The crime rate in Chicago has spiked by 61 percent in the first three weeks of 2023, with almost all crime segments registering an increase, with data coming at a time when the state’s governor insists that crime in the city is decreasing. In the first 22 days of this year, the Chicago Police Department…

A tight race is unfolding in the battleground state of Nevada as ballot counting continues. What is the balance of power looking like as of now in Congress? The elections are over, but there are still no answers as to who won in many key races throughout the country. Pennsylvania’s race for senator has been…

The federal government must address how 469 foreign criminals facing deportation, including those convicted of multiple sexual offences, have gone missing, says Conservative public safety critic Raquel Dancho. “The Minister of Public Safety needs to explain to Canadians how and why they allowed multiple violent offenders who were serving sentences for murder and sexual offences…

Violence in California reached “epidemic proportions” during the pandemic, although most victims didn’t report it, according to a new study at the University of San Diego. The 2022 California Study on Violence Experiences Across the Lifespan (CalVEX) traced rising violence in the Golden State to growing economic insecurity, unemployment, and social inequality. “Californians are experiencing…

Commentary After decades of falling crime rates, violence is spiking again in America’s streets. According to FBI data, violent crime increased by nearly 30 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, and while national data for 2021 is not yet complete, data from major cities such as Los Angeles, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. show further increases…

On July 4th, 2022, a man in Illinois took to the rooftop and fired rounds of bullets on the Independence Day parade participants, killing 5 people with 2 more dying later from their wounds and injuring even more. The man, soon identified by the police, is Robert Crimo III, aged 21. Robert Crimo III poses…

The population of California declined for the second straight year in 2021, with officials blaming lower birth rates, the pandemic, and other reasons for the drop, while outgoing citizens place the blame on violent crime numbers, property prices, and the state’s education system. There were 117,552 fewer residents in California as of Jan. 1, 2022,…

LOS ANGELES—A three-day joint federal, state, and local effort focused on suspects wanted for violent crimes in Los Angeles resulted in 30 arrests, including 10 for murder, police said on the evening of April 13. There were also nine arrests for attempted murder, four for great bodily injury to a child, three each for armed…

Commentary The voters have spoken. So now can we finally bury the insidiously foolish demand to “defund the police?” And while we’re at it, can we also agree to ignore the Marxist-inspired message that started with the Black Lives Matter movement calling for outright abolishment of not only the police but jails, prisons, parole, and…

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday unveiled a new three-pronged initiative aimed at combating the surge of violent crime in several U.S. cities in the wake of George Floyd’s death last summer. Garland’s strategy consists of directing the Justice Department’s 94 U.S. attorney’s offices to adopt a set of principles aimed at improving the department’s approach to…