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The Newest Police Crimefighting Tool: Podcasts

The Crime Report

At a press conference two days later, Newport Beach Chief Jon Lewis credited an unusual source for helping with the investigation: the true-crime podcast “Countdown to Capture,” launched by his California police department a year earlier. What this podcast did was increase awareness and generate leads for us.

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The Repeating Trauma of Black Gunshot Survivors

The Crime Report

You’ve seen the footage: A young Black male shooting victim lies under a sheet on a neighborhood corner, surrounded by police and EMT vehicles and curious community onlookers. It’s unlikely that subsequent media coverage will explore the life circumstances that led to his violent end. Unfortunately, his death becomes just another sad statistic.

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A Reform DA Fights Back

The Crime Report

With surprising candor and emotion, the DA also described how she arrived at a hostile office, managed opposition to the changes she sought, and what drives her life’s work. “We are training attorneys not on numbers, not on trying to win at all costs,” Becton said. “We Progressive DAs Under Fire.

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