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A fan of crime novels, the former police commissioner loves Michael Connelly’s hero Harry Bosch — but adds, “I don’t have a favorite villain.”

Chicago’s predictive policing program told a man he would be involved with a shooting, but it couldn’t determine which side of the gun he would be on. Instead, it made him the victim of a violent crime.

Theatre chief lifts curtain on fresh approach );  ); THE new chairman of trustees at the Kenton Theatre in Henley has pledged to operate with “integrity and transparency”. Julie Huntington was responding to questions about the governance of the New Street venue at its annual meeting held virtually on Wednesday last week. Mrs Huntington succeeded Chris Tapp as chairman in September following a turbulent two-year period for the theatre. This included one of the largest losses in the Kenton�...

Read the board’s endorsement for the Democratic mayoral primary . Kathleen Kingsbury: I’m Katie Kingsbury, editorial page editor at The Times. We have a lot of questions for you and not very much time. So brevity will be appreciated throughout this call. I wanted to start, though, by just asking why you want this job. Why are you the best candidate in the field? Well, I think it goes back to several years ago. I recall sitting in the room with a group of commanders from the transit p...

Full stream ahead as theatre impresario switches to film );  ); THEATRE producer Jack Maple is bouncing back from the restrictions of lockdown with a new project — a streaming production of Terence Rattigan’s short play All On Her Own. Jack, whose mother lives in Gravel Hill, Henley, is a former pupil of the Oratory School who in 2016, aged 20, became one of the youngest theatre producers in West End history through his involvement in the revival of Show Boat at the New London Theatre. N...

Janie Dee You can have an exclusive first look at Janie Dee in a digital revival of Terence Rattigans All On Her Own below. Starring Janie Dee ( Follies, The Boy Friend), the show will be available via stream.theatre from 16 to 21 February. It follows Rosemary, a woman who reflects on her secret burden late at night. The piece is directed by Alastair Knights, with Jack McCann as assistant director and original music by Lindsey Miller and will be available for one week only. Rattigans play was...

All On Her Own will be streamed from next month. Starring Janie Dee ( Follies, The Boy Friend), the show will be available via stream.theatre from 16 to 21 February. It follows Rosemary, a woman who reflects on her secret burden late at night. The piece is directed by Alastair Knights, with Jack McCann as assistant director and original music by Lindsey Miller and will be available for one week only. Rattigans play was first penned for television but was then performed on stage in 1974, with Z...

What would entice a law enforcement officer with no farming background to quit the force and start making maple syrup for a living? For Jack Powers, owner of Happy Jack’s Maple in Locke, New York, it was his children. His first child, David, was born with Down syndrome. Powers immediately realized that when his son would look for a job down the road, he might have trouble finding a suitable position. As daughters Brooke, now 8, and Julia, now 6, were added to the family, it became obvious ...

Of that? >> well, yeah. it is. but we have seen it citywide. this park was one of the more dangerous places in the city. just a couple of decades ago. and you know, guys, i sought transition. i was a young police officer back in the 1990s when the transition from the david continue constituency as mayor era with the more loose police policies rudy giuliani era happened. what was the difference? the key difference was giuliani fully embraced this policy called broken windows policing in conjuncti...

Whats your take on the broken windows idea of policing? >> broken windows policing, especially in the nypd has been in effect for 30 years. it started with effect for 30 years, started with commissioner bill bratton and his deputy commissioner, jack maple and based on this social theory, as you indicated, if you dont address the minor issues, the lesser issues will balloon and turn into larger issues. i think people accept and understand the theory as being correct. the problem, when you try to ...