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The mandate is the latest initiative aimed to make riders feel safer as subway crime remains up from pre-pandemic levels

An image circulated on social media of Mayor Steve Adler with closed eyelids and his head tucked down during the one-hour service

It is the first increase in the Seattle Police Department's budget since the City Council began reducing funding in 2020

So far, the city has recorded 67 homicides, down from 76 at this time last year but significantly higher than Minneapolis' norm before 2020

Kansas City is the largest U.S. city without local control of its police force, the mayor said

Michael Cox, who currently serves as police chief in Ann Arbor, Michigan, called the appointment "a homecoming"

The community safety commissioner will oversee a new department that aims to better coordinate police, fire and other services

The city’s new Community Safety Division will help to coordinate community-based outreach with police enforcement efforts

The center’s leadership offered “an abject apology” and the city’s mayor said he was extremely disappointed by the incident

FOP president John Catanzara rebuked the mayor, saying that the city’s policy of canceling days off is unsustainable

Officers will now be stationed within sight of one another

Eric Adams says the new policy will double the NYPD’s reach and help riders feel safer

Cutting police overtime is a bad idea because the law states that OT must be honored — no matter what, the mayor said

"That is not going to happen in New York," said Mayor Eric Adams about the delayed police response in Uvalde

The former NYPD captain wore a long tuxedo coat with the words “END GUN VIOLENCE” on the back