PUBLIC SAFETY
A look inside the ALICE active shooter training taken by Pittsburgh Public Schools administrators
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Reading Time: 6 minutesOh, I feel nervous, and I know it’s a drill,’ said one principal, hiding under a desk.
PUBLIC SAFETY
In Allegheny County, domestic violence offenders often avoid the most serious punishment
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Reading Time: 17 minutesTo take a closer look at domestic violence prosecution, PublicSource evaluated the 789 cases closed in 2017 by the Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit of the Allegheny County District Attorney Office. For that year, it was rare for anyone to be convicted of a felony related to domestic violence.
Foster Tarver served 49 years as a murder accomplice. Should Pittsburgh’s housing authority deny him housing forever?
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Reading Time: 10 minutesShould a murder conviction disqualify a person from public housing?
PUBLIC SAFETY
Could Pittsburgh’s proposed gun control bills disproportionately impact black residents?
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Reading Time: 5 minutes“Any ordinance like this… always lands on the backs of young African-Americans,” Rev. De Neice Welch said broadly about gun control laws. “Always.”
Aftermath: Synagogue attack
How some Pittsburgh-area faith leaders have addressed security concerns since the synagogue shooting
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Reading Time: 5 minutes“If we know that xenophobia and Islamophobia and vilification of marginalized and minority communities is less of an issue in America, then people will feel safer. If we know that that’s not the case and we are not moving towards that, then people don’t feel safe.”
MONEY & POLITICS
During five years in office, has Mayor Peduto fulfilled his pledges to Pittsburgh?
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Reading Time: 21 minutesFive years into being mayor, has Pittsburgh seen results from Mayor Bill Peduto’s ideas?
Aftermath: Synagogue attack
Tree of Life trauma victims may find allies in neighborhoods experiencing chronic gun violence
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Reading Time: 6 minutesExperts in trauma care differentiate between sudden violent events, such as the Tree of Life shooting, and chronic forms of violence, such as war zones or ongoing gun violence within neighborhoods. In Pittsburgh, chronic gun violence occurs in some neighborhoods, but not others, and that trauma is disproportionately carried by the city's black communities.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Pittsburgh reveals gun control bills promised after Tree of Life shooting
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Reading Time: 4 minutesPittsburgh city officials on Friday announced a trio of gun control bills in response to the Oct. 27 shooting deaths of 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Pittsburgh officials pursue a new strategy to push for aggressive gun control measures
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Reading Time: 4 minutesPittsburgh officials are urging local governments across the country to join them on instituting new gun control laws after the October mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue.
PUBLIC SAFETY
In disciplining cops, Pennsylvania’s standards trail other states
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Reading Time: 7 minutesBecause lawmakers gave limited authority to the agency responsible for police certification, Pennsylvania has no oversight over noncriminal findings of misconduct, aside from dishonesty during the certification process.
