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The judge ruled the former trooper’s constitutional rights under the Eighth Amendment were violated when he was ordered to lose his pension
“Our message for our officers is, ‘Take your time. Slow down and make sure that you’re complying with the law,’” Lockport Police Deputy Chief Ron Huff said
HPD officers will no longer pursue drivers suspected of Class C offenses, including minor traffic violations and theft, according to the new policy
The county’s lone hospital is overwhelmed as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to increase
Amid increasing COVID cases, the state is bracing for the Pacific’s first hurricane this season
The move follows an NYCLU lawsuit filed last month to have the state’s only system deactivated
The Summit County, Ohio, task force also suggested strategies for mitigating future pandemics, including a PPE dispensary and pandemic-designed facilities
The task force is also calling for policies to decriminalize substance abuse, poverty, mental illness, and to address housing inequality and public health
State officials said the team would conduct outreach to overdose patients and use near-real-time EMS and hospital data to track overdose numbers
Unions argued that posting unproven or false complaints could sully officers’ reputations and compromise their safety
Pittsburgh announced a new pilot program this week that aims to keep low-level offenders out of the criminal justice system
In an anonymous letter, employees argue that telework options have been needlessly, and recklessly, limited
Most Americans now favor continued restrictions to curb the virus, even if they might hamstring the economy