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LEOs interviewed said the law decriminalizing small amounts of heroin and other street drugs is ineffective and they believe it negatively affects public safety

There's currently no law against making ghost guns; the new law would ban the ownership, sale and shipping of ghost gun parts in New York

The bill called for changing the standard for releasing police K-9s to bite someone, which would make it the same standard for officers using deadly force

Under the law, the sale of drug paraphernalia, such as glass tubes for smoking fentanyl, is a civil infraction. But possession is not banned

The $230M legislation provides funding for armed SROs at all public schools, increases physical safeguards and enhances mental health services for students

The bipartisan agreement would avoid making the state the second in the U.S. to decriminalize the possession of controlled substances

People with small amounts of methamphetamine, heroin and LSD are subject to non-criminal violations and given the choice to call a statewide hotline or pay a $100 fine

"I was handed, when I took over, what I believed were politically based and politically motivated prosecutions against police officers."

"In other words, this current board might decide to reorganize the county fire department... take it out of existence," a Vance County commissioner said

The Austin Police Association plans to take action against the city’s enforcement of “the illegal provisions”

An agreement between lawmakers and the DeSantis administration puts up funds for LEOs who have protested the ban of DJI drones

Timothy W. Gorman ruled that Ogdensburg violated the collective bargaining deal when it forced the FD to have than five members on a shift over two years

States with legal recreational cannabis markets had a 10% increase in MVA deaths

Documents show Kansas City’s civil rights department investigated and substantiated her complaints that her supervisor “taunted and terrorized her”

Expansion of the Heart and Lung Act will add park rangers, some corrections employees, port and housing police and university officers