jerry Powers,will host ...
How Santa Clara’s James Ranch Became a CA Model for Helping Incarcerated Kids
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the past two weeks, we’ve published stories from the series by John...
LAPD’s Mental Evaluation Unit a National Model, Oakland Policing Turnaround, Early Trauma-informed Healthcare…and More
LAPD’S MENTAL EVALUATION UNIT A MODEL TO BE REPLICATED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...
Homeboy’s New Digs, Appealing Compassionate Release Denials, Today’s Faces of Civil Rights…and More
HOMEBOY SPREADS INTO NEW BUILDING TO RAMP UP SERVICES FOR FORMER GANG MEMBERS Homeboy...