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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

In short, “the law does not require the officer to wait until the approaching animal is within biting distance or is leaping at him before taking protective action.” Eyre , 547 F.3d 3d 707 (7th Cir. 2008); San Jose Charter of Hells Angels v. City of San Jose , 402 F.3d 3d 962 (9th Cir. 2005); Altman v. City of High Point, N.C. ,

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Change takes forever: plastic bag bans, liquor stores and crime

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There is an article from Fox45 in Baltimore that states: " Law enforcement expert says liquor stores are hotspots for crime in Baltimore City." In fact I was featured on the front page of the Metro section, albeit below the fold, in the Washington Post on Labor Day 2003, on the issue, in an article written by Craig Timberg.

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Meet the top 6 finalists for the 2023 Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award

Partnership for Public Service

Our 2023 People’s Choice Award top 6 finalists  At the Department of Homeland Security, Senior Advisor Michael Camal spearheaded the Blue Lightning Initiative, a government campaign to help aviation personnel identify potential victims of human trafficking and report their suspicions to law enforcement.

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Celebrating 20 Years of Land Banks in Michigan

Center for Community Progress

Land banks in Michigan are a flexible tool with unique powers granted to them in state law to return vacant properties to productive use as new homes, businesses, or greenspace through demolition, rehabilitation, and maintenance. In 2003—with the expert guidance of another future Community Progress co-founder, Frank S.

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Challenges—and Opportunities—to Addressing Vacant Properties in Raton, New Mexico

Center for Community Progress

The end of its major coal mining industry , beginning in the 1950s to the closure of the final mine in 2003, could have been a death sentence for the city. Raton could foreclose on the municipal liens associated with 123 Raton Street under existing New Mexico law.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

Ohio’s Traditional Land Bank Law. This number rose to 8,700 in 2003, 9,700 in 2004, 13,943 in 2006, and 14,946 in 2007. Up to January 2020, the Cuyahoga Land Bank was still receiving approximately 100 vacant and abandoned parcels per month into its inventory through the HB 294 tax foreclosure law.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009. No country other than the UK has spontaneously abandoned its basic law on emergency management (in this case the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004). I have taught it every year since then.