Friday, April 17, 2020

Crime may be unaffected by COVID-19, while lawsuits proliferate

"When you talk about violent crime, the requests that we are getting have not stopped at all. They’ve been pretty flat," Adams said. "They’ve been staying, relatively, about the same as far as the number of calls."


The statewide COVID-19 shutdown may have dramatically impacted most Oklahomans, but it may not have deterred serious crimes, law enforcement officials told lawmakers Thursday. At the same time, the state could soon face a rash of lawsuits challenging the legality of government actions that forced bu...

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from Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Crime may be unaffected by COVID-19, while lawsuits proliferate