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- April 1, 2022
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How the Arlington Police Are Dealing With Staffing Shortage

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The Arlington Police Department is being forced to change how they deliver service due to funding issues and staffing shortage. As previously reported, the Arlington Police Department is struggling finically, Arlington county was one of the districts to freeze law enforcement’s merit-based pay increases for FY2021 and FY2022. Coupled with the nationwide anti-law enforcement narrative […]

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- March 31, 2022
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Norfolk’s City Leaders Grapple With Stubborn Crime Wave

Norfolk city leaders are struggling to come up with solutions to a recent gun violence that’s impacted the city, especially downtown. The debate comes after a wave of gun violence in recent weeks, including a mass shooting outside a popular Granby Street bar that killed two people and injured three more. (RELATED: Virginia Reporter Killed […]

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- March 31, 2022
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Facial Recognition Technology Bill Has Some Virginians Worried

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently discussed with stakeholders a controversial bill that would allow local law enforcement to use facial recognition technology to fight crime more efficiently and at a time when many departments are struggling with recruitment. (RELATED: Arlington Police Groups Brace for Budget Talks) Currently, only Virginia State Police are allowed to use facial […]

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- March 30, 2022
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Arlington police groups advocate for higher pay ahead of budget talks

Following President Biden’s announcement of a $5.8 trillion budget, two labor groups that support police officers in Arlington, Virginia, are pushing their own county’s board to address starting pay ahead of its annual budget discussions. With the Arlington County Board discussing its upcoming Fiscal Year 2023 budget, the Arlington Coalition of Police and the Arlington […]

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- March 30, 2022
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Virginia Lawmakers Weigh in on Biden’s $5.8 Trillion Budget

On Monday, President Biden unveiled his budget for 2023, totaling $5.8 trillion. The plan proposes billions allocated to confront Russian aggression, a new tax on the wealthiest Americans, $32 billion in new spending for law enforcement, and slashing the nation’s deficit by more than $1 trillion over the next decade. Now, Virginia lawmakers are weighing […]

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- March 17, 2022
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Virginia Police Department Loses First Officer in the Line of Duty

Virginia leaders are honoring the loss of Covington Police Officer Caleb Ogilvie. Ogilvie, 35, died from injuries sustained in a shootout with a suspect at a gas station earlier this week. According to authorities, Ogilvie was responding to a domestic disturbance. His shooting death is the department’s first. The officer’s loss has hit Covington, a […]

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- May 24, 2018
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Professor Pleads To President Trump: Send Troops To Chicago

Is Chicago more dangerous than Afghanistan?

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- April 29, 2018
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Virginia Supreme Court Rules On Police Storage Of License Plate Reader Data

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There is now a legal challenge to Fairfax County’s methods of data stored by police with automated license plate readers. Although it was thrown out by a county judge in 2016, it has been given new life by the Virginia Supreme Court.

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