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Legal

Legal

Legal

Through the passing and enforcement of laws, governments wield a powerful tool for keeping their communities safe. In this section, we highlight the myriad ways local governments engage with the legal system to move their communities forward and protect their citizens. Though by no means a perfect system – enforcement inequities continue to make the headlines – local leaders are striving to create laws that work fairly for all.

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W.Va. gov. signs bill to increase pay for COs
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"It is incredibly important our hardworking correctional officers get paid what they deserve," Gov. Jim Justice said
Tenn. mass murderer evades death penalty in surprise plea deal
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At the time of the 2019 killings, Michael Cummins was close to being arrested for probation violations
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Report: Rikers Island correction officer abandoned post for more than two hours before inmate died
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The report states there was also no captain on duty as a result of a staffing issue that left the Vierno Center eight captains short on the day the inmate died
Calif. robotaxis seek 24-hour service despite complaints about blocking first responders
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San Francisco Fire Department Chief Jeanine Nicholson presented regulators 55 written reports of the robotaxis interfering with emergency response
Are repeated death penalty dates ‘psychological torture’? What Idaho federal judge says
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Judge: Inmate's constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment may have been violated after officials repeatedly scheduled his execution
Supreme Court reinstates regulation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
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Law enforcement agencies have seized more than 19,000 ghost guns at crime scenes in 2021, a more than tenfold increase in five years, the Justice Department said
Arbitrator: 7 Mass. troopers who lost jobs over vaccine can return to work with back pay
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All of the officers were found to have sincerely held religious beliefs that the arbiter found should have exempted them from the state’s vaccine mandate
Judge: Former N.C. officer denied immunity in civil rights lawsuit
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Matthew Hamilton, the officer who was later fired and indicted for manslaughter in the death of Joseph Lopez, pursued "qualified immunity" from liability
Ill. gov. signs bill that allows DACA recipients to become police officers
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People who are "not citizens, but are legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law” will be allowed to apply for PD jobs
DOJ announces broad investigation of Memphis police practices
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The investigative tool can look collectively at an agency's stops, searches, or arrests; use of excessive force; possible discriminatory policing and more
Lawmakers point to Boston's 'Methadone Mile' in needle-stick bill for first responders
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The bill presumes disabling or fatal infectious diseases were suffered in the line of duty as a result of injury due to uncapped needles
Calif. bill that would limit law enforcement's use of 'geofence warrants' stalls in court
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The bill proposed banning all geofence warrants; Law enforcement officials said passing the bill would hinder their ability to investigate crimes
Ariz. court strikes down limits on filming of police
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The law would have made it illegal to knowingly film police officers 8 feet or closer if the officer tells the person to stop
LA County adopts sweeping policies to reduce cash bail requirements
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The new bail schedules will correspond with pre-arraignment release terms based on the arrestee's risk of endangering the public and skipping arraignment
Ill. Supreme Court upholds law eliminating cash bail
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The court ruled that monetary bail is not the "only means to ensure criminal defendants appear for trials or the only means to protect the public"
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