Police officer also advertised a system to track the location of buyers' gang rivals or spouses based on the telephone numbers.

Searching a smartphone is different from searching luggage. Our smartphones carry our innermost thoughts, intimate pictures, sensitive workplace documents and private messages.

The Los Angeles Police Department announced Tuesday that one of its officers fired the bullet that struck and killed a Trader Joe’s employee in the frantic moments they exchanged gunfire with an attempted murder suspect.

Over two years, Ed Pilkington has interviewed eight African American radicals imprisoned since the 1970s. Will they ever be freed?

MaryLinda Moss took on the role of lead hostage negotiator inside the Silver Lake Trader Joe's when a gunman entered the store wounded. By Robin Abcarian.

Prosecutors on Wednesday released hours of video interrogation of Florida's school shooting suspect, footage showing the young man slouching in a chair, being repeatedly urged by a detective to speak louder and punching himself in the face when he is alone.

Analysis of five body camera models marketed to police departments details vulnerabilities could let a hacker manipulate footage. By Lily Hay Newman.

A VICE News investigation counted both fatal and nonfatal police shootings nationwide for the first time. Meet the survivors.

Walmart is ending a program that allowed first-time shoplifters to avoid criminal charges by taking an educational course and paying a fine.

Let's avoid false dilemmas when exploring blame.

Call of Duty gamer allegedly made fake emergency call to Wichita cops.

For the third year in a row, the number killed by law enforcement was virtually unchanged.

Police accountability needs to be a part of the conversation in the shooting of an innocent man after a prank call

The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the largest labor union representing NYPD cops, has slashed the number of "get out of jail free" cards it hands out to 20 from 30 for current cops and to 10 from 20 for retired police officers, the New York Post reports. The cards are reportedly given to police officers, who distribute them among friends or family — or sell them on eBay. Holders can present them to the police in hopes getting out of minor infractions and avoiding legal trouble. Current and former NYPD members are reportedly furious about the change.

In April 2016, a 13-year-old boy was shot by officers of the Baltimore Police Department. The boy ran when faced with the police, so they gave chase. During the chase, the police spotted the boy holding a gun, and when he turned, they shot the teenager. The youngster wasn’t critically injured, and it seemed like an open-and-shut case of a justifiable use of force.

The country’s crime classification system is antiquated. Police commanders struggle with no data on an array of technology-based crimes.

Internal NYPD files show that hundreds of officers who committed the most serious offenses — from lying to grand juries to physically attacking innocent people — got to keep their jobs, their pensions, and their tremendous power over New Yorkers' lives. A BuzzFeed News investigation.

Can you be convicted of a killing if you were there when somebody else dealt the fatal blow? The law says so – especially if you’re young and black. By Harry Stopes.

In at least four investigations last year, Raleigh police used search warrants to demand Google device data near the scene of the crime.

The old truism is in play again with the FBI's renewed CryptoWar: if X is outlawed, only criminals will have X. In this case, it's secure encryption. The FBI may not be trying to get encryption banned, but it does want it weakened. No...

This palm-sized box can break your iPhone's password, giving police full access to a device's file system -- messages, photos, call logs, browsing history, keychain and user passwords, and more.

ICE uses Facebook's backend to hunt immigrants, with help from Palantir

Louisiana's attorney general has ruled out criminal charges against two white Baton Rouge police officers in the fatal shooting of a black man outside a convenience store.

Cruise says its car never came within 10 feet of a pedestrian.

Even in a world of omnipresent surveillance technology, old-fashioned pencil artists help police catch bad guys.

Inside one of America's most corrupt police squads.

A response to Jack Dunphy.

A federal court jury awarded $10 million in damages Friday to a San Francisco man who spent six years in prison before his murder conviction was thrown out.

Should law enforcement be able to test them?

The subversion arises from a 1968 Supreme Court decision.

Robinson said he thought about his loved ones and how the afternoon had taken such a turn as he was taken to jail. Nelson wondered if he'd make it home alive.

Cops refused to be intimidated by an official from the NY/NJ Port Authority.

People who filmed high-profile videos of the police killings of Freddie Gray, Eric Garner, Walter Scott, Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, and others say they have faced retaliation and harassment.

We're at the point in DNA technology where individuals who – having parted with $99 and a small vial of saliva – may suddenly find themselves in a criminal investigation.

The police refused to believe the Airbnb host even when they phoned and spoke to police. There's video of one of the Rialto cops telling them someone reported "there's three black people stealing stuff."