Posted December 27, 2018
Bump Stocks and Other Gun Laws for 2019 You Need to Know Bump stocks have essentially been illegal in California since 1990. Any person who possesses, manufactures, imports into California, offers a bump stock for sale or gives or lends
Posted November 29, 2018
More Visibility into Police Misconduct Records Coming in California According to the Washington Post’s Fatal Force database, police shot and killed 162 people in California in 2017, and 99 so far in 2018. Under existing California law, police records of
Posted November 22, 2018
The Difference Between a Hate Incident and a Hate Crime According to the most recent FBI statistics hate crimes are up 17% nationwide. Orange County is reporting a 16% increase for 2017. Hate crimes have increased in each year over
Posted October 31, 2018
Cash Bail Eliminated in California In a recent slate of bill signings by the governor, Californians will no longer have a system of cash bail as collateral to get out of jail while awaiting trial. The passage of the bill
Posted October 24, 2018
New California Criminal Laws Coming in 2019 As Jerry Brown wraps up his tenure as governor of California, his last legislative signing session included some new criminal laws. These new criminal laws will have an impact on those who get
Posted September 23, 2018
Six Types of Sex Crimes in California The nature and severity of different kinds of sex crimes in California varies with the individual crime, but every charge of a sex offense is a very serious one. In addition to jail
Posted August 30, 2018
Cyber Bullying Laws in California Cyber bullying is frequently in the headlines these days. Young people being harassed in social media, sometimes with tragic results. Tech companies being urged by physicians and policy makers to come up with methods to
Posted July 20, 2018
License Plate Readers in Orange County Police cars, malls, street lights, overpasses, and signs all over Orange County are equipped with license plate readers, recording billions of car trips in and around the county each year. These devices are known
Posted July 15, 2018
Five Podcasts for Fans of True Crime This post is a little summer sidebar. If you’ve spent your spare time reading every book you can about mysteries, murders, messed-up investigations or mayhem, perhaps it’s time to look to a podcast
Posted June 26, 2018
What is Predictive Policing? Recent news stories about Orange County Sheriff and Los Angeles PD are using techniques to “stop crime before it happens” has people asking about the tech wonder known as predictive policing: what is it, how is
