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SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Crime rates, retail theft, police staffing

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Disbanding police forces, cops in schools, gang database scrapped, retail crime, asset forfeiture, big city crime rates, violence against MD youth, online crime data base for transparency, crime on cruise ships, prison guard corruption, and more... POLICE CONDUCT ‘It’s scary’: America’s small towns are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes  (Winston Salem Journal) Do cops actually make schools safer?  (Minnesota Reformer) Do police stations deter crime?  (Crime Science) Police Oversight Board Votes to Permanently Scrap New Chicago Gang Database  (WTTW) After George Floyd’s murder, more states require release of police disciplinary records  (Stateline) Memphis Police pressured to change culture after high-profile killings and beatings  (WGLT) Federal Appeals Court Rules Detroit's Asset Forfeiture Violates Due Process Rights of Drivers  (Reason) CRIME RATE Americans are hopelessly confused about big-city crime. Partisanship is partly to blame  (LA Times) see also:  Rising crim

Most Notable Hollywood Police Officers

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We love our police officers, and so does Hollywood. Here's a list of the most notable police officers on the big screen and TV. Carl Winslow Reginald VelJohnson played many police characters. Carl Winslow was a Chicago police officer he portrayed in Family Matters. He also played Sgt. Al Powell in Die Hard and a jail guard in Ghostbusters! Find your Chicago SpotCrime map here . Police Inspector Harry Callahan aka Dirty Harry I know what you're thinking, punk. You're thinking "did he fire six shots or only five?" Now to tell you the truth I forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and will blow you head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself a question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk? Find your San Francisco SpotCrime Map here . CHiPs Follows the adventures of Officer Baker and Officer Poncherllo, two CA Highway patrol officers. Find your California Spo