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Dan Lawrence said, “Comparing the two campaigns against each other though, crime has generally been stable across the years. There was an increase in 2020, but the levels have generally remained stable across the two campaigns.”

Elizabeth Wishnick said, “The bottom line is that these countries may be distant from the Arctic region, but they still focus on it. The US, with its laser focus on strategic cooperation as we see in its Arctic Defense Strategy, misses some of this picture and could benefit from some new pathways to engaging with these Indo-Pacific states in the Arctic.”

According to a 2018 report by ABC News, First Help and CNA Corporation, more than 1,200 officers died by suicide in the seven-year period studied. That’s 184 each year. 

Samuel Bendett said, “Certain weapons can be used for a very long time since they fulfill a function that remains unchanged. An AK-47 is almost 70 years old at this point and has changed little. Simple submachine or machine guns have remained unchanged as well, like the M2 Browning still in use."

Samuel Bendett said, “Many of these are small, first-person-view, or FPV, drones — not that different than what people can buy in the commercial market.”

In March, the City Council received a 100-page racial equity audit of the Police Department conducted by the Center for Naval Analyses. One of the dozens of recommendations that audit put forward was for the city to consider withdrawing the department from civil service requirements.

Samuel Bendett said, “Russian soldiers are using Ghoul (Upyr), Ovod, Piranha, Horetnisya, Joker, Gastello, Molniya fixed wing and many other [drones] that don’t get a lot of news or Telegram coverage. Some of these are supplied only to specific units and formations, others are more widespread across the force.”

Decker Eveleth said, “the images [depicting damage at the Nevatim base including craters on the runway and taxiway] showed 32 impact points, including multiple hits in the area of F-35 hangers.”

Samuel Bendett said, ““Mass-scale saturation of front lines would take some time, though Ukrainian military, United 24 and Brave1 are promising fast deliveries given the need for such systems.”

Samuel Bendett explained, “"Presumably [the drone lost las week] has top resources and investments, materials and products, including microelectronics and other key components. The fact that there are so few S-70s means the loss could also slow [Russia’s] development."

Lt. Col. Travis Hord, Planner, J-5, Strategic Plans and Policy, and CNA’s Samuel Bendett discuss developing and implementing new drone capabilities.

Between 2016 and 2022, 1,287 public safety personnel – including first responders and police officers – died by suicide, an average of 184 per year, according to a study released in March by First H.E.LP., an organization that tracks suicide deaths among law enforcement and first responders, and CNA Corporation, a nonprofit research organization.

Samuel Bendett said, “[These drones] are not that difficult to put together. They’re not that difficult to purchase. It takes just several weeks to learn how to fly them and again, there’s been years’ worth of experience now collected by the Russian military in Ukraine how to use these drones that can be passed down to their allies.”

A recent report by First HELP and CNA Corporation reveals that 184 law enforcement officers die by suicide annually across the United States.

Dawn Thomas wrote, "This was a far higher rate than virtually all other surrounding Bay Area counties at that time, with little evidence the fines resulted in better public health outcomes in Santa Clara than in the other counties in the region."

Dmitry Gorenburg said, “Russia wasn’t targeting grain ships and Ukraine was largely staying away from Russian Navy ships in the eastern Black Sea.”