Axon body cams retain footage for 30 seconds before an officer begins recording.

Father calls for justice after meditation coach was shot dead by Minneapolis police who had been responding to her 911 call for help. By Jared Goyette.

Deescalation isn't something most police officers want to talk about -- especially those who allow their unions to do all their talking for them. But shootings by police have achieved critical mass, forcing the issue to be confronted by law...

A needless assault on two Minneapolis emotional-support pets is the latest demonstration of a telling problem in law enforcement.

Arrests in Virginia made in a bid to intimidate anti-racist protesters, while far-right groups continue demonstrations. By Creede Newton.

As we recently covered, Minnesota law enforcement tried to snatch victory from the expiring body of a black driver shot by a St. Anthony police officer by immediately asking an uninvolved social media company to turn over information on Philando...

Big data helped New York's cops bust Bobby Shmurda. But as the NYPD's contract with tech giant Palantir comes to an end, things could get messy.

State’s attorney urges governor to sign the bill after Reason story shows poor hit hardest by asset forfeiture in Chicago. By C.J. Ciaramella.

Prosecutors charge three officers with conspiracy to cover up the death of a black Chicago teen.

Everything anyone has ever said about staying safe while interacting with the police is wrong. That citizens are told to comport themselves in complete obeisance just to avoid being beaten or shot by officers is itself bizarre -- an insane inversion...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A second mistrial was declared Friday in the case of a white University of Cincinnati officer who killed an unarmed black motorist during a traffic stop. It's the latest racially charged police shooting case to show the reluctance of U.S. jurors to convict officers.

When an armed black radical group refused to surrender, the police responded with deadly and unprecedented force. By Alex Q. Arbuckle.

Efforts range from charging people for the costs of policing to making. By Ruthann Robson.

From cussing McDonald's Minions to wrongful conviction, mishearing what is said can be funny but also very serious.

At a Portland alt-right rally, there was evidence that federal Department of Homeland Security police were cooperating with militia members. By Arun Gupta.

Detroit police play murderous ‘death game’ with teens during 1967 riot. By Bart Bealmear, with Danielle L. McGuire.

Usage logs obtained by Muckrock show departments are cracking phones hundreds of times a year

From its first episode in 2002, the HBO TV drama documented the poverty, politics and policing of a city. We visit its memorable locations and talk to the people trying to rebuild scarred communities• See more of JM Giordano’s photographs of Baltimore locations used in the wire here. By David Smith.

Places like Troy [New York] used to be lily-white, and most of their police departments still are. That’s a problem for the black and brown people moving from big cities like LA and New York in search of quieter places to raise families. By Albert Samaha.