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The tide is turning. It has been for a while now on public safety realignment.

In a sign that public safety realignment is gaining prominence, Gov. Jerry Brown touched on the issue in his short statement on his May budget revision

Campaign season for the 2014 elections is already heating up and public safety realignment is fast becoming one of the most politicized topics.

We have no way to determine if realignment is working or will work because no money was put into research

This week we discuss the alarming lack of data being collected on AB 109 and how such data could be put to good use if the state would simply require it and provide funding.

With all of the speculation and prognostication surrounding public safety realignment, arithmetic provides the most succinct summary of what is happening. We give you our public safety realignment weekly digest.

In the realm of public safety realignment, there are two layers: what is actually happening and how the media chooses to connect those dots and report on the subject.

Our weekly digest of the news in the world of public safety realignment.