Virginia's Safety

[Bristol, CT; Las Vegas, Greenville, MS; Philadelphia, PA; FL; Decatur GA; As of Sept 30, 2022, 252 officers had been shot in 2022; 50 were killed by gunfire; 63 were shot in ambush attacks]

Sept 21, 2022, Fake Active Shooter Reports Target Virginia Schools, The Republican Standard

Sept 18, 2022, Schools Across USA Hit With Fake Shooting Bomb Threats - Experts Say It's a Cruel Hoax, USA Today

Aug 8, 2022, State Police Conduct Standards Will Soon Be Enforceable Almost Two Years After Law Was Passed, Virginia Mercury

Aug 8, 2022, Dogwood Dell: A Massacre Foiled or Tale Too Good To Be True?, Virginia Mercury

[RIchmond City Prosecutor has given reason to believe the story is not true]

Aug 1, 2022, AG Miyares Visits Fairfax Co. Police Amid Officer Shortage, Violent Crime Spike, The Republican Standard

Aug 1, 2022, August County Sheriff's Office Investigating Series of Vehicle Break-Ins, WHSV 3

July 6, 2022, Report: Richmond Police Thwarted a Potential July 4 Mass Shooting, The Republican Standard

July 1, 2022, Detroit Ice Cream Shop Slammed Over Refusal to Serve Police Officers Wearing Body Armor, Daily Wire

June 30, 2022, New Data Show Gun-Related Injuries on Rise in Emergency Rooms, Virginia Mercury

[ER visits rose by 72% between 2018 and 2021; Black men - particulary young Black men - are disproportionately represented]

June 29, 2022, Four Takeaways From Virginia's Crime Stats, Virginia Mercury

June 3, 2022, Has Anyone Highlighted This Key Detail About Uvalde, Texas Shooter's Background Check?, Truth Press

[If shooter put down his grandparents address, the sale should have been prevented because the grandfather has a criminal background and cannot have guns on premises or be with those possessing guns]

June 1, 2022, One Man's Case Shows Why The Looting Isn't Going to Stop Anytime Soon, Washington Free Beacon

[Serial looter was arrested many times, never spent any time in jaill]

May 13, 2022, The Deadly Consequences of Not Prosecuting Misdemeanors: Why 'Data and Science' Don't Say What Rogue Prosecutors Claims, Daily Signal

May 12, 2022, Liberal Think Tank Recommends Dealing With 'Root Causes' - Not Guns - To Address 'Gun Violence', American Liberty News

May 8, 2022, Virginia State AG Miyares Drops Bad News for Pro-Abortion Mobs Looking to Storm Churches, Western Journal

Apr 18, 2022, Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police Says New Survey Shows Need for Mental Health Resources for First Reponders, The Republican Standard

Apr 11, 2022, How Spotify Is Pushing to Abolish Prisons and Police,, Washington Free Beacon

[Spotify's Abolition X podcast pushes far-left policies, labels America 'White Supremacist' State]

Feb 19, 2022, A BLM Bail Fund is Freeing Heinous Criminals in Kentucky, GOP Has Plan to Stop It, Washington Free Beacon

Feb 18, 2022, 146 Virginia Police Officers Decertified, New Law Expands to Include Excessive Force and Lying, WRIC

Jan 15, 2022, Outgoing Attorney General Drops Bomb on Virginia Beach Police Department, The Republican Standard

Dec 31, 2021, Virginia Sues Town of Windsor, Accusing It of Discriminatory Policing, New York Times

Dec 13, 2021, Wide Disparities, High Recidivism Afflict Virginia's Juvenile Justice System Report Says, Virginia Mercury

[Black children twice as likely to enter system]

Dec 10, 2021, Hostility and Hate Leads to Small Town Police Crisis, The Republican Standard

[Story uses Leesburg as an example. Story does not include information about department's long history of aggressive, confrontational policing practices. Pay is also a key factor in departments ability to hire new officers]

Dec 16, 2021, Richmond Virginia Police Union Demands Chief's Resignation, The Republican Standard

Nov 30, 2021, Even Deep Red Virginia Is Struggling with Police Shortages, The Republican Standard

Nov 29, 2021, Police Morale Plummets in Parts of Virginia, The Republican Standard

Nov 2, 2021, Minneapolis Voters Reject Defunding Police Department, Washington Free Beacon

Oct 26. 2021, Anarchy ReignsIIn Portland, Daily Signal

Oct 16, 2021, Democrats Call Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's Call to 'Re-Fund' the Police 'Divisive' Rhetoric Amid Baltimore Crime Spike, Daily Caller

Oct 9, 2021, Suspect at Large After Ambush Killing of Georgia Police Officer on His First Day, Daily Caller

[43-year old African American Suspect Damien Ferguson at large for Killing Dylan Harrison who leaves a wife and 6-month old behind]

Aug 10, 2021, Here Are All the Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty Since Calls to Defund the Police Began, Daily Caller

July 29, 2021, Federal Government Gives Millions to Vera Institute of Justice That Supports Defunding the Police, Washington Free Beacon

[The Vera Institute received $89M in grants and contracts in 2021]

July 22, 2021, George Soros Funnels $1M to Defund the Police as Violent Crime Surges, Washington Free Beacon

July 9, 2021, More Than Half of Virginia's State Mental Health Virginia's State-Run Mental Health Hospitals Will Be Closed to New Admissions, Virginia Mercury

July 8, 2021, Harrisonburg Police Investigates Increase in Catalytic Converter Thefts, Daily News Record

June 4, 2021, Blame Criminals, Democratic Left for Crime Wave, Daily Signal {Example of 3 Liberal Cities that Partially Defunded Police that are experiencing a crime wave]

May 26, 2021, Smyth County Sheriff Leaves Democratic Party to Join the Republican Party, WJHL 11

May 24, 2021, Supreme Court Dodges Cases on Liability, Declining to Hear Excessive Force Claims, USA Today

Apr 28, 2021, Can Training Solve Over-Aggressive Policing?, Virginia Mercury

Apr 26, 2021, Not All Police Shootings Are Alike, And Doing So Minimizes Police Brutality, Washington Examiner

Apr 26, 2021, Three Reasonable Police Reforms Conservative Republicans Should Support after George Floyd Verdict, Washington Examiner

Apr 20, 2021, Derek Chauvin Found Guilty of Murder of George Floyd, Daily Caller

Apr 16, 2021, Windsor, Site of Viral Traffic Stop, Leans Heavily on Ticketing to Fund Its Budget, Virginia Mercury

Mar 31, 2021, Three Men Charged With Selling Firearms to Convicted Felons in Connection With Oceanfront Shootings, WAVY-TV

Mar 29, 2021, Virginia Beach Officer Told Detectives Man He Fatally Shot Had a Gun, Authorities Say, CNN

Mar 28, 2021, Thirteen Year-old Teenagers Arrested and Charged with Car Jacking in Washington, DC, Washington Examiner [In another case, 13 and 15 year-old girls carjacked an Uber Eats driver]

Mar 28, 2021, Police Say Body Cameras were Off 'for unknown reasons' During Virginia Beach Shooting, Washington Examiner

Mar 27, 2021, Two Dead, Nine Other Injured After Shootings on Virginia Beach Oceanfront, WAVY-TV

Mar 21, 2021, Virginia's Asian-American Community Frustrated, Fearful in Wake of Georgia Killings, Virginian Pilot

Mar 21, 2021, Stanley Celebration Bluegrass for Blue Lives Honors Local Law Enforcement, Daily News Record

Mar 4, 2021, Mourners Fill Bulldog Stadium to Honor Slain Stanley Officer, Daily News Record

Mar 2, 2021, Virginia State Police Investigating Officer Death and Deputy-Involved Shooting, ABC 8 WRIC

Feb 24, 2021, Opinion: No More 'No Way' on All Police Investigative Records, Virginia Mercury

[Roger Chesley Argues for more inclusive FOIA Law]

Jan 14, 2021, Virginia Governor Northan Plans Radical Changes to Criminal Justice System, Washington Free Beacon

Jan 5, 2021, Virginia Crime Commission Recommends Eliminating All Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Virginia Mercury

Dec 24, 2020, Henrico Police Rebrand Division with Vision, Mission, and Values, Richmond TImes-Dispatch

Dec 15, 2020, All Democrats Running for Governor Say They Support Ending the Death Penalty, Virginia Mercury

Dec 9, 2020, Supervisors Hear Expansion Plan for Middle River Regional Jail, Daily News Record

Nov 28, 2020, Sheriff: Vest Saved Deputy's Life, Daily News Record

Nov 27, 2020, Virginia Sheriff's Offices Praised for Wild Animal Seizures, Winchester Star

Nov 25, 2020, Clinton Judge Sides With Leftist Groups and Stops Asylum Ban for Child Abusers and Drunk Drivers, Judicial Watch

Nov 24, 2020, Officer [Rockingham County Sheriff's Deputy] Shot During Traffic Stop, Daily News Record

Nov 11, 2020, Every Criminal Justice Reform That Passed in Virginia after George Floyd's Death, Virginia Mercury

Nov 1, 2020, Hutcheson Against Ban on No-Knock Warrants, Daily News Record

Oct 30, 2020, U.S. Marshal's Operation Recovers 27 Missing Children in Virginia, U.S. Dept of Justice Press Release

Oct 29, 2020, Wave of Violence Continues in Richmond, Richmond Times-Dispatch

Oct 27, 2020, What's behind Virginia's Increasing pedestrian death toll and how to reverse the trend, Virginia Mercury

Oct 26, 2020, Thousands of Virginia prisoners could be released early under new earned sentence credit program, Virginia Mercury

Oct 19, 2020, State Agency Issues New Report into Alleged Misconduct at Parole Board, WDBJ CBS7

Oct 6, 2020, Va. Watchdog Substantiates 6 of 7 Allegations Against Va. Parole Board, Richmond Times Dispatch

Sept 22, 2020, Va. House Committee Kills Two Senate Bills that would have Required Greater Parole Board Transparency, Richmond Times Dispatch

Sept 2, 2020, Surge in Richmond Gun Violence Continues; 24 Shootings, 11 Homicides Since Aug 15, WRIC ABC 8 News

Sept 1, 2020, Police: 23 shootings, 15 homicides over 17 days in Richmond, WTVR 6 News

Sept 2020, Murder Map: Deadliest U.S. Cities. Number 11, Richmond Virginia, The murder rate is 22.6 per 100,000, CBS News

Aug 24, 2020, Back the Blue Rally [in Harrisonburg] Draws Hundreds, Daily News Record

Aug 7, 2020, Agency: Virginia Parole Board Violated Law, Policies in Case, NBC12

May 20, 2020, Did Va. Democrats OK an early release plan for many violent inmates, Politifact [Rated Mostly True]

May 12, 2020, Virginia Gov Rejects Call to Halt Parole for Violent Felons, WHSV

Apr 8, 2020, Dozens of Virginia felons released during Coronavirus. Advocates say not enough, Virginia Pilot

Resources

Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know, New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2019. (Chapter Seven - A Short Explanation of the Amanda Knox Case, Chapter Eight - Case Study: The Fraternity Party, Chapter Eleven - Case Study: The Kansas City Experiments, and Chapter Twelve - Sandra Bland)

Other News on Law Enforcement and Safety

Jan 7, 2025, Foreigners Three Times as Likely to Commit Sex Offences as British Citizens, The Telegraph (UK)

[The rape gang scandal largely involving Pakistani migrants roiling the UK has revealed the extent of migrant crime in the UK. It is the top issue among British voters much as in the US..]

Jan 1, 2025, Rented Tesla Cybertruck Explodes at Trump Tower Hotel in Las Vegas, Truth Press

[Tesla vehicle reported positive telemetry, Vehicle carried fireworks or explosives.]

Jan 1, 2025, New Orleans Truck Attack: Driver Inspired by Islamaic State Terror Attacks - Posted Online Prior to Attack, AP

[Kills 15, Injures 30]

Jan 1, 2025, Deadly New Year's Even Terror in New Orleans, NY Sun

[Driver with truck plows into crowd killing 10, Killed in shootout with police]

Nov 20, 2024, U.S. Capitol Police Captain Michael Byrd,The Officer Who Killed Ashley Babbitt, Had a Long History of Disciplinary and Training Problems, Jonathon Turley

Nov 18, 2024, Position Statement: Suppressors for Hearing Protection, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

[The academy recommends the use of noise suppressors, also known as silencers, on guns to preserve hearing.]

Nov 13, 2024, Lancaster California Teen Alan Filion Behind Hundreds of Swattings Pleads Guilty to Federal Swatting Charges, Wired

Nov 7, 2024, Authorities Arrest Alleged Orchestrator of Cleveland, Ohio Street Takeovers, Local 12 News Cleveland

Aug 31, 2024, Aurora Colorado Mayor Starts Taking Actions After Venezuelan Gang Tren de Aragua Takes Over Apartment Buildings, Just The News

May 18, 2024, U.S. Warns of Possible Pride Month Attacks Worldwide, BBC

[U.S. says worldwide terrorist organizations may attack Pride Month celebrations]

Feb 24, 2024, California Court Strikes Down Billy Club Ban on Second Amendment Grounds, Fox News

[Ban comprised the core right of self-defense]

Feb 17, 2024, Furious Minnesota Police Sound Off After Two Women Convicted in Slaying of 19-year-old are Released Early, Western Journal

[Plea bargains result in reduction in prison time for serious, violent felony crimes]

Jan 20, 2024, Woman Strikes NYPD Officer with Car, Has Five Haunting Words for Investigators: Report, Western Journal

[The officer was directing the woman into another lane, because she was in the wrong lane, so she hit him intentionally to teach him a lesson and hopes he leaves the NYPD]

Jan 11, 2024, U.S. Capitol Police Union Says Not Enough Done to Improve Security After Jan 6, Virginia Mercury

Jan 7, 2024, One in Thirty Residents Has Their Car Stolen in This Deep Blue City of Oakland, California, Truth Press

Dec 24, 2023, The List of America's Most Dangerous Cities and Towns Just Dropped. Here's What They Have in Common, Truth Press

[Hint: They are all led by Democrats]

Oct 17, 2023, How Blue Cities and Counties Inflate Red States' Homicide Rates, Daily Signal

Sept 29, 2023, Hundreds Busted in Polk County, Florida Human Trafficking Operation - Including Disney Employees, Truth Press

June 16, 2023, Survey: 54% of Protestant Congregations Rely on Armed Congregants As Part of Their Security Plan, American Liberty

Apr 26, 2023, Good Riddance to Kim Foxx, Chicago's Rogue Soros-Backer Prosecutor, Daily Signal

Apr 6, 2023, FBI Mistakenly Targets and Detains Delta Airlines Pilot in Botched Training Exercise, American Entertainment News

Apr 4, 2023, Transgenderisms's Obsession With Its Own Victimhood Breeds Violence, The Federalist

Apr 4, 2023, Nashville Police Make Disturbing Discoveries at Shooting Suspects Home, Truth Press

Mar 30, 2023, Police Report and Trans Shooter's Social Media Narrative Devastate Left's Anti-Christian Narrative - Report, Western Journal

[Trans Shooter was deeply affected by death of a friend in August 2022 and only began cross-dressing after the death. Hale posted almost daily about the death. Sources about conflict between the shooter and Christian parents were anonymous and therefore cannot be assessed for accuracy, integrity, and motive.]

Mar 29, 2023, Nashville Shooting Timeline: What We Know Now, NBC KCRA 3

Mar 28, 2023, Nashville Police Refuse to Release Shooter's Manifesto, Daily Caller

Mar 28, 2023, Covenant School Shooting: Shooter had purchased 7 guns at 5 Difference Stores, WSOC-TV 9

Mar 28, 2023, Nashville School Shooting Security Video of Suspect Shooting Out Door Windows and Entering School, NBC Miami

[Video highlights importance of having locked doors which cannot be bypassed by shooters]

Mar 27, 2023, Nashville School Shooting Had Drawn Maps, Done Surveillance Before Killing 3 Adults and 3 Children, WTTW

Mar 27, 2023, Trans Activists Call for Day of Vengeance Day Before Nashville School Shooting, Daily Wire

Mar 21, 2023, Progressive Prosecutors Keep Winning Key Races - Fundamentally Transforming America, American Liberty News

Mar 20, 2021, FBI Devoted 16,000 More Hours to Jan 6 Than BLM Riots, Daily Signal

Mar 4, 2023, BLM Rioters Get $6 Million Because Police Did Not Wear Face Masks, Truth Press

[Rioters were awarded $20,000 each]

Feb 23, 2023, TV Reporter and 9-Year-Old Girl Killed When Gunman Return to Scene of Previous Shooting in Pine Hills, Florida, Truth Press

[Suspect Keith Melvin Moses, 19, has lengthy history of violent crime]

Feb 16, 2023, CNN Anchor Left Out Key Detail for MSU Shooting Suspect While Suspect Was at Large, Truth Press

[Based on photo of suspect captured on surveillance camera, despite mask, law enforcement were fairly confident suspect was Black, CNN failed to report that fact which could have helped students on campus]

Feb 15, 2023, 'Unacceptable': Los Angeles Progressive Prosecutor Ignoring Sex Crime Crisis, According to Internal Memo, Washington Free Beacon

Feb 14, 2023, Michigan State Shooter Had Prior Felony Gun Charge Dismissed by Progressive Prosecutor, Washington Free Beacon

[Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon had cancelled mandatory felony charges in the name of race 'equity']

Feb 14, 2023, D.C. Shooter Isaiah Trotman Got Off Violent Crimes Charges Due to Soros-Funded Albemarle County Virginia DA Jim Hingeley, The Liberty Revolution

Feb 13, 2023, Robbins, Illinois Teen Boys Kill 71-year-old Man With Stolen Car, Fox News

[2009-2021 Kias that use a physical key are easy to steal. Owners can prevent theft with a steering wheel lock. The 13-year old boys were able to steal the car easily because it used a physical key and had no steering wheel lock.]

Jan 9, 2023, Youngkin's Parole Board Chair Calls for 'Over the Top Transparency', Virginia Mercury

Jan 1, 2023, Researchers Say Latest FBI Statistics on Hate Crimes Across the Country Are Flawed, NPR

[Fewer law enforcement agencies have been reporting crime statistics because their legacy systems have not been upgraded to conform with the current Federal reporting system. Some of those failing to report crimes include the largest law enforcement departments.]

Jan 1, 2023, Suspect Behind NYPD New Year's Eve Attack Was on FBI Radar, Truth Press

[He was a recent convert to Islam]

Jan 1, 2023, America's 'Most Dangerous Law' Goes Into Effect in Blue State of Illinois, Truth Press

Dec 31, 2022, FBI Now Going After Its Critics as 'Conspiracy Theorists' Spreading 'Misinformation', America's New Desk

Dec 29, 2022, 'It Was Absolutely Shocking': Traveler Records Airport Police Threatening to Arrest Stranded Passengers in Nashville, The Hill

Dec 18, 2022, Antifa Members Arrested For Terrorism After Protesting Georgia Planned Police Academy, Law Officer

[Police recovered bombs, flares, gasoline, and weapons during arrest]

Dec 8, 2022, Virginia State Police Won't Release Job Records of Ex-State Trooper Who Killed 3 in California, Virginia Mercury

[Prior Mental illness Incident Missed in Hiring Process, agency says 'Human Error']

Dec 1, 2022, Liberals are Furious NYC Mayor Wants to Take Dangerous Mentally Ill People Off the Streets, Washington Free Beacon

Nov 30, 2022, Federal Court Mentorship Program Creates 'Psychologically Safe Space' for 'Minoritized Staff', Fox News

Oct 28, 2022, Columbia Study Finds Mass School Shootings Not Caused by Mental Illness, Columbia University

Oct 26, 2022, Pennsylvania GOP Moves to Impeach Philly DA Larry Krasner, Washington Free Beacon

[Move comes following soft on crime policies and and increasing violence crime rate]

Sept 25, 2022, US Judge Robert Hinkle Sides With FL Gov DiSantis on Replacement of State Attorney Who Won't Prosecute Gender and Abortion Crimes, The Liberty Revolution

Sept 24, 2022, Federal Agency Recommends Treating Every Driver Like a Repeat DUI Offender, American Liberty News

Sept 23, 2022, More Than Half the Nation Wants a Crackdown on Violent Crime Poll Says, Daily Caller

Aug 24, 2022, Arlington Virginia Progressive Prosecutor Parisa Dehghani-Tafti Freed Felon Who Went on to Murder Two Men, Washington Free Beacon

Aug 2, 2022, Here's How One Man Completely Outsmarted a Gun Buyback and Profited from It, Western Journal

[Houston police had called their gun buyback a success]

July 17, 2022, New San Francisco DA Cleans House, Fires 15 employees and announces new hires, Fox News

July 16, 2022, Democrats and Republicans Join Forces to Investigate Philadelphia's Woke District Attorney, Daily Wire

July 12, 2022, Gascon Recall Effort Takes Big Step Forward in Los Angeles, Daily Signal

July 7, 2022, DC Man Arrested For Throwing Molotov Cocktail at US Capitol Police Near Union Station, Washington Times

July 5, 2022, In San Francisco, A Zone of Lawless Sovereignty, Daily Signal

June 23, 2022, How Common Is It For Prisoners to Re-Offend?, USA Facts

May 5, 2022, As Murders Reached Unprecedented Highs, Top Ohio Congrtessional Dem Recruit Greg Landsman Backed Motion to End Cash Bail, Washington Free Beacon

May 4, 2022, How China's TikTok Rakes in Cash and New Recruits for Cartels, Washington Free Beacon

Apr 24, 2022, Warrenton Virginia Unveils Anonymous Ratings System for Police Officers, The Republican Standard

Apr 15, 2022, NYC Mayor Calls BLM Hypocrites for Ignoring Massive Wave of Black-on-Black Murders, American Liberty

Apr 1, 2022, Nat'l Assn of Chiefs of Policy Study Lays Out Costs, Risks of Loudoun Police Department Transition, Loudoun Now

[new form of county government needed, transition costs of $213.8 million to $307.7 million in first 10 years, followed by higher operating costs, board would have more powers to institute change over the chief authorizing boards and committees, releasing more information than legally-mandated, diversity and other training, and collective bargaining]

Mar 31, 2022, How Sen Raphael Warnock Used Millions in Fed Cash to Dismantle an Atlanta Jail, Washington Free Beacon

[Soros-Backed Non-Profit will Run Diversion Center to transition Aways from Criminal Justice System]

Mar 7, 2022, California's Most Radical Prosecutor Chesa Boudin's Recall Campaign Fight Bankrolled By Scandal Plagued Bitcoin Billionaire, Washington Free Beacon

Mar 6, 2022, Florida Police Chief Larry Scirotto Fired for Favoring Non-White Officers, NY Post

Feb 28, 2022, Vast Majority of DC Homicide Suspects Were Known to Law Enforcement Report Finds, Washington Free Beacon

Jan 28, 2022, Meet Alvin Bragg, the Rogue Prosecutor Wreaking Havoc in Manhattan, Daily Signal

Jan 26, 2022, Eight Cities That Can Help Explain National Crime Wave, Daily Signal

Jan 22, 2022, NYPD Cop Killer Has Lengthy Rap Sheet, WSas Out on Probation, Truth Press

Jan 12, 2022, Killings of Cops Spiked in 2021, Washington Free Beacon

[Killings of cops spiked 36 percent]

Dec 30, 2021, How Justice is Denied When Prosecutors Go Rogue, Daily Signal

Dec 29, 2021, Will 2021's Spike in Violent Crime Continue into 2022?, Daily Signal