America is having a real problem with public safety after a string of shootings. Do we need a change in policy? What's the real fix here? Can technology support us here?

Join our friends, Los and Bertram, as they break down the recent subway shooting in New York City and reference problems going on around the country.

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Sources for this episode:

• CrimeMapping.com - Helping You Build a Safer Community
• How is a ‘mass shooting’ defined? | PolitiFact
• America Is Having a Violence Wave, Not a Crime Wave | The Atlantic
• Crime Rates Rise And Fall. The Police Mostly Have Nothing To Do With It. | The Garrison Project
• Gangs are following and robbing L.A.'s wealthiest, LAPD says | Los Angeles Times
• Incarceration in Real Numbers - Interactive Graph
• Crime in the United States: Statistics & Facts | Statista
• Americans’ support for more police spending in their area is growing | Pew Research Center
• 'It's just crazy': 12 major cities hit all-time homicide records - ABC News
• Crime Data Explorer | FBI
• Nine Mass Shootings | NYTimes
• Before Charges in a Subway Attack, Decades of Disputes and Petty Offenses | NYTimes
• San Francisco mayor pledges more police, safety measures | APNews
• As murders surge, Democrats find a new message: Fund the police | Reuters
• At the Super Bowl and beyond: Tackling human trafficking every day | Reuters
• The technology helping keep women safe on the streets | BBC
• Safe cities: Using smart tech for public security | BBC
• New York's public