Interested in learning more about how Camden got here? Check out my new book "Chasing Change in Camden: Police Reform in One of America's Most Violent Cities." Available on Amazon. www.nj.com/camden/2025/...

Turns out passing the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 was good policy. Letting the ARPA of 2021 expire was bad policy. Poverty is a policy choice.

How did Camden, NJ manage to reduce its homicide rate by 75% in 12 years? templepress.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/h...

“Or involuntary lethal injection or something — just kill ‘em.” open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

Camden, NJ had 67 homicides in 2012 (including 21 in the summer months). In 2024, the city had 17 (including 4 in the summer months). Read about it in "Chasing Change in Camden: Police Reform in One of America's Most Violent Cities." www.amazon.com/Chasing-Chan...

Camden, NJ had 67 homicides in 2012 (including 21 in the summer months). In 2024, the city had 17 (including 4 in the summer months). Read about it in "Chasing Change in Camden: Police Reform in One of America's Most Violent Cities." www.amazon.com/Chasing-Chan...

Trump's Politicization of the Military and Federal Law Enforcement open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

The juxtaposition of September 10 and 11 is palpable. Yesterday, we couldn't have felt more divided as country with the political assassination of Charlie Kirk. We are light-years away from how Americans were united following 9/11/01.

I hope everyone condemning the tragic & horrific murder of Charlie Kirk would have just as strongly condemned the murder of 2 MN legislators, the near-fatal attack on Paul Pelosi (looking for @nancypelosi69.bsky.social , & the Jan. 6 insurrection. & vice vera. Too much political violence.

We Know How to Combat Violent Crime. Sending In the Troops Isn’t It. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...

We are now light-years away from preventing law enforcement from conducting detentive stops without reasonable suspicion. Remember when a federal court found that Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the MCSO's "show me your papers" policy was unconstitutional? www.aclu.org/press-releas...

Another day, another unconscionable SCOTUS attack on constitutional protections. Amy Coney Barrett, just a few days ago, declared there was "no constitutional crisis." That statement couldn't be more false.

One of the scariest things I've read in a while. Thanks, @vermontgmg.bsky.social www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

Join me for the unboxing of my book: www.amazon.com/Chasing-Chan...

Join me for the unboxing of my book: www.amazon.com/Chasing-Chan...

New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Detroit will end August with the fewest murders since 1970, 1966, 1965, and 1964 respectively. Chicago and Dallas will both end the month with the second fewest murders since 1966.

New op-ed in @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/crim...

One of the most dangerous men in America. Career folks at Trump's DOJ know how to reduce crime. They've historically funded the research base. Please consult them.

Gun Violence and Google Street View: substack.com/@shjarbackcc...

Trump: "I'm against federal intervention into local PDs." Also Trump: "I'm placing the DC Metro PD under direct federal control." What a joke.

Don't read garbage takes on crime trends in DC. Instead, check out this analysis below: Assessing DC's Violent Crime Trends open.substack.com/pub/jasher/p...

With a few quotes from yours truly. www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/n...

Gun Violence in Camden, NJ: On Pace for Record Lows in 2025 open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

If Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) wants to talk about guns/gun control and safety... look inward my friend:

I want to be like Sam Walker when I’m older.

"Reducing crime and raising standards [of police] are not opposite goals. They’re not mutually exclusive." Trump on 6/6/20 - while signing an EO that laid the ground work for the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database, which he subsequently killed earlier in 2025.

🚨Why hasn't this PQ article by Adams @brandondelpozo.bsky.social et al. on the some of flaws in the Force Science Institute's (FSI) "research", which is highly influential in the courts/litigation mind you, gotten more attention in the last 10 days???🚨

Tragic case that many will file under the "lawful but awful" category. But perhaps it wasn't lawful if the policy specifies that officers can only use fatal force in situations in which a deadly threat is "IMMINENT." Here's the @newjerseyoag.bsky.social 2022 policy: www.nj.com/bergen/2025/...

Gun Violence Continues to Drop in NJ open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

Discipline for police misconduct on the rise in New Jersey, data shows by @danadifilippo.bsky.social newjerseymonitor.com/2025/07/07/d...

Great article by @brandondelpozo.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com. ICE officers should ditch the face coverings and anonymity. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The 50-50 Senate vote on Trump's "OBBB Act" isn't really a 50-50 split (think asymmetry in population size across states). In reality, the 50 senators voting "for" represent 151,085,857 Americans (44.1%). The 50 senators voting against represent 191,612,938 Americans (55.9%)

The US senate just declared war on the American public. A bill that destroys Medicaid while cutting taxes for the wealthiest at a time when we already have record income and wealth inequality is societal suicide.

New op-ed in @starledger.bsky.social @nj.com re: police reform in NJ post-George Floyd www.nj.com/opinion/2025...

It gets worse and worse every day.

Yesterday was a bad, bad day for democracy and the direction of the US. This is an authoritarian regime that desires no checks on its powers.

1st amendment to the Constitution be damned.

Another tragic loss of young life. Parents/guardians: please be responsible and secure your firearms. And if that wasn't the case, have some idea of what is going on under your roof. www.nj.com/camden/2025/...

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Through May, Baltimore has recorded 54 homicides, the fewest through the first 5 months of a year on record. The previous low: 65 homicides, in 1977. At this point in 2022, just three years ago, there had been 138 killings, and in 2017 there had been 146 people killed.

New Substack post: Alternative Realities in Camden, NJ? open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

Here we go... www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/p...

I must have missed this over the last month or so:

Just imagine what ACPD could do if they had better staffing in both patrol and their real-time crime center to properly dispatch officers to respond to ALPR alerts!

The US Supreme Court just issued a unanimous ruling in Barnes v. Felix re: assessing the reasonableness of police use of force. I wrote a bit about it back in January during oral arguments: johnshjarback.substack.com/p/the-next-t...

DOJ Grant Cancellations Might Exacerbate Gun Violence open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

BREAKING NEWS: A jury finds three former Memphis police officers not guilty of all charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, including the most serious charge of second degree murder.

Parents, please lock your guns up and make sure that they're secure. www.nj.com/gloucester-c...