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An anti-fascist protester addresses police with a bullhorn during a protest outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Salem on Aug. 10, 2021. (The Center Square) – Nearly 12% of police officers were assaulted while on duty in 2020, according to annual state level data collected by the FBI. Alaska reported the greatest percentage, California the greatest number. A total of 60,105 officers were as...

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Demonstrators at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 2, 2021. The number of abortions performed in Texas fell by half during the month after one of the most restrictive U.S. laws went into effect. The 2,197 abortions in September were down 51% from the year-earlier period, according to the most recent data from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The statistics give a firs...

Gov. Jared Polis, lawmakers, law enforcement officials announce public safety bill package  coloradopolitics.com

South Africa plans to overhaul its law-enforcement agencies in the face of scathing criticism of its response to rampant crime and last year’s deadly riots that claimed 354 lives. The police force will recruit an additional 12,000 officers, while leadership changes will be made in the security structures, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his state-of-the-nation address in Cape Town on Thursd...

D.A. Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Detective Kevin Bernard (Anthony Anderson) are back, and now that NBC has released photos from the Law & Order Season 21 premiere, we have a look at them in action. When the series picks up again — after ending with its 20th season in 2010 — Bernard has a new partner, Detective Frank Cosgrove (Jeffrey Donovan). In the premiere, “The Right Thing,” they’l...

Fifty law enforcement and government agencies across the state will split more than $3.3 million in grants for crime prevention efforts. The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute awarded more than $3.3 million in grants to fund crime prevention efforts. The grants were distributed to 50 law enforcement and government agencies across Indiana. The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Pro...

Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan Photo: Beau Evans ATLANTA – The Georgia Senate passed legislation Thursday to establish a $100 million tax credit program for donations to support local law enforcement. The bill, which passed unanimously and now heads to the state House of Representatives, is at the top of Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan’s agenda for this year’s General Assembly session. It’s modeled after...

The Statue of Liberty in New York, on June 17, 2021. Defendant induced visa holders to overstay Law goes beyond speech integral to criminal conduct A law penalizing any individual who encourages or induces illegal immigration is unconstitutionally overbroad, because it covers a substantial amount of speech protected by the First Amendment, the Ninth Circuit said Thursday. Helaman Hansen ope...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a new set of labor laws governing private-sector employment relations. On February 2, 2022, Federal Decree Law No. 33 of 2021 took effect, repealing and replacing Federal Law No. 8 of 1980, as amended, in its entirety. The labor law changes are fairly substantial and necessitate amendments to existing employment contracts, as well as modifications to policie...