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Print Later this month, the Solana Beach City Council will approve a two-year budget for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years, with projections that map out a gradual return to normal after a year of cutbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re kind of in the same place we were last year at this time, just on the opposite end,” Ryan Smith, city treasurer, said during the May 26 City Council meeting, when council members began reviewing some of the projections. “There is a little bit of uncertainty on where revenues are going to go,” Smith continued. “There are certain aspects ...

INTERVIEW: Nigeria must conserve wildlife to tackle insecurity, prevent another pandemic – Conservationist Rob Pickles talks about how Nigeria can harness its wildlife wealth, improve herding, tackle illicit trafficking by militia groups and prevent another pandemic 4 min read Helped by ungoverned forest, poaching, trafficking and other wildlife crimes have intensified the conflict between wildlife and people as they compete for land and resources. Panthera, a global wild cat conservation organisation, developed a guidemodelled on problem-oriented policing (POP) used by pol...

RACINE — When the prospect of embedding social workers in police departments gained traction after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, some balked at it. But in his final months with the Racine Police Department, Chief Art Howell tried to lay the foundation for such a program. A plan being considered in Racine wouldn’t send social workers in the place of cops to 911 calls, but social workers-in-training may be brought in to assist in certain scenarios in what could be of benefit to community members in crisis, stretched-thin police units and taxpayers. An exampl...

Humans Rights Commission and ELPD discuss 'community policing' initiatives, 2020 complaint summary released An East Lansing police car is pictured on July 6th, 2017. — Photo by Jon Famurewa | The State News The East Lansing Human Rights Commission (HRC) held a meeting Feb. 4 with East Lansing Police Department's (ELPD) Chief Kim Johnson and Deputy Chief Steve Gonzalez. According ...