# 📝 The Public Safety Beat with Josiah Bates

Nuanced analysis and reporting on violence, policing, and the systems that govern public safety in America. Occasionally, notes on journalism, writing, and good movies and TV.

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## [Picking up the damn phone](https://josiahbates.substack.com/p/picking-up-the-damn-phone)

_2026-08-14 · Josiah Bates_

Reporter’s Notebook

## [The Quiet Rollback of Police Reform](https://josiahbates.substack.com/p/quiet-rollback-police-reform)

_2026-08-12 · Josiah Bates_

Across the country, reforms that once dominated headlines are being weakened, overturned, or abandoned

## [Who Owns the Crime Narrative?](https://josiahbates.substack.com/p/crime-poll-public-opinion)

_2026-08-07 · Josiah Bates_

Question of the Week

## [Chicago Shootings, Racist Talking Points](https://josiahbates.substack.com/p/chicago-shooting-racist-talking-points)

_2026-06-26 · Josiah Bates_

Notes From The Beat — June 26

## [Deadly Force, Baltimore and Skill Games](https://josiahbates.substack.com/p/police-accountability-ice-protests-gun-violence)

_2026-06-19 · Josiah Bates_

Notes From The Beat — June 19

## [Karmelo Anthony, ICE Funding and Falling Crime](https://josiahbates.substack.com/p/karmelo-anthony-ice-funding-and-falling-crime)

_2026-06-12 · Josiah Bates_

Notes From The Beat — June 12

## [Teen Takeovers, gun trafficking and violence prevention](https://josiahbates.substack.com/p/teen-takeovers-gun-trafficking-public-safety)

_2026-06-05 · Josiah Bates_

Notes From The Beat — June 5

## [Summer Violence, New York City, and Politics](https://josiahbates.substack.com/p/mamdani-nyc-policing-summer-violence)

_2026-05-29 · Josiah Bates_

Notes From The Beat — May 29

## [Police Legitimacy, Bail Reform, and January 6](https://josiahbates.substack.com/p/public-trust-ice-enforcement-police-accountability)

_2026-05-22 · Josiah Bates_

Notes From The Beat — May 22

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## [Grief, ICE detention, and youth programs](https://josiahbates.substack.com/p/youth-violence-ice-expansion-police-accountability)

_2026-05-15 · Josiah Bates_

Notes From The Beat — May 15th