Criminal Justice
Shawnee Park police shooting highlights arrest warrant policy gaps
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The department lacks clear guidelines for serving arrest warrants in public settings, according to a KyCIR review.
Red Flags and Repeat Offenses: A woman’s death shines light on cracks in city’s domestic violence response
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A woman’s death is putting a renewed focus on the flaws in the city’s criminal justice system that harm victims of domestic violence, and allow offenders to avoid accountability.
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In urban Kentucky, more than two in five Black children live in poverty
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More than 20% of Kentucky children are growing up in poverty, but Black and Latinx children are worse off in the state’s most urban counties.
Education
Louisville’s police in schools debate lacks necessary data
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JCPS calls external police for a range of issues, but just how often that happens isn’t known. Because the district doesn’t track it.
Criminal Justice
ShotSpotter Tells Louisville Police About Gunshots, But Officers Rarely Look For Evidence
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Officers conduct required surveys on fewer than two out of every 10 ShotSpotter calls. The calls rarely lead to an arrest. The officers typically clear ShotSpotter scenes within minutes, and they seldom find evidence of a shooting.
Criminal Justice
Proposed Budget Cuts Bring Fears About What’s Next For Louisville’s Jailed Youth
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If Louisville closes its juvenile jail, it’s still unclear whether the state would open a new facility or send Louisville youth to other regional detention centers.
Government
Instability Grows As Louisville Eviction Rate Doubles National Average
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Data shows that poverty rates climb and populations wane in the neighborhoods where evictions have been the most common over the last 16 years.
Criminal Justice
3 Of Every 4 Jailed Louisville Youth Are Black. Who Can Change That?
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Though black youth are less than 27 percent of Louisville’s youth population, they represented more than 75 percent of the youth bookings in Louisville’s secure detention center last year.
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Kentucky Reformed Juvenile Justice, And Left Black Youth Behind
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When a youth is accused of a crime in Kentucky, an adult has to make a choice in nearly every step that follows.
Allow the youth to avoid a formal charge, or bring the case to a judge? Send him home or to sleep in a cell? Put another way: Offer another chance, or deny it?
Disproportionately, the Kentucky youth denied that second chance are black.
Louisville Mayor’s Derby Party Bill: $109K. The Guest List? Secret
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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s invite-only Derby weekend extravaganza cost taxpayers about $109,000 this year. But the mayor’s office keeps the guest list secret.