President Joe Biden was swept into office amid arguably the largest protest movement in U.S. history, so it’s worth taking a closer look at his chief public safety funding proposal, one that is central to his own legacy on police reform. Biden has promised to “reinvigorate” funding for the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, office with a $300 million investment in putting new “community policing” officers on the street. But funneling Department of Justice dollars toward community policing initiatives and the COPS office is the wrong approach if the federal government truly wants to improve public safety and health for communities in this moment. It will neither drive structural changes to American policing nor tackle the root causes of gun violence in cities that have seen a sharp uptick in shootings since the pandemic’s inception.
Proposed million-dollar grant could help curb violent crime in Knoxville
City Council will vote on two million-dollar proposals on Tuesday. One is a grant KPD wants to apply for, that Nashville received last year. Author: Katie Inman Updated: 12:41 PM EST February 25, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. On Tuesday, Knoxville City Council will hear two different million-dollar proposals. If approved, the money could go toward stopping the violence in the city.
While one of the proposals is a $1 million budget amendment by Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon, the other from KPD Chief Eve Thomas aims to get permission to apply for a $1 million grant through the U.S. Department of Justice.
The City of Tampa will close Nebraska Avenue to through.
The City of Tampa will close Nebraska Avenue to through traffic between East 11th Avenue and East 12th Avenue for a city of Tampa sanitary sewer connection project. This closure will take place beginning Friday, Feb. 19 from 8 a.m. and run through Monday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m. The detour route northbound will be East Palm Avenue, North Florida Avenue and East Columbus Avenue. The detour route southbound will be East Columbus, North Tampa Street, and East Palm Avenue.Pedestrian and bicycle access will be maintained on the sidewalk during the road closure.
3 Under-the-Radar Executive Actions for the Biden Administration’s Criminal Justice Reform Agenda
February 11, 2021, 9:01 am
President Joe Biden began his administration with a barrage of executive orders designed to undo his predecessor’s most dangerous and harmful policies, including those relating to criminal justice reform. With the goal of advancing racial equity throughout federal policies and institutions, President Biden reinstated an Obama-era policy that prohibits the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from entering into new and renewed contracts with private prison companies. Additionally, acting U.S. Attorney General Monty Wilkinson reinstated the DOJ policy that prosecutors should use individualized assessments when making charging and sentencing decisions instead of automatically prosecuting cases to obtain the lengthiest and harshest sentences possible.