Atlanta GA Nov 9 2021 Prisoners needing medical care are transported by either an ambulance or a law enforcement officer to Grady Memorial Hospital, which means that someone must stay with them at all times to prevent an escape. Atlanta police, like many law enforcement agencies are extremely understaffed currently and it’s been a struggle […]
KERN COUNTY, Calif. October 26 2021— Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said the Kern County Sheriff’s Office has requested to cancel its contracts with school districts where deputies serve as school resource officers due to understaffing. “It’s simple and boils down to the fact that we don’t have staff,” he said. “We don’t have enough […]
AUSTIN, TX October 10 2021– With a staffing crisis adversely affecting the Austin Police Department, and also being one year removed from the city council’s vote to defund the police budget by up to $150 million, officials have announced that sworn police officers will no longer be responding to non-emergency calls. However, not all non-emergency […]
Kimberling City MO Sept 11 2021 A Missouri police chief and all of his officers tendered their resignations, citing reasons from the pay rate to not having the proper tools to do the job, leaving local leaders scrambling to fill the positions as many departments already struggle to stay staffed during the anti-police climate that […]
Chicago IL July 23 2021 More than 30 Chicago high schools have voted to redirect money spent on uniformed police officers to alternative behavioral and mental health supports a year after intense student-led protests put a microscope on the role of cops in public schools. The moves shift about $2 million from policing to restorative justice […]
South San Francisco CA July 22 2021 Community calls for South San Francisco Unified School District officials to formally end its relationship with the city’s police department were answered last week when trustees supported a suspension of its school resource officer program. “Until and unless we get an agreement that will support and defend our students […]
Pomona CA July 2 2021 Pomona Unified School District will no longer have dedicated police officers assigned to its campuses, Superintendent Richard Martinez confirmed on Tuesday, June 29. After months of conversations between local advocacy groups and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, funding for community school resource officers with the Pomona Police Department […]
San Jose CA June 27 2021 After nearly a yearlong debate, San Jose education leaders are booting police officers from San Jose Unified School District campuses—at least for the next school year. The school board Thursday considered a contract between the district and the San Jose Police Department, along with a resolution to limit police […]
Alexandria VA June 24 2021 The two police officers, pistols on their belts and thumbs hooked through the straps of their bulletproof vests, watched as a handful of masked teenagers stumbled, slowly and sleepily, from the bus. It was 8:07 a.m. on a sticky Wednesday in June, nearly time for the start of classes at T.C. […]
PORTLAND, Ore. 6/23/21— Portland’s police chief and mayor are set to announce Tuesday that city police will no longer stop motorists for low-level infractions, such as equipment failures or expired plates, to reduce disproportionate stops of people of color. And if police do stop drivers, officers must explain that the motorist can deny a request to search […]