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Big Sister on the Prowl. In today?s Washington Post Courtland Milloy reports on D.C. police chief, Cathy Lanier, who started her Safe Homes Initiative, primarily with women in mind. This new initiative would allow searching of homes if there were knowledge that a child or any other relative had a gun. Lanier is seeking permission from parents and grandparents. At one of the community meetings only two men were there, the rest were women, mostly grandmothers concerned with their safety. Lanier says the program is aimed at helping the city?s most violent neighborhoods where most residents are single mothers, elderly women and children in poverty. DNA Database. The Maryland Senate joined with the House of Delegates in approving the collection of DNA samples of suspects charged with violent crimes and burglary...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on March 26, 2008 (boomark / email).