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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Suisun City police officers investigate the scene of a shooting on the 300 block of Flagstone Circle, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic) Suisun City sees jump in arson, assaults; decrease in robbery, auto theft SUISUN CITY — The Police Department saw an overall drop in serious crimes in 2020. City police handled 744 Part I crime calls last year, the department reports. The figure was 801 in 2019. Part I crimes as defined by the federal Uniform Crime Reporting Program include murder, negligent manslaughter, forceable rape, robbery, aggravate...

Science-based reform Jill Long Thompson In 1972, the United States National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse issued a report, “Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding,” that recommended moving away from the criminalization of personal marijuana use and replacing it with a policy to discourage its use. A half century later, marijuana possession remains a federal crime. While there is widespread agreement that current federal policy is falling short, there is disagreement on how best to move forward. The public appears to fall into one of three categories: those who support legalizing...

“My cousin Adam heard it,” Lewis said. Williams-Thomas, 17, was behind the wheel of a vehicle in the subsidized apartment complex when she was struck by a bullet police believe was intended for a 14-year-old passenger. Three teenagers, including two who were underage at the time of the shooting, were charged with her death. Just over 16 months later, on April 15, 2021, Castonguay was found dead in his apartment at 41 Village Road. Authorities charged his son, 22-year-old Alex Cote, with shooting and killing his father. In between the two deaths, four other individuals fell victim to appar...

Columbus, Ohio, Police Have Killed Third Most Children in U.S., Compared to Other Departments: Data On 4/21/21 at 11:41 AM EDT Data from the research collaborative Mapping Police Violence shows that, among police departments across the U.S., Columbus, Ohio, police have killed the third-highest number of children since 2013. Officers from the Columbus Division of Police have killed six minors by gunshot between 2013 and 2021, with the first shooting occurring in 2016. The only two other departments with higher figures are the Chicago Police Department and the Houston Police Department. Since 2...

As city marks 23rd homicide in 2021, Austin police to target gun violence Hojun Choi, Austin American-Statesman © Lynda M. Gonzalez, LYNDA M. GONZALEZ / AMERICAN-STA Assistant Chief Joe Chacon speaks during a press conference at the Austin Police Department in 2018. Citing a continual rise of gun violence in the city, Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon on Friday said the department is launching a violence intervention program that targets crimes involving firearms.  In the hours after an Austin police officer was wounded in a shootout — along with the man accuse...