Sentences with phrase «council says the crime»

The Council says the crime shouldn't matter.

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«I believe that the city condones behavior that's on these listservs by utilizing our staff in posting on this,» Desley Brooks said during a meeting of a council committee earlier this month, in which she suggested the city send Nextdoor a letter asking the company instate a stricter process for users to report crimes and suspicious activity.

The council said it based the rankings on recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics along with its own population data and research.

The National Police Chiefs» Council says honour based abuse is a complex crime and its priority is to safeguard vulnerable victims even where a conviction is not possible.

Council member James says that Lhota's ad is trying to stir up white voters with memories of the high crime rate under David Dinkins.

Councils say the orders are used to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour but there are concerns that the powers are too broad and can be misused.

The crime is currently a Class B misdemeanor in the state, which means that suspects rarely — if ever — spend time in jail, said City Councilman Peter Vallone, chair of the council's Public Safety committee.

A spokeswoman for Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said the Coincil was «disappointed that the executive budget does not contain funding for new police officers who will help give Commissioner Bratton the tools he needs to continue to keep crime low while also improving police - community relations.»

Bertha Joseph, Brent's first Afro - Caribbean mayor, said she was joining the Conservatives after Labour failed to address crime in her area or increase the representation of black and ethnic minority Londoners in the council.

«When a criminal commits a crime they are aware of how long they are going to serve their sentence,» says Amal Azzudin, the Scottish Refugee Council ambassador.

«I am committed to tackle this evil crime and help protect the innocent victims it yields, which is why today I have signed the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Human Trafficking which will provide us with a structured framework to introduce minimum rights and protection for all identified victims of trafficking,» said Mr Reid.

NYC Council members are expected to introduce legislation today that would significantly change how the NYPD uses the decades - old nuisance abatement law against homes and businesses cops say have been used as dens of crime.

During a break in the council session today, Hogan said he is considering a mayoral run because of his concern about crime, safety and quality - of - life issues that affect city neighborhoods.

Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said prosecutors would seek to retry Seabrook, who's charged with crimes that include funneling more than $ 1.2 million in council «slush» funds to non-profits that paid his then - mistress and several relatives more than $ 600,000 after taxes.

«I believe, and I think the vast majority of members of this Council and this city believe, in redemption, and believe that you can commit a crime, you can serve your time and then you can be a productive member of society,» he said.

The bill has the backing of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, whose president, Michael Miller, said police need the skill set to understand and recognize hate crimes when they occur.

Precincts in predominantly black and Latino areas such as East Harlem, Washington Heights, the South Bronx and Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn recorded the highest numbers of arrests, Dermot Shea, the NYPD's chief of crime control strategies, said Monday at a joint hearing of two Council committees.

He said he agrees that young people shouldn't be jailed for quality - of - life crimes such as breaking park rules and loitering after dark, but he urged the council speaker to «talk to the people that do this for a living as opposed to the ones that just push a pencil.»

«In this day and age, we need to be as sophisticated as the criminals are, using every tool we can,» said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who said the Internet has become «the new crime scene of the modern age.»

«If people are thinking of copycatting [these crimes], they know that's not going to work, because the days of us not going to the police are over,» said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan).

The National Judicial Council says the NJC's Corruption and Financial Crimes Cases Trials Monitoring Committee has received a total of 2,306 ongoing alleged corruption cases.

«I really applaud what the mayor and [Police Commissioner] Bill Bratton and the City Council are doing to show that you can keep crime down and respect people's civil rights,» she said.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who has made immigration reforms a priority during her time in office, has said she believes the funding should be available to anyone who needs it — regardless of whether they are suspected of committing a crime.

Council Member Maria Del Carmen Arroyo said her only crime was trusting too much.

He and NYPD Commissioner Kelly say that between the council measures and the court ruling, a police force that has fought crime down to record lows will be tangled up in second - guessing and lawsuits.

Mr. de Blasio did not address those crimes — nor did he answer Mr. Louis» question about whether he'd veto a Council move to decriminalize any offenses — but did say he was open to changes in how broken windows is enforced.

As controversy swirls around the city's use of broken windows policing and the conditions at city jails, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said today the city should cut back on arrests for minor crimes, and make it easier for those arrested to make bail.

Chief Constable Alf Hitchcock, the National Police Chiefs Council lead for knife crime, said: «Carrying a weapon of any kind in schools is not an issue for a school to deal with alone; police and partners will always be willing to work with them and take appropriate action.»

In the report published by the National Crime Prevention Council, 37 % of high school - age teenagers said they can prevent their parents from finding out what they do online.

In a study from the National Crime Prevention Council, 70 % of teens said they believe that blocking a cyberbully is an effective way to stop the harassment.

I asked my city council and they said that if someone feels threatened on your property you could be charge with a crime.

At a conference to announce the launch of fraud management services for the life insurance sector, V Manickam (pictured), secretary general of the Life Insurance Council, said organised crime in the insurance sector had become so rampant that...

The council said it based the rankings on recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics along with its own population data and research.

The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) has said that it will not gather ethnic or migrant background data on criminal suspects, claiming the data would not help its mission.

The Restorative Justice Council - «the national voice for restorative practice» - said it should be «available for all victims of crime who want it, subject to a risk assessment by a trained restorative justice professional».

The Law Council of Australia said the key recommendations should be urgently implemented, and that the «report further demonstrated «tough on crime» approaches do not work».