Even with murder rates falling, big-city detectives face daunting caseloads

“It had been less than 24 hours since homicide Lt. Michael Russell had been summoned to a killing, and now, on a hot Saturday morning in July, he was headed to yet another. One of his sergeants texted him with a message and a location: “Man, can’t get a breather,...“

Washington Post

September 13, 2018