May Public Safety & Justice Committee Meeting CANCELLED!
The Public Safety & Justice Committee will NOT meet in May. Please join the committee for their next meeting on Monday, June 18 at 6pm!
Demonizing children does not improve public safety
Putting destructive labels on a child accomplishes nothing positive for the child, his/her family or our communities.
7 things public safety officials need to know about Safe Haven laws
These state laws are designed to prevent infanticide and offer parents a safe place to surrender their child without fear of being prosecuted
How Fatigue in Public Safety Increases Risk for Personnel and Agencies
Fatigue in public safety is widespread—and widely ignored. But failing to address this problem exposes individuals and agencies to unnecessary risk
How Strategic Risk Management Can Improve Public Safety Operations
Public safety tends to be a reactive industry, not a proactive one. But agencies that fail to engage in strategic risk management risk becoming obsolete.
Public Safety Risk Management: Why Things Go Right & Wrong
Sometimes things can go wrong even in high-frequency events - regardless of the level of risk. Risk management in public safety requires looking at the cause...
Officer Wellness in Public Safety Workplace Design
To counter amplified stress levels in public safety officers, how we design their workspace can make all the difference in providing safe and welcoming spaces for them and for the public.
Four Costly Public-Safety DAS Mistakes You’re About to Make
Overlooking new code standards could be a costly mistake.
9 extreme heat safety tips for public safety personnel
As you ready yourself and your community for a heat wave, keep these tips in mind
Why is the juvenile justice system failing girls?
Listen to a podcast about a broken justice system that criminalizes the girls it aims to help.
How Restorative Justice is Reshaping Sexual Assault Awareness
We need to move beyond binary survivor-perpetrator framing.
10 Vigilante Parents Who Sought Justice For Their Children
It's a dangerous world out there, especially for children. Naturally, parents worry about the safety of their young ones, especially when the kids are out
10 Idiots Who Experienced Swift Justice
Probably shouldn't brag about cheating on YouTube.
How I'm Staying Committed to Racial Justice in an Interracial Relationship
Why do so many people think that one cannot be committed to racial justice while in an interracial relationship?
How Do I Explain Justice Kavanaugh to My Daughters?
The spectacle of this confirmation has reminded us that to many people, women’s suffering is a joke.
How Doreen Lawrence relentlessly pursued justice for her son
‘May you never experience what I have experienced,’ she wrote in her memoirs
How to Talk with Children about Hate Speech
Stardust inquests another step on the long road to justice for families
‘The reality is there are people who must be held accountable for what happened that night’
Justice for Children helps when the child protection system fails
The nonprofit offers information, guidance and assistance to adults who are trying to keep the child safe.
Not Somebody's Mom: Sandra Bland & Dismantling Who is Worth the Call for Justice
Our worth is not determined by our relationships to others.
The Problem We All Live With: Bearing Witness, But Never Finding Justice
We do not love ourselves. We have become cavalier with each other’s lives and we, as a nation, have not yet decided that we have reached the point where we will now practice willful and strategic eradication of the complex character that makes us an unloving society.<br>Let me be clear, the kind of
