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As opioid settlement funds hit state coffers, a marketing blitz begins

by Kimberly Adams and Sarah Leeson
Jan 15, 2024
State and local officials are seeing the first wave of the $50 billion arrive. They're also seeing pitches for products to spend it on.
How to use opioid settlement funds has become part of the conversation around addiction. Above, Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, holds up a bag of fentanyl at a hearing.
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Taser drones in schools? The idea isn't completely kaput

by David Brancaccio , Alex Schroeder and Jarrett Dang
Jan 26, 2023
Dina Temple-Raston, host of the Click Here podcast, walks us through the polarizing school safety proposal.
Axon, maker of the Taser, is reportedly keeping its controversial "Taser drone" idea alive, said journalist Dina Temple-Raston.
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What Biden's executive order on policing does, and doesn't do

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
May 27, 2022
The National Urban League's Marc Morial says the order is limited and not a replacement for legislation.
President Joe Biden signs an executive order on police reform in the East Room of the White House on May 25, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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States spend more on security facing continued threat of violence

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 14, 2021
It's another cost for states whose tax revenues are down due to the pandemic economic slowdown.
The continuing threat to statehouses across the country means more expenses for state law enforcement, and, in some cases, the National Guard.
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How police departments got billions of dollars of tactical military equipment

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon and Candace Manriquez Wrenn
Jun 12, 2020
The program that sends surplus weapons to local law enforcement has drawn criticism in the wake of nationwide protests against police brutality.
Amid protests, some want to end the program that sends military gear to local law enforcement agencies. Above, police ride an armored vehicle on May 31 in Bellevue, Washington.
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Community policing: a more holistic approach to law enforcement

by Victoria Craig , Stephen Ryan and Alex Schroeder
Jun 10, 2020
The idea is to create more formal partnerships between community members and officers to foster greater trust.
A social worker and member of the Prevention and Protection service help a homeless man in Paris in 2014.
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FBI says new data on police use of force is coming this summer

by Kimberly Adams
Jun 1, 2020
The FBI also says that just over 40% of law enforcement officers are contributing to the National Use-of-Force Data Collection.
The participation of law enforcement agencies in this program, to track when officers use lethal force or seriously injure someone, is voluntary.
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The economic consequences of ICE raids are far reaching

by Samantha Fields
Aug 22, 2019
It’s not just families who face hardship after a workplace ICE raid.
ICE agents executing a federal search warrant at a poultry processing plant in Mississippi on Aug. 7, 2019.
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Copper thefts a common and costly crime

by Peggy Lowe
Feb 7, 2019
The Missouri Department of Transportation spent almost $1 million last year on repairing street lights caused by thefts of copper wire.
The Missouri Department of Transportation spent almost $1 million last year on repairing street lights caused by thefts of copper wire.
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Tech can sift through video evidence ... but can it avoid bias?

by Molly Wood
Jan 7, 2019
Forensic video evidence is no smoking gun.
Police and private security personnel monitor security cameras at the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative on April 23, 2013 in New York City.
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