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[LA NOW] Violent crimes declined in Southern California cities in 2009 ...: In Fullerton, the number of violent crimes rose 28% -- from 410 in 2008 to 526 last year.  The increase was driven, in part, by a rise in the reported number of aggravated assaults -- 227 in 2008 compared to 291 last year, according to the data.

[Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles] Violent crimes increase in Columbia from 2008 to 2009 - Columbia ...: Through geographic policing, officers can become more familiar with particular areas in town and then can identify problems specific .I'd hate to see a "Clockwork Orange" world when we currently have decent educational materials and capable guidance counselors.

[orange] Herps in Rockland County and Orange County: Last week, the Orange County board of supervisors agreed to formalize the Probation Department’s relationship with the foundation, which will provide the county with technical assistance. Already, 238 youth have successfully completed …

[Rep. Gallegly] 24th District News 5-25-10 - Rep. Gallegly: For the second time, defense attorney Robert Sanger made his case that one of the victims in the May 4, 2009, Mesa shooting -- Barbara Scharton -- worked for the District Attorney's Office as a North County prosecutor, and he had new information Monday that suggested she had become close friends with a secretary during her approximately 10-month stay about four or five years ago.

[ElyssaD's Posterous] Capital Crimes: The Political Economy of Crime in America ...: Violent-crime rates jumped 89 percent between 1972 and 1991, and victimization rates showed little improvement between 1973 and 1991. Even with recent declines in crime, the one trillion dollars spent by law-enforcement agencies in the last thirty-five years only managed to reduce the 1998 homicide rates to the what they were in 1967, when Nixon traveled around the country claiming that "America has become among the most lawless and violent [nations] in the history of free people."

[The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Santa Ana] What impact will early release have? | parole, state, pr - News ...: Those convicted of serious or violent felonies -- as well as those required to register as sex offenders -- are ineligible for the non-revocable program. Prisoners would also be submitted to a computerized risk assessment test that would evaluate how likely they are to commit future crime.

[Laura Capitano's Blog] Crime rate decreases in Duval, but is still Florida's highest ...: I have a hard time believing that an office boy like yourself can have any working knowledge of crime and impoverished neighborhoods. You are so quick to criticize and blame the police and state attorney's office for everything, but I seriously doubt that you have ever set foot in the "Northwest Quadrant" to help out the true crimefighters.

[Orange Juice] Bill Hunt's ties to alleged street terrorist cost him endorsement ...: As the preliminary hearing commenced a motion was made by the defense, “to have Bill Hunt named as investigating officer for the defense”.    The motion was heard and considered and then granted by the court.  For many in the law enforcement and criminal justice community it is quite appalling to see someone campaigning to be Orange County’s top cop working to get a hard core gangster off.

[orange] Is it a giant waste of time to work on the Loretta Sanchez re ”¦: Last week, the Orange County board of supervisors agreed to formalize the Probation Department’s relationship with the foundation, which will provide the county with technical assistance. Already, 238 youth have successfully completed …

[Wizbang] Amendment 10A (Wizbang): The incidence of violent crimes such as murder, rape and aggravated assault was down 5.5% from 2008, and 6.9% in big cities. It fell 2.4% in long-troubled Detroit and plunged 16.6% in Phoenix, despite a perception of rising crime that has fueled an immigration backlash.

[Mcauleysworld's Weblog] Obama Administration Threatens To Abandon Law Enforcement In ...: Section 287(g) authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies, permitting designated officers to perform immigration law enforcement functions, pursuant to a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), provided that the local law enforcement officers receive appropriate training and function under the supervision of sworn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Under 287(g), ICE provides state and local law enforcement with the training and subsequent authorization to identify, process, and when appropriate, detain immigration offenders they encounter during their regular, daily law-enforcement activity.

[Comments Blog] Share your thoughts: Costa Mesa declares itself a 'rule of law ...: obvious the Mexican drug cartel controlled government isn't going to do anything because they can brush their economic woes onto hardworking Americans. Stop hiring these people to pick beans and berries and doing non-skilled labor and instead use these jobs as guranteed employment for Parolees that need verifiable employment upon release and solve your corrections issues that are bankrupting your state.

[Orange Juice] Support Arizona ”” Boycott Mexico! | Orange Juice: In reality, violent crime is down in Arizona but the media and the hard-liners in AZ make sure that if an undocumented worker is involved, it’s big news, but the facts are that violent crime has slowed in the last few years in AZ. The law passed isn’t going to stop the real problem which are drug runners and smugglers, It isn’t even going to slow them down.

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