How do we clear our vision? In this essay for our Viewpoints series, experts in sociology and criminal justice discuss how police perceptions of threat and commensurate force can be distorted by racism.
In the wake of two tragedies, the beating and death of Tyre Nichols and a mass shooting in California, President Biden attempted to strike a balance in his State Of The Union address on crime, policing and guns.
This isn't the first incident of this kind this year in New York City: the Daily News reported that last week, a retired officer killed herself and her partner in a murder-suicide and in January, another young cop committed suicide.
City Attorney Jennifer Sink said Tuesday that 13 Memphis police employees are being or have been investigated in relation to the death of Tyre Nichols in total.
Eight years after the former cop was found guilty of rape and other sex crimes, each victim party to the settlement will receive $18,500, totaling $129,500.
Should known domestic abusers be able to own a gun? Billy Sinclair reacts to the recent Fifth Circuit decision in United States v. Rahimi in this column for our Viewpoints series.
Utah is the only other state to have implemented a .05 limit so far and has reported a decrease in alcohol-related crashes since its law took effect in 2018.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a North Carolina town policy that banned video live-streaming police during traffic stops was in violation of the First Amendment.
The partnership involves sharing knowledge and expertise on harmful online interactions and fast-tracking information to the police in extreme cases, such as threats to life or potential serious harm.
A former Alabama Department of Corrections lieutenant, Mohammad Shahid Jenkins, has been charged with using excessive force and obstruction offenses by a federal grand jury.
An investigation found that Chief Burrel "Chip" Davis impeded the initial inquiry into sexual misconduct and "permitted if not encourged" misconduct within the department.
A "jump out" is when officers leave their vehicles to stop someone without suspicion or probable cause, searching for a reason to justify the stop, similar to old stop and frisk practices.
A former US Army sergeant, Byron Booker, has been sentenced to life in federal prison without parole for the premeditated murder of a former soldier at Fort Stewart in Georgia. Booker, who admitted to killing Specialist Austin J. Hawk in…
Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales faced allegations of targeting department staff who reported internal affairs corruption and racism at a hearing in front of the city's Civil Service Board.
Two police chiefs in Mobile and Birmingham, Alabama have spoken out to dispute a recent report by MoneyGeek that ranked the cities second and third on a list of the most dangerous cities in the country in 2023.
A recent Bloomberg News analysis shows that police department headcounts nationally exceed those of 15 years ago when crime was much higher, even with staffing levels dropping during the pandemic.
District courts in Cameron, Carbon and Elk Counties opted against including probation officers in a statewide police misconduct database or uploading current misconduct records, saying their participation is "voluntary."
The Department of Defense has issued guidelines for military branches to comply with a 2016 law aimed at making the military justice system more transparent, but the guidelines fall short of the transparency lawmakers were aiming for.