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The Council’s research, analyses, members, and independent task forces and commissions are featured regularly in the press. The stories listed below appeared in a wide range of national and regional news outlets.

The New York Times

After Surging During Pandemic, Homicides Fall Significantly

The Wall Street Journal

New York Has Cut Violent Crime. Making Residents Feel Safe Is Trickier.

National Public Radio

Public safety groups face an uncertain future months after federal grant cuts

media inquiries
San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins makes her case as a compassionate crime-fighter
04-10-26
By Jesse Alejandro Cottrell
San Diego Police identified suspects for almost every murder in 2025, but one family needs answers
04-09-26
By Katy Stegall, Esmeralda Perez
AI framework aims to help criminal justice agencies adopt the tech responsibly
04-08-26
By Kaitlyn Levinson
The Impact of Surveillance Technology on Investigations
04-08-26
By Matthias Binder
9 Crime Trends Affecting Major Cities Today
04-08-26
By Matthias Binder
Marc Levin on Reforming Texas' Criminal System
04-07-26
By Lone Star Standard
AI And Criminal Justice: How Does It Work?
04-07-26
By John Werner
How many guns must be stolen from cars before we get a plan? | Opinion
04-07-26
By James E. Causey
Zohran Mamdani's $1.1 Billion 'Defund-Adjacent' Dream? Inside The Radical Plan To Sideline NYPD
04-06-26
By Alan Hume
As Democrats Try to Defend Cities from Trump, Have They Finally Learned Their Lesson on Crime?
04-06-26
By William Green
The "No-Go" List: 7 U.S. Destinations Travelers Now Say Aren't Worth the Risk
04-04-26
By Debi
Why is crime down in D.C. and Baltimore? The answer isn't simple.
04-03-26
By Stella Canino-Quinones
Donald Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General
04-02-26
By Todd Spangler
Examining juvenile car thefts in Utah after Ogden crash kills two young boys
04-02-26
By Wendy Halloran
The 11 most dangerous U.S. vacation spots, according to experts
04-01-26
By Diana Rose
Why is crime down in Baltimore and DC? The answer isn't simple.
04-01-26
By Capital News Service
Exploring the latest Cincinnati crime rank and safety data
04-01-26
By Nina Oliverio
New federal data reinforces nationwide drop in crime since pandemic peak
03-31-26
Mamdani Sinks $260 Million Into Office of Community Safety, Where Social Workers Replace Cops, as Big Apple Faces Historic Budget Crisis
03-31-26
Washington, Oregon among states with higher property crime rates despite national decline
03-31-26
AI in Criminal Justice: Why Governance Matters and How to Make It Work
03-27-26
Are video games and phones helping to reduce crime?
03-27-26
By Justin Fox
Trump says his Cabinet officials were mugged in DC
03-26-26
By Sarah K. Burris
Everyone's Pointing Out The Same Weird Thing In Kash Patel's Crime Chart Post
03-25-26
By Matt Stopera
The Internet Is Roasting Kash Patel Over This One Big Thing In A Chart He Posted
03-25-26
By Matt Stopera
National Guard troops in Memphis, D.C., to get full benefits as task force racks up thousands of arrests
03-25-26
By Cassie B
SF's crime collapsed. So did its resistance to surveillance
03-25-26
By Cyrus Farivar
FBI eviscerates 'soft-on-crime' Newsom for lauding drop in murders as a win for Dems | USA Times
03-24-26
By News Room
'He isn't welcome': Memphis leaders slam Trump amid military deployment and visit highlighting public safety – News On Media
03-24-26
SFPD sees biggest hiring surge in years after recruitment slump. This is why
03-22-26
By David Hernandez
WSJ: Crime Across the United States Continues Trending Downward
03-20-26
The likelihood that someone would purposefully take an item at self-checkout without scanning actually increased with income
03-18-26
By Cyril Morong
The Future of Local Justice Innovation
03-17-26
Pennsylvania Auto Thefts Drop for 2nd Straight Year | NewsRadio 790 WAEB
03-17-26
Most violent crime on the decline in San Antonio
03-17-26
By Russell Contreras, Megan Stringer
Do you live in one of America's worst-run cities? See all 20, based on 2025 data
03-16-26
As US locks up fewer men, more women wind up behind bars
03-14-26
By 7 minutes
Lehigh Valley homicides continue to drop. What's behind the trend?
03-13-26
By Christopher Dornblaser
Some good news on crime
03-10-26
By APB Team
These reforms could transform criminal justice for people - and they cost almost nothing
03-10-26
By Bryan Walsh
With proposed 3-strikes law, Iowa is 'zagging' against national trend
03-10-26
By Stephen Gruber-Miller, William Morris
Crime in the U.S. was lower in 2025, but problems still exist
03-10-26
As federal immigration enforcement expands, local police struggle with cooperation
03-09-26
What's behind the 'historic collapse' in homicide and violent crime rates in major US cities
03-08-26
By Mark Morales
Amid all the statistics, Arkansas overachievement
03-06-26
By Dana Kelley
Madison Police Department reports drop in crime rates in 2025 due to new community outreach programs
03-05-26
By Zoe Pagonis
12 safest states to live in the U.S. for 2026
03-05-26
By Yvonne Gabriel
Insha Rahman to Serve as Next President and Director of Vera Institute of Justice and Vera Action
03-05-26
Ruby Ridge Reckoning Reveals Lessons for ICE
03-04-26
By Marc Levin Khalil Cumberbatch
Murder behind bars - Maryland's hidden crisis
03-04-26
By Nora Demleitner
Pittsburgh police radio breach wouldn’t take much money or skill, experts warn
03-04-26
By TribLive
CBS Admits It: Trump Was Right
03-03-26
East St. Louis had the fewest homicides in 45 years in 2025, Illinois State Police say
03-03-26
By St. Louis Public Radio, Will Bauer
Lafayette homicides drop 44% in 2025 after record-setting 2023 spike
03-01-26
By Stephen Marcantel
Tough talk won't make Iowa safer and will cost us millions
02-27-26
By Rachel Zimmermann Smith
Experts dispute White House claims mass deportations improve Americans' lives
02-27-26
Why Commercial Building Security Still Fails at the Door – Connecticut Chronicle
02-27-26
Editorial: Falling crime numbers a good news boost
02-27-26
By Editorial
Legal experts react to Trump's SCOTUS clash tariff pivot in fiery SOTU
02-26-26
By Breanne Deppisch
How Bexar County can get out of double magistration double trouble
02-26-26
By Marc Levin
The 13 Most Dangerous Places to Vacation in the United States
02-26-26
By Gene Patterson
Trump accused of 'unprecedented corruption' after State of the Union
02-26-26
Legal experts react to Trump's SCOTUS clash and tariff pivot in fiery SOTU
02-25-26
By Breanne Deppisch
Fact checking Trump's 2026 State of the Union address and Spanberger's response
02-25-26
Try As He Might, Trump Can't Take Credit for the Nation's Murder Drop
02-25-26
By Jennifer Mascia, Chip Brownlee
Fact checking Trump's 2026 State of the Union address and Democrats' response
02-25-26
By Laura Doan, Steve Reilly, James Laporta, Jui Sarwate, John Kel
Make fraudsters fund services for crime victims
02-25-26
By Marc Levin, Khalil Cumberbatch
Opinion - Make fraudsters fund services for crime victims
02-25-26
By Marc Levin, Khalil Cumberbatch
DC woman sentenced to 70 months in prison for 'violent' armed carjacking
02-25-26
By Tim Kunken
Fact checking Trump's 2026 State of the Union address
02-25-26
By Laura Doan, Jui Sarwate, John Kelly, Julia Ingram, Aaron Navar
Why clearance rates matter: A practical metric for criminal justice system reform
02-24-26
By 11 minutes
How the White House is turning a win on crime into a loss
02-23-26
By Erika D. Smith
In Colorado's famously fickle 8th District, an animated Democratic field vies to unseat U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans
02-23-26
By John Aguilar
Caligula Vs. Epstein: Can Good Triumph Over Evil?
02-23-26
By Michele Weldon
Why Costco is hiding pricey tech and how it could ruin your next visit?
02-22-26
By Grant Mercer
Someone was shot outside my building. It feels like a macabre rite of passage
02-21-26
Stronger border, safer New Mexico? Opinion piece stirs debate
02-21-26
By Vince Torres
ICE ends surge in Minnesota, but the change, with local cooperation, has improved targeted efforts
02-21-26
By Sharyl Attkisson, Jerry Dunleavy, John Solomon, Misty Severi
Justice delayed: More than 10,000 felony matters unresolved in Milwaukee County
02-18-26
Crime Hits a 50-Year Low, Unless an Abuser Sleeps Beside You
02-18-26
By Joni E Johnston Psy.d
'Shark Tank' star verbally brawls with left-wing CNN panelist
02-17-26
By Harold Hutchison
Trump Touts Economy, Border, and Crime Wins in Presidents' Day Message to America
02-17-26
By Nick Gilbertson
Why violent crime is dropping in US cities
02-17-26
By Sarah Fortinsky
Crime Rates May Not Be as Low as Claimed, Analysts Caution
02-17-26
By Kailyn Standifer
"This Is a Democrat Shutdown," Trump Declares - "They're Upset That the Crime Numbers Are So Good. They're Very Unhappy That There's a Movement for Getting Voter ID… They Don't Want Voter ID Because They Want to Cheat in Elections"
02-17-26
By Kurt Steffens
Turnover, delays and immigration focus mark Kenosha DA's first year
02-16-26
By Quinn Clark
ANALYSIS | Violent crime is way down in U.S. cities. Trump is taking credit
02-16-26
By Mike Crawley
Pres. Trump, MD Governor Feud Escalates Over NGA Snub
02-15-26
By Wayne Dupree
Computational text analysis on unstructured police data: a scoping review
02-14-26
Why we are seeing a dramatic decrease in violent crime in 'blue cities'
02-13-26
By Devin Pavlou
Felony backlog in Milwaukee hit historic high during pandemic. It has continued to grow since then
02-12-26
A former BLM activist goes all in on mass incarceration
02-12-26
By Elizabeth Heckman, Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi
Homicides drop 21% across 40 American cities while murders rise 29% in Boston in 2025
02-12-26
By Michael Silvia
Salem saw fewer murders, serious assaults, thefts in 2025, new report shows
02-10-26
By Madeleine Moore
The heads of DHS and ICE visited the border. We fact-checked their remarks.
02-10-26
Did The Loss Of 25,000 Cops Create A 25 Percent Reduction In Arrests?
02-09-26
By BLUE Magazine
NM's LGBTQ+ advocates urge passage of Prison Rape Elimination Act
02-09-26
By Roz Brown
Fact-checking Trump's interview with NBC News
02-08-26
By Jane C. Timm, Adam Edelman, Steve Kopack, Dan de Luce
Valuables Custody Service Business Research Report 2026: $35.79 Bn Market Opportunities, Trends, Competitive Landscape, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2020-2025, 2025-2030F, 2035F
02-06-26
By Research, Markets
New York vs. West Virginia: A sanctuary case study
02-06-26
By Guy Benson
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