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Lessons from one state’s effort to modernize its criminal justice system

GCN

New York’s sweeping 2020 law sought to accelerate pre-trial processes with technology upgrades. But the state’s experience offers lessons for other jurisdictions undertaking similar efforts to modernize the justice system.

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Mexico Made Safe Mobility a Human Right — Here’s How Its Streets Can Become Safer

The City Fix

Mexico became the first nation to declare access to safe mobility a human right in 2020 and two years later passed the General Law of Mobility and Road Safety to protect people, reduce collisions and promote sustainable modes of travel. Now, with this new.

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

6:19-CV-6780 EAW, 2020 WL 7047493, at *4 (W.D.N.Y. 30, 2020); Strong v. 17-CV-6183-FPG, 2020 WL 1445877, at *4 (W.D.N.Y. In short, “the law does not require the officer to wait until the approaching animal is within biting distance or is leaping at him before taking protective action.” See Dempsey v. Perrone , No.

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Vision Zero initiatives on the decline: Cache County Utah shows another way

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

hits 16-year high on traffic deaths ," Washington Post And because we don't provide actionable information and the structures to address the problem. hits 16-year high on traffic deaths ," Washington Post And because we don't provide actionable information and the structures to address the problem.

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Untapped feedback at our fingertips: a Former Police Chief’s Response to the Recent Police-Public Contact Survey

zencity

Law enforcement has become much better at utilizing data to make informed decisions in recent decades. Law enforcement relies on crime data to identify trends and deploy resources accordingly, to use in budget formulation and planning, and to assess the efficacy of crime reduction efforts. About 21% (53.8

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Kazis, former Legal Fellow at the Furman Center and Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, in the series introduction to “Learning from Land Use Reforms.” Researchers found preliminary evidence that these laws had their intended effect.

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The PLUM Act: A New Era of Transparency into Senior Leadership Government

Partnership for Public Service

In 2021 congressional testimony , a 2020 blog and a 2021 blog , the Partnership for Public Service as well as others who have studied the Plum Book have documented the many deficiencies of the traditional Plum Book. The law also requires identification of individuals who temporarily serve in vacant positions.