A couple weeks back I had coffee with a person I respect a lot, who is in favor of the new gang injunction, the curfew and all that kind of stuff.  He truly believed that when it comes to social programs that would get to the roots of the problems “we have tried all that”.  I did not argue because I wanted to hear him out, but I think he could not be mor

No one knew what to expect from the Negotiated Settlement Agreement Status Hearing before Judge Henderson on September 22^nd. As the Judge himself admitted at the outset, “This one is somewhat different.” Going on to comment that this is no longer “business as usual,” he stated that, “we need to change things that are being done as well as attitudes.” 

The prevailing notion is that public safety depends on how many police officers you have relative to the population and, the more officers, the more safe.