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PUBLIC SAFETY

Pittsburgh’s mayor, controller call for policy changes, investigation in wake of PublicSource body camera probe

By Matt Stroud | September 29, 2017

Pittsburgh’s mayor and its controller are calling for policy changes in response to a PublicSource investigation showing that a no-bid, $1.5 million police body camera contract with Axon Enterprise was ushered to city officials by a police commander with financial ties to the company.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Why is the FBI’s count of local homicides wrong? Some police departments aren’t properly reporting.

By Jeffrey Benzing | July 5, 2017

Check annual federal and state crime numbers, and you’ll find more than 80 cases Allegheny County homicides missing from 2010 through 2015. It’s difficult to explain such a large deviation.

TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS
Sen. Bob Casey (D-Scranton) speaking in Pittsburgh with city and county officials about federal funding for public safety. (Photo by Jeffrey Benzing/PublicSource)

Sen. Casey wants more federal funding for public safety, asks Trump to ‘prove’ he’s tough on terrorism

By Jeffrey Benzing | February 21, 2017

Sen. Bob Casey in Pittsburgh today scolded the Trump administration for not backing off from the “obsession” of campaign rhetoric and cracking down on refugees in a way he feels makes the country less safe.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Law enforcement sees troubling link between opioid crisis, illegal guns in Pittsburgh area

By Jeffrey Benzing | January 31, 2017

A Glock .45 is not a banknote. But for those in the deepest thralls of opioid addiction, it might as well be hard currency.

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