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Patrol
St. Louis Police Blame Judges, Prosecutors for Soaring Homicide Rate
The city’s soaring homicide numbers and climbing rate of other crimes have left police commanders scrambling for solutions — and pointing fingers.
July 9, 2015
Patrol
Homicide Rate Drops 18% in Chicago
Homicides dropped 18 percent in Chicago last year and crime overall was down 16 percent, according to statistics released by the Chicago PD on Wednesday.
January 1, 2014
Patrol
Federal Officers to Help Baltimore Stem Homicide Rate
Baltimore is turning to the federal government for help in stemming a dramatic uptick in violence over the last several months.
August 4, 2015
Patrol
Major City Homicide Detectives Overwhelmed by Murder Rate
Over a five-year period, each detective in Detroit has been tasked with solving an average of about eight new slayings annually — a caseload exceeding what policing experts say should be no more than five homicides per detective, per year.
September 14, 2018
Command
With Homicide Rate Rising After Defunding, LAPD Asks for $100 Million Increase in Budget
Over the weekend, the number of killings in L.A. so far this year surpassed 300 — more than any other year in the past decade. That marks an increase of 25% from last year as well as a 32% rise in the number of shootings in the city.
November 25, 2020
Training
Homicides Down, Police Overtime Up In Chicago
Hundreds of Chicago police officers are hitting the streets on overtime every night in dangerous neighborhoods, the latest tactic by Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration to reduce killings in a city dogged by its homicide rate.
March 20, 2013
Technology
N.J. Names New Camden Police Chief, Triples Street Officers
Camden Deputy Police Chief John Scott Thomson yesterday was promoted to chief of police, taking over a department struggling to control drug dealing, gang warfare, and a homicide rate on a record pace.
July 30, 2008
Patrol
A&E's 'First 48' Will Focus on Jackson P.D.
The A&E reality show “The First 48” will tape an episode in Jackson, Miss., because of the department's high homicide arrest rate, the Jackson Clarion Ledger reports. The homicide arrest rate is 78 percent, compared to 50 percent nationally.
June 3, 2009
Special Units
Portland Mobilizes Against Gang War
Though the city's homicide rate and overall crime rate are down, gang violence has increased sharply over the past year, with a rapid rise in shootings in the past month. On Friday, law enforcement officials sounded an alarm about the surge of violence, the same day one of the victims was buried in North Portland.
January 12, 2009
Patrol
Calif. Violent Crime Falls To Lowest In 40 Years
The California Department of Justice's "Crime in California" shows that violent crime has fallen for the fourth year in a row. Overall, the violent crime rate decreased 6.9 percent, reaching its lowest level since 1968, and homicide and forcible rape rates are the lowest since 1966.
September 12, 2011
Gangs
Why Chicago is So Violent
Chicago's homicide rate is out of control. This is not about "old school" gangsters coming out of prison and trying to re-establish themselves. It's about the youngsters having no respect for anyone.
June 27, 2012
Patrol
L.A. Police Commission's New President Rejects Defund Movement
“Our communities of color that are most impacted by crime, many of which have seen the homicide rate rise above 30% this year, cannot afford to go without law enforcement,” William Briggs said in prepared remarks, which he delivered after unanimous appointment by his Police Commission colleagues.
July 29, 2021
Patrol
Murder Rate Rises As Philly Controls Stop-and-Frisk
New York City leaders considering reining in the department's stop-and-frisk policy amid criticism from civil liberties groups have looked to Philadelphia for a possible model.
July 10, 2012
Patrol
L.A. Sheriff Reports 11% Drop In Homicides In 2012
For the first five months of 2012, homicides fell and overall crime rose in the jurisdiction patrolled by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies as compared to the same period in 2011.
June 6, 2012
Patrol
Baltimore Homicide Detectives to Begin Investigating Drug Overdoses
For the first time, Baltimore police have begun investigating overdoses in an effort to trace drugs back to dealers, joining a wave of Maryland law enforcement agencies showing up at 911 calls previously left to medics.
May 3, 2017
Patrol
New Orleans Homicide Unit “Completely Broken,” Detective Says
With nearly three out of every four murders going unsolved this year, morale within the New Orleans police homicide unit has ebbed to a caustic level, sources say, as detectives feel crushed by excessive caseloads and overtime restrictions, and tensions with Orleans Parish prosecutors reaching their highest level in nearly a decade.
April 18, 2017
Patrol
LA Police Officer Charged with Negligent Homicide in Pursuit Crash that Killed Teens
"I just can't put my arms around why (the officer) was driving at that rate of speed in pursuit of this vehicle. This officer is facing some serious issues,” says District Attorney Tony Clayton.
January 4, 2023
Special Units
Pennsylvania Detective Dies During Physical Training
The New Castle Police Department reports on Facebook that Detective Sgt. Brian Cuscino had been with the New Castle Police Department since 2001. He worked as a patrol officer for approximately 10 years and was then promoted to a detective in the criminal investigative division.
April 20, 2018
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