CPD has failed to rein in its culture of brutality and abuse,” according to the coalition of police reform groups that forced the city to agree to federal court oversight. “The department is moving in ...

A sociologist hired by the East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission to analyze use of force by the department says it reveals “a racial ...

Akron leaders are welcoming a new organization to review the police department’s use-of-force policy in hopes of improving ...

Akron partners with PERF for a review of police use-of-force policies, aiming for a full list of recommendations by March of ...

A Washington nonprofit, the Police Executive Research Forum, will review the Akron Police Department's use-of-force policies.

Public opinion on police use of force is shifting. Over the past several decades, Americans have increasingly disapproved of officers’ actions, even when those actions are lawful and follow ...

Gastonia police logged nearly 700 incidents of use of force over a decadelong period. Just eight of those incidents - all of which involved white suspects - were labeled as "not justified." Micheal ...

Gastonia police logged nearly 700 incidents of use of force over a decadelong period. Just eight of those incidents — all of which involved white suspects — were labeled as “not justified.” Micheal ...

A former FBI agent-turned-scholar says using National Guard troops to reduce crime in cities such as Chicago and Baltimore would violate legal prohibitions against domestic military law enforcement.

A federal judge returned full control of policing practices to the Seattle Police Department on Wednesday, after overseeing 13 years of reforms prompted by a U.S. Justice Department investigation that ...

Two Sterling Heights police officers are headed for trial on a charge of misconduct in office and an assault offense for their actions in a chase.

The California attorney general’s office began investigating the Torrance Police Department in December 2021 after officers were found to have made offensive comments in text messages. Atty. Gen. Rob ...