Highlights A police officer is murdered every five days. Nearly half did not engage with their assailants before being attacked-highest in 30 years. The highest…
View More Record Number Of Police Murders-Half Did Not Engage Their AssailantsCategory: Media Coverage
Public Opinion And Crime-Fear-Policy And Politics
Highlights Polling by Gallup showed that violent crime is a concern among 80% of Americans. National and local perceptions/fear about crime are at or near…
View More Public Opinion And Crime-Fear-Policy And PoliticsPer Multiple Publications-“Dems Retreat On Crime And Police Reform”
Highlights Defunding the police and cutting the prison population in half are ideas rejected by the vast majority of Americans regardless of demographics. Democrats are…
View More Per Multiple Publications-“Dems Retreat On Crime And Police Reform”Cops To President Biden-Keep Your 30 Billion-Change Your Policies
Highlights The comments of police officers (and others) as to the President’s $30 billion in new police spending over the next decade. Police officers are…
View More Cops To President Biden-Keep Your 30 Billion-Change Your PoliciesBiden Proposes $30 Billion To Expand Law Enforcement As Cops Continue To Leave
Highlights Police officers are leaving. Per media reports, there are cities that don’t have enough police officers to respond to 911 calls. President Biden proposes…
View More Biden Proposes $30 Billion To Expand Law Enforcement As Cops Continue To Leave
Most Dangerous Big Cities? Rural-Suburbs-Small Cities Can Have Higher Rates Of Violence
\HighlightsIs violence principally a big city problem? Rural areas or suburbs or small cities can have higher rates of violence than large cities. This article…
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What Works To Reduce Crime And Violence
Highlights What works to reduce crime and violence? It’s not what many think. A research-based approach to preventing violent crime. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr.…
View More What Works To Reduce Crime And Violence“It’s African American Communities That Are Bearing The Brunt Of Violence”
Highlights Violence is pounding many distressed communities and groups. Higher rates of violence and crime are affecting lower-income communities, African Americans, the elderly, Asians, Hispanics,…
View More “It’s African American Communities That Are Bearing The Brunt Of Violence”Per Federal Data-Progressive Prosecutors Create More Crime
Highlights Per media reports, progressive prosecutors are not charging an array of serious events including major thefts, felonies, weapon charges, and violent crimes. Based on…
View More Per Federal Data-Progressive Prosecutors Create More CrimeEverything You Wanted To Know About Mass Shootings-National Institute Of Justice
Highlights A new report funded by the National Institute of Justice describes the characteristics of mass shooters. There seem to be similarities with mass shooters,…
View More Everything You Wanted To Know About Mass Shootings-National Institute Of JusticeAre Progressives Responsible For Exploding Violence?
Quotes Dallas, Texas: When I asked chief Garcia what explained the rise in crime in the first half of 2021 and its decline in the…
View More Are Progressives Responsible For Exploding Violence?Public Safety A Priority Well Above Law Enforcement Reform
Highlights In Louisville, residents were more than twice as likely to cite public safety, not police reform, as the biggest problem facing the city. In Oklahoma…
View More Public Safety A Priority Well Above Law Enforcement ReformPolice Body Cameras Have No Impact On Use Of Force Per USDOJ
Highlights Police body cameras have no impact on use of force or a variety of variables per the US Department of Justice. Is this because…
View More Police Body Cameras Have No Impact On Use Of Force Per USDOJBlacks And Hispanics Say Crime Is A Major Problem-Will Releasing More Violent Offenders Help?
Highlights African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans plus others are very concerned about high rates of violence. There is a national movement to release half…
View More Blacks And Hispanics Say Crime Is A Major Problem-Will Releasing More Violent Offenders Help?Mayors Want More Arrests-Is This Our Last Chance To Control Crime?
Highlights Will cops return to proactive policing without assurances and guidelines? Are there firm rules of engagement? Chicago Mayor Lightfoot deems 2022 ‘make-or-break year’ for…
View More Mayors Want More Arrests-Is This Our Last Chance To Control Crime?Will Progressive Crime Policies Destroy Cities-And Democrats?
Highlights My “progressive” thought? Americans should live in peace and prosperity. You do that by holding criminal offenders accountable. Doubt that? Just ask the #MeToo…
View More Will Progressive Crime Policies Destroy Cities-And Democrats?Faculty Member Offers Podcast On Crime In America With Leonard Sipes
Podcast Background Jim Dudley, a faculty member at the San Francisco State University interviews Leonard Sipes, owner of Crime In America. Net on crime rates…
View More Faculty Member Offers Podcast On Crime In America With Leonard SipesSmash And Grab Robberies Won’t Be Stopped
Highlights Smash and grab robberies can’t be stopped per a former chief of police. He’s right. Here’s why. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal…
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Can Proactive Policing Save American Cities?
Highlights There is a big increase in the criminal victimization of urban households in 2021, 30 percent compared to 22 percent in 2020. Local fear…
View More Can Proactive Policing Save American Cities?Cops And Crime Changed American Politics
Highlights “Crime emerged as an issue in many of the mayoral races around the country.” Democratic strategist James Carvill: “What went wrong is just stupid…
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