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Our children are worth infinitely more than paper money, yet our laws treat them as less. When someone embezzles money, they face long jail sentences. But when a child's life is stolen through trafficking, the consequences are often far less severe. It's time to value our children as the priceless beings they are and demand justice that truly reflects the gravity of this crime. The punishment for stealing a child's innocence should be as severe, if not more, than for stealing money. If you want to stay up-to-date with us, follow our Page.

Do you want to help solve violent criminal cases and restore names to the unidentified? Contribute your DNA data today to the new non-profit DNA Justice Foundation. https://lnkd.in/e6ffaefQ #Parabon #dnajustice

📺 Julian Delia with a summary of the key points we’ve learned throughout the last two months of court hearings in the criminal case connected to the fraudulent Vitals/Steward hospitals deal – produced in collaboration with The Critical Angle project

Raleigh Crimestoppers Helps Solve Crimes. Tipsters call the CrimeStoppers tips line and speak with a CrimeStoppers coordinator. This line does not provide caller ID, and conversations are not recorded. Information gleaned from the call is given to an investigating officer. Tips received can include responses to requests for information publicized by the media or other crimes the caller knows about. By guaranteeing anonymity, CrimeStoppers allows tipsters to give information without the threat of retribution. Offering cash rewards for information leading to arrests encourages tipsters to provide information.

My report for Crime and Justice News on a documentary series that Measures for Justice is using to make the public care more about improving criminal justice data that can make the system more transparent and accountable. https://lnkd.in/gd8FaAqs

Check out this great article from Crime and Justice News, a daily report sponsored by National Criminal Justice Association and Arizona State Universityfor a look into Monday's Let's Be Clear event! https://lnkd.in/eqNkMbPQ

WASPC is a great organization headed by some of the best educated and progressive law enforcement leaders in the State of Washington. They have gone out of their way to voice their support for I-2113, as nearly all law enforcement officers and groups representing law enforcement have over the last few months. Since house bill 1054 was put in effect we have seen an increase in homicides to an all time high, a 30 year high of traffic fatalities, an all time high of auto thefts and the highest per capita auto theft rate of any state in the country. We have also seen a dramatic increase in violent and non violent offenses and repeat offenders completing those offenses without fear of capture due to the most restrictive pursuit laws of any state. These offenders are often identified with felony charges and warrants against them for weeks or months but due to the restrictions placed on our public servants they are allowed to victimize more residents and businesses for far too long knowing that they can just drive away from the scene of a crime without any timely repercussions. Average Washington drivers and businesses are seeing this effect them personally with some of the largest insurance premium increases in the country for auto and business insurance. Even Washington States own workers compensation system is reporting increases in injuries to workers due to violence and vehicle collisions. One police department reported today that the number of vehicles fleeing from their officers increased from 10 in 2020 to 431 in 2022. As a state we have consistently been last out of all states for law enforcement officers per capita and one of the lowest for law enforcement spending per capita over the last 20 years. Combining those factors with short sighted legislation like house bill 1054 makes for communities and residents that are less safe then they were before. It is past time to restore the ability for law enforcement officers in Washington State to pursue criminals when safe to do so. If you are a resident or an agent/owner of a business that is located in Washington State please voice support for I-2113 here: https://lnkd.in/dRnfQM_c

Looking to understand the state of evictions in your community? With support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, New America's Future of Land and Housing Program has developed a guide to using local eviction data. This resource helps policymakers, legal aid providers, and housing policy advocates understand and draw insights from data collected by their local courts and also serves as a valuable tool to better understand the scope, scale, and outcomes of eviction lawsuits. 🏠 https://bit.ly/3VbuSAA

The officers responded to a call of a brown man stabbing someone. Was that subject actually ever arrested as he ultimately was the cause of the tragedy. The problems with this case were obviously seen at the bail proceedings in 2021 where the presiding judge deemed the case extremely weak. Sadly such information was subjected to a publication ban. The suspect information of a brown man stabbing someone never indicated a family man with his pregnant wife and baby. Those paremeters didn’t form grounds for such interaction in the first place other than perhaps warning Mr. Zameer and family to be careful. The next question would be why was a 55 year old officer with health conditions put in this position in the first place. No offence but he had more than paid his duties over the years and management should have placed him in a less dangerous position. The case regrettably resulted in the death of this officer. There is no doubt that anger, grief and some entitlement of reckoning led to a “tunnel vision” investigation in which common sense ignored the actual facts and circumstances. This was a homicide and there is no way it was simply left in the hands of the major crime officers who attended the call. There is no way notes were done separately without any input from each other and others. The actual forensics confirmed their evidence did not match the reality of what actually happened. It was simply a bad arrest process that conflicts with best practice. Everyone knows in a plain clothes capacity that you should always have a uniform presence when possible in making such arrests. You need to position vehicles properly to hinder escape. Time is always on the side of police. Sadly it was a dogs breakfast that had a horrible but avoidable outcome. Sadly the case really should have been reviewed from the onset with the bail judges concerns. Most definitely once the forensics came through. https://lnkd.in/eY5hdAEf

Since 2016 First H.E.L.P. has worked tirelessly to Stop the Stigma around suicide and First Responders. With each passing day, we get one step closer. Today, we take another step forward as the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has now adjusted its by-laws to include death by suicide. This proves change is happening but not every death by suicide will be approved to be added to the wall. The final determination is up to the NLEOMF Naming Committee and as a non-profit, they are allowed to include a death by suicide how they deem fit. The NLEOMF alone determines which names are added to the wall - a reality that not only suicide survivors are faced with, but anyone who applies. We are hopeful that in 2025 we see the first of many law enforcement officers who died by suicide, honored on the Memorial Wall. Regardless of whether an officer who died by suicide is added to the Memorial Wall or not, they served and protected, and thanks to First H.E.L.P. they will always have a place where they will be remembered in Rockwall, TX on the Wall of Service. The updated by-laws for the NLEOMF are located here. https://lnkd.in/gKZdB7hv (scroll to the bottom) The application for submitting an officer is located here. https://lnkd.in/gPrF3_Qa . . . . #LawEnforcement #NLEOMF #PoliceSuicide #FirstResponders #FOP #IACP #NeverForget #HonoringHeroes #FirstHELP #BlueHELP #BackTheBlue #BackTheBadge #Police #PoliceOfficer #COPS #ConcernsOfPoliceSurvivors #HonorTheFallen #StopTheStigma