Contract Cities Express Concern Over New LASD Leadership
Controversial decisions by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva are now catching the attention of cities that contract with the LASD for policing services.
Sacramento’s Pot Czar Has a Crucial Warning for Marijuana Businesses
In light of a string of burglaries, Devlin has urged businesses to vary their schedules and operations, making themselves as “unpredictable” as possible to would-be thieves.
Buildings That House Thousands of People Could Collapse in a Major Earthquake. What Are Cities and Counties Doing to Prepare?
If they’ve told us once, they’ve told us a million times. The Big One is coming. Are our municipalities doing enough to get prepared?
Violent Crime Drops in Some Major California Cities
Brittany M.
01/07/2019 - 10:50 AM
New figures show a decrease in violent crime in 2018 in the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Oakland.
L.A. City Leaders Want the Murder of Homeless People to Be a Hate Crime
The Los Angeles City Council has passed a resolution calling for the expansion of hate crimes to include housing status.
California’s Overtime Problem is Squeezing Public Safety Workers
Staffing shortages, rising benefit costs, and an unrelenting fire season have meant an explosion in overtime for California’s public safety departments.
Meet the ‘Drone Killer’
It was only a matter of time.
Another Banner Week in California’s Sanctuary Civil War
Huntington Beach, Aliso Viejo, and Escondido all joined the fight against Sacramento this week. Costa Mesa looked poised to do the same.
California Police Chiefs Association Urges Cities to Support Public Safety Fix
Brittany M.
02/08/2018 - 5:54 AM
A call to action for all elected officials interested in reducing crime in their cities.