DEPT. OF JUSTICE SUES NYC OVER CONDITIONS AT RIKERS ISLAND JAIL On Thursday, the Justice Department...
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Interview, LAPD to Reform Problematic Crime Reporting, Cops Misunderstanding the Law, and Protection from Prosecutorial Misconduct
LAPD CHIEF CHARLIE BECK: STRUGGLING POLICE DEPARTMENTS CAN LEARN FROM THE LAPD BECAUSE IT HAS...
In Landmark Settlement, LA County Supervisors & Sheriff Agree to Outside Monitoring of Jails…and More
In a closed session on Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a far reaching...
LASD Deputy James Sexton Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
On Monday morning, former Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy James Sexton became the 7th member of...
Summer Jobs Curb Teen Violence, Survey of Foster Kids Nearing Adulthood, a New Jail, and How Cops React to Scandal
CHICAGO TEENS’ VIOLENT CRIME RATE GETS CUT NEARLY IN HALF AFTER SUMMER JOB PROGRAM For the...
Two Cities on Opposite Ends of the School Discipline Spectrum, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, and Drugging Foster Kids
OAKLAND LEADING THE WAY ON RESTORATIVE JUSTICE In 2007, an Oakland’s first restorative...
Child Welfare Czar Further Delayed, LASD Oversight, Long-Term Price of Locking Kids Up…and More
SUPERVISORS RESTART THE SEARCH FOR A CHILD WELFARE CZAR In a closed session last week, the LA...
LA County Supes Say YES to Civilian Commission to Oversee Sheriff’s Department (Updated)…Convictions That Aren’t…Racial Inequity….Bad School Data…& Torture
With a 3-2 vote, the LA County Board of Supervisors passed the motion introduced by Supervisors...
Federal Profiling Policies, Addressing Incarcerated Kids’ Education Needs, LASD Civilian Oversight…and More
NEW GUIDELINES: WHO (AND WHEN) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS CAN PROFILE US Attorney General Eric...
Did Board of Supes Violate the Brown Act with $2 Billion Jail Vote?…WLA on KCRW’s WWLA? Monday Nite…and About That Rolling Stone UVA Rape Reporting Debacle
SO CAL ACLU SEZ SUPES VIOLATED THE LAW WITH $2 BILLION JAIL PLAN VOTE According to Peter Eliasberg...
Civilian Oversight of LASD Back on the Table….LAPD Union Spokesman Unwisely Axed….Report Looks at Barriers Barring 2nd Chances for Americans With Criminal Records….New Sentencing Date for Sexton
CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT FOR THE LA SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSED AGAIN, THIS TIME APPROVAL...
Cop Not Indicted in Chokehold Death, LAPD Chief Blames Officers in Shooting of Unarmed Man, No More DNA Swabs for Felony Arrests, and Undermining PREA
GRAND JURY DOES NOT INDICT NYPD OFFICER IN CHOKEHOLD HOMICIDE OF ERIC GARNER On Wednesday, a Staten...
School Districts Misreporting Restraining Kids, Prop 47 Funding, Obama’s Law Enforcement $$$, and Jim McDonnell
LA, NY, AND CHICAGO TELL THE DEPT. OF EDUCATION KIDS AREN’T RESTRAINED IN THEIR...
“A Civil War Has Torn the Department Apart” – New Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell is Sworn In
“A LONG PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY AND TRAUMA” After a day of much needed rain, the weather...
Jim McDonnell Swearing-in, Native American Kids’ Exposure to Violence, California Exoneration, and a Child Welfare Czar Update
TODAY: LA GETS A NEW SHERIFF Jim McDonnell will be sworn in as the 32nd Sheriff of Los Angeles...
Ferguson: the Grand Jury, the Evidence Dump, Darren Wilson’s Testimony, the St. Louis Prosecutor…and More
We will have lots of other news after the Thanksgiving weekend, but today we are focusing on...
Sheriff-Elect McDonnell & Others Speak on Ferguson… And Lots More
Here are a few of the early reactions to the news Monday night that a Missouri grand jury decided...
Part 3: “Drugging Our Kids,” Kindergarteners Carry Stresses to School, Lawsuit on Behalf of Disabled LA Jail Inmates Settled…and More
“DRUGGING OUR KIDS” PART 3: A SWEET DEAL BETWEEN FOSTER CARE PRESCRIBING DOCS &...