Sentences with phrase «more police time»

we've got a lot more police time and energy freed up because we are not doing some of the things we used to do like the unconstitutional stops and the marijuana arrests that are unnecessary,» the mayor said.

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The incident comes at a time when police agencies in the US have made headlines for fatally shooting suspects during encounters in which the suspect was suffering from the affects of mental illness or, in many more cases, did not have a weapon.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Just as the capital Kuala Lumpur settles down following a fraught rally last week, at which riot police turned water cannons on supporters of the PM, top U.S. media outlets, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and the New York Times (NYT), have reported yet more scandalous allegations about the country's sovereign wealth fund.

It's likely that the company's vow to do more to police its ads, along with news of big changes to its search algorithm, has placated advertisers for the time being.

Most of the time these regulations are just background noise, but at the heart of most passenger horror stories lies some rule that transformed an ordinary service interaction into something more akin to a police stop.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

«You have to take more time when social media is involved just to make sure that it's the right person who you are charging, and it's not just the perception of the individual who was victimized, who just wants to ID somebody to give closure to themselves,» said Lt. John Walker, who supervises 31 detectives in the Philadelphia Police Department's West Philadelphia office.

On Wednesday, Bennett released a statement saying a Las Vegas police officer pointed a gun at him and detained him «for doing nothing more than simply being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time.»

We were cruelly reminded of that with the recent deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two more black man killed in police incidents, this time in Louisiana and Minnesota.

Hettinger, who now lives in Florida, told Time that she first thought of the idea while witnessing kids throwing rocks at police officers in Israel, and started thinking about how to provide a more peaceful outlet for them.

He's also sued police for civil rights violations more than 75 times.

More than 3,000 members of the public also paid their respects at an open viewing Friday after a week of mourning across Houston that included tributes at City Hall, the police headquarters, the elder Mr. Bush's office, and Barbara Bush Elementary School, the New York Times reported.

The firearm creates a record each time it is drawn or fired on a transparent and unalterable blockchain, so that firearm used by police personnel will be used to make departments more accountable.

While Trudeau presses ahead for legalization of marijuana by next summer, some provinces say they need more time to plan for heavy lifting on regulating and policing legal pot sales.

Fiona Bruce chairs the All - Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm, which released a report today saying 4 in 5 police officers have been assaulted by drunks, and 1 in 5 have been assaulted by drunks six times or more.

There was a time, the criminally minded feared their good neighbors more than the police or God.

A report in the Los Angeles Times is saying that of the more than 500 cases of sexual molestation that the Boy Scouts of America discovered within their ranks between 1971 and 1991, 80 % were unreported to police.

He was hospitalized more times then I can count on one hand, usually through the er where he would be taken by the police from school.

The good Samaritan who cared for the man who had fallen among the robbers did not say: let the police do that, or, let the priest take care of him, for he has more time than I, and if they don't do it, why should I?

4 months after those winter time raids, the police did it again and there were more protests.

Still, he was convinced by our pastors to turn himself in to the police, and he pled guilty to a misdemeanor in order to avoid a more serious charge, a trial, and potential jail time.

You city police proudly announce more frequent drug busts (when was the last time they made such a big deal over pot?

Until the police found him he was free to tell the story a few more times to a few more people.

But at a time when more and more athletes of color are speaking loudly about police violence and racial injustice, Jordan and Newton are somewhat muted.

This was exceedingly rare: While Charlotte police used deadly force in at least a dozen instances in the past five years alone, this was the first time in more than 30 years that an officer was charged for killing someone in the line of duty.

In his letter, Bennett specifically makes the summarizing claim that the LV police «singled me out and pointed their guns at me for doing nothing more than simply being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time».

The primary claim he makes in the first paragraph is that «Las Vegas police officers singled me out and pointed their guns at me for doing nothing more than simply being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time.»

Yet, he is a player who has spoken vocally about police brutality, been subject to it himself and made huge investments into the community through his foundation — all things that take more time, effort, and energy than a three - sentence statement:

SNP policies designed to «make life easier» for families include; flexible working, improved access to childcare, investment in education including small class sizes, first - time buyers» grants worth # 2,000 to help young buyers, abolishing the council tax, more police and protecting local health services.

Calls to action include: more manpower, with pubs bars and supermarkets contributing to the costs of late night policing, earlier closing times, more training for frontline workers in dealing with alcohol problems, a lower drink - drive limit and raising the price of the cheapest alcohol.

The Times reported that blacks in the city are eight times more likely to be arrested on low - level marijuana charges as whites and that the difference can not entirely be attributed to more residents in predominantly black neighborhoods calling police to complain about marijTimes reported that blacks in the city are eight times more likely to be arrested on low - level marijuana charges as whites and that the difference can not entirely be attributed to more residents in predominantly black neighborhoods calling police to complain about marijtimes more likely to be arrested on low - level marijuana charges as whites and that the difference can not entirely be attributed to more residents in predominantly black neighborhoods calling police to complain about marijuana.

More assurances were given — this time to the Polish government, who, clearly re-assured, sent some of their own police over here to assist in tracking down the perpetrators.

The latest annual report from the Civilian Complaint Review Board makes clear for the first time that the NYPD is challenging more and more cases and taking so long to do so — an average of almost nine months in the second half of last year — that scores of cases in which the agency already had substantiated allegations against police officers are being bogged down in delays.

De Blasio dismissed the surge of aggressive desnudas and other costumed characters in Times Square as fake news, right before his own police commissioner admitted that cops are issuing more summonses to the scofflaw panhandlers.

The Buffalo Police Department hopes to have some officers wearing body cameras on the streets for the first time within three months, a move many say could bring more transparency to police activity and build trust between the community and pPolice Department hopes to have some officers wearing body cameras on the streets for the first time within three months, a move many say could bring more transparency to police activity and build trust between the community and ppolice activity and build trust between the community and policepolice.

Schneiderman had to reiterate the policy multiple times at a Feb. 28 Town Hall meeting in which more than 30 people asked the town board to consider policies that would improve relations between immigrants and police.

«At a time when we are asking state and federal law enforcement to help put in more resources, how can we have a police commissioner who is diverted from the day - to - day operations of the department?»

The police have yet to decide whether to apply for more time when their current detention period runs out on Wednesday.

In response to the publication by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary of their report «Taking Time for Crime», The President Elect of the Police Superintendents» Association of England and Wales Chief Superintendent Irene Curtis comments: «This report contains no surprises about the disparate levels of support for operational officers and staff... read more

In their report, the organization found that the NYPD made more marijuana possession arrests under de Blasio and former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton from 2015 to 2016 than former Mayor Giuliani and Bratton, who was doing his first stint as the city's top cop at the time, from 1994 to 1996.

De Blasio said in May that the NYPD is doing an «outstanding» job as it is and that because officers are spending less time on unnecessary stop and frisks and low - level marijuana arrests, they are freed up to do more of the community policing Council members are seeking the additonal headcount to perform.

With implications for the «plebgate» row the police are trusted by two - thirds (65 %) of the British public — more than 3 times as many as trust politicians.

Just as our police officers must be free to spend more time on the beat so probation officers must be freed up to spend more time in the community.

As expected, regarding cannabis possession as a non-priority allowed the police to spend more time and achieve better results in addressing other criminal activity.

Tickets written in September in Times Square accounted for more than 50 percent of all violations written by police citywide — up from around 18 percent a month earlier, according to records from the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, the court where the tickets street vendors get from police and the Health Department are filed.

It is telling that as the police demonstrate they have better things to do than chase cannabis users, politicians are urging them to waste even more of their time on those taking laughing gas.

Lawmakers and administration officials have cited the complexity of the criminal justice matters being proposed, saying more time is needed to parse through language (lawmakers and Cuomo may be wary of again taking up a complex issue so quickly following the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act had to be amended to exclude police officers from the measure).

Ms Pilkington had complained to the police more than 30 times to no avail and subsequent independent inquiries strongly criticised both the police and local authorities for failing to stop the campaign of terror.

In 2016, for the first time in more than two decades, NYC counted fewer than 1,100 shootings in a calendar year, a milestone that officials said was a result of the Police Department's efforts to focus on serious crimes and mend relationships with the communities it serves.