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South Pasadena will lease 20 Teslas for a minimum of five years for various duties such as patrol, administration and detective work
The Austin Police Association plans to take action against the city’s enforcement of “the illegal provisions”
Felonious deaths decreased almost 18% from 2021 and vehicle crashes were the second leading cause of death
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With the United Nations’ Secretary-General António Guterres, Pope Francis spoke about the necessity of protecting the world’s vulnerable populations.
Baltimore officials hope the technology will help deter the record-setting crime the city has been experiencing; privacy advocates are skeptical
Under the Transportation and Climate Initiative, transportation emissions are projected to decline by up to 25% from 2022 to 2032.
According to the suit, city commissioners and the mayor openly explained that they were motivated to pass the ordinance by their personal opposition to abortion.
An Olympia doctor is working to spread an opioid addiction treatment philosophy called “medication first.” The surprising approach scraps requirements for counseling, abstinence or even a commitment to recovery. But this may be a tough sell in other parts of the country.
The measure would have required panhandlers to be jailed for two days for the first offense, unless the sentence was suspended by a judge
“The net result, in my opinion,” said Howard Belodoff, the Idaho Legal Aid attorney who represented the Boise homeless residents in the case, “is that local officials and municipalities will have to address the issues surrounding homelessness, and not just make it a crime to sleep.”
Deputy Chief Jan Wright told Burlington’s mayor Monday that she used a fake Facebook account to engage citizens in police policy talk -- just hours after her predecessor resigned over his own use of a fake account.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology found that facial recognition accuracy could fall below 10% when using ceiling-mounted cameras commonly found in stores and government buildings
In seeking a second term, Turner touted guiding Houston through the devastating floods of Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and reducing the city’s huge pension debt as some of his accomplishments.