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Statue of the blindfolded goddess of justice Themis or Justitia | iStock Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the “Europe At Large” column. PARIS — If anyone in Europe doubted why the rule of law matters, the Continent’s turbulent politics in the last few days offer a wealth of examples. A clear, enforced legal order is vital in holding governments and powerful private inter...

Q: I normally agree with you, but I have to take exception to an answer regarding slowing down and moving over for flashing lights next to the road. A: Gary Lofgren, retired CHP officer A. Whoa, this is one of my trusted experts. Gary served as a CHP officer from 1968 until 1997. We talked many times and even picked up freeway trash together on one occasion. Fire away. Q: The move-over law wa...

Oak Creek’s is the only police department fully staffed in Routt County, as law enforcement isn’t immune to hiring pressures felt by local employers. There are seven open positions within the Routt County Sheriff’s Office, six with the Steamboat Springs Police Department and two more in the Hayden Police Department. But while each leader of these agencies said the shortages are because of a v...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers on Monday approved changes to the state law on the Intermediate Court of Appeals ahead of court beginning work next July. The measure addresses portions of the original bill, including how the state Supreme Court can review family court decisions and the court’s ability to use virtual and physical spaces to hold proceedings. Chief Justice Evan Jenki...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police exchanged gunfire with a man “in crisis” Monday afternoon at an Oakdale apartment building. Police Chief Nick Newton says officers were called to the 900 block of Greenway Avenue North at about 2:40 p.m. after a 911 caller reported hearing gunshots. Officers spotted a broken third-floor window, and soon after began trying to negotiate with a 32-year-old man who was...

In its first in-person semester, new Yale Law School clinic ties theoretical concepts about policing to tangible policy measures Contributing Reporter Karen Lin, Photo Editor In its first year of in-person work, the Police, Law, and Policy Clinic at Yale Law School is allowing students to translate empirical evidence on policing and reform programs into real and actionable justice-oriented p...

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri public safety officials are asking Gov. Mike Parson and the Legislature for more workers to help police a new law allowing restaurants to sell mixed drinks to go. The request for four additional curbside cocktail cops is part of the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control's proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins next July. "...

Peoria police have arrested a man suspected of attempting to strangle his mother-in-law to death Friday night, according to court documents. Documents say officers responded to a home near Coolbrook and 84th avenues where a witness told police he saw 50-year-old Robert Willeford on top of the woman straddling her waist and leaning over her. The witness told police they shoved Willeford off th...

Associated Press Sacramento, Calif. – California will soon ban the sale of new gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers, a move aimed at curbing emissions from a category of small engines on pace to produce more pollution each year than passenger vehicles. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Saturday that orders state regulators to ban the sale of new gas-powered equipment using small off-r...