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Officer Joshua Castellano was laid to rest on Friday. He died in a crash in Las Vegas. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Friends and family from across the state were at the Elm City on Friday to say goodbye to New Haven Police Officer Joshua Castellano. Castellano, 35, was killed in a crash while off-duty in Las Vegas, Nevada last Friday. He was the front passenger in a 2020 Rolls-Royce with other New Hav...

Many efforts are underway to help law enforcement officers better understand the communities they’re responsible for and recruit those from different communities to the profession. Three months after FOX40 reported about efforts underway in San Joaquin County, there’s some progress. Richard Barries, the chief of the Department of Public Safety in the Stockton Unified School District and presi...

Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake speaks ahead of National Faith & Blue Weekend (FOX 17 News) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Law enforcement leaders are in Nashville Friday to promote a large outreach project amid national crime rises. "National Faith & Blue Weekend" is Oct. 8-11. Leaders say it's the largest and most consolidated police-community outreach project in history. The mi...

FILE – This Sept. 22, 2010 file photo shows bottles of the abortion-inducing drug RU-486 in Des Moines, Iowa. In 2021, about 40% of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication — rather than surgery — and that option has become all the more pivotal during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Gov. Greg Abbott is set to sign a bill Friday that w...

Southern Poverty Law Center applauds and condemns recent Heritage Act rulings (WCIV) COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — The Southern Poverty Law Center applauded one decision, then condemned another, reached by the South Carolina legislature on the controversial Heritage Act. The law, which requires approval by the state legislature to remove monuments or rename buildings, was upheld by the state Suprem...

Top law enforcement officials in Georgia are calling for mandatory minimum sentences for offenders to reduce rising crime in the state. Georgia Sheriffs' Association Executive Director Terry Norris told the Senate Public Safety Committee that a solid justice system with harsher sentencing for violent crimes could deter criminals. "We're all in favor of giving people a second chance, but not a...

Law enforcement leaders call for mandatory minimum sentences in Georgia  Colorado Springs Gazette

(WCMH) – Tonight fans of the “Law & Order” franchise are getting a double dose of criminals and court proceedings with back-to-back premieres of “Special Victims Unit” and “Organized Crime.” The night begins with two hour-long episodes that will make up the Season 23 premiere of “SVU,” starting at 8 p.m. The network description of tonight’s installments reads, “As the investigation into a...

The Superior Court in Yavapai County is pleased to announce that they now have a Family Law Navigator who can provide assistance to residents of Prescott, Camp Verde, and other areas of Yavapai County in reaching swift resolution of their domestic relations cases in self-represented litigation. If you are a resident of Yavapai County and have a family law case pending in the Superior Court, ...

Those shareable electric scooters that first started appearing on D.C.’s streets three years ago have been repeatedly criticized, because users tend to leave them scattered on sidewalks. A new law in the District, which takes effect at the start of next month, aims to help with that problem by requiring that scooters be locked up when they are parked. “Many users were behaving irresponsibly b...