Investigations says strip club arrest failed ‘conduct policy’, but finds no political motive

Very few law enforcement agencies take accountability seriously. Even when officers are held responsible for wrongdoing, their employers find ways to soften the blow. Powerful police unions make the situation worse. The gap between officers and...

“There is no money better spent than the Justice Department spends here, dollar for dollar,” Tim McGinty said. “I don’t think there will ever be another time in history when so many criminals can be arrested so easily, so quickly, so inexpensively, and with such certainty.”

Local media reports former police officer Philip Brailsford signed an agreement that allowed him to be temporarily rehired to allow him to apply for an accidental disability pension and medical retirement.

Thanks to the diligence of one assistant state attorney, 119 cases were thrown out and the officer is under state investigation. By Katie Rose Quandt.

Officers and their families abused and humiliated in what union boss calls ‘quest for revenge’ from ‘rioters.’ By Denise Tsang.

Officers in law enforcement agencies across the country have joined private hate groups on Facebook, participating in the spread of extremism.

Our nation is still failing at reuniting the migrant children we illegally, forcibly, and immorally separated from their parents.

I thought I had read the worst defense of civil asset forfeiture when I read a former Michigan police chief's argument against a conviction requirement being instituted in his state. Former Police Chief Robert Stevenson's argument was...

A free press is apparently now a criminal conspiracy. By Yashar Ali. [Autoplay]

In one case, a photo of the actor Woody Harrelson was used to locate a suspect.

Residents in Fitzroy say one man ran from the building thinking it was an anti-gay home invasion, and was subsequently arrested on the street.

Unsealed warrant in Massachusetts adds to growing privacy debate

Internet Archive perplexed and annoyed over idiotic demands

One DNA-matching company has decided it's going to corner an under-served market: US law enforcement. FamilyTreeDNA -- last seen here opening up its database to the FBI without informing its users first -- is actively pitching its services to law...

“There is no plausible explanation other than racial bias,” said Andrew D. Freeman of Brown, Goldstein & Levy, an attorney for James. The law firm refers to the incident as "lawyering while black" in a press release.

Forensic genealogists are using DNA databases to solve cold cases faster than anyone could have imagined. But how will their techniques hold up in court?

In San Diego, the United States Border Patrol grabbed a girl who is 9 and a U.S. citizen and on her way to school, accused her of lying about her identity, then detained her for 36 hours. It's hard to imagine this sort of thing routinely happening under Trump's white supremacist presidency to families who look differently. Say, blonde and white and wealthy.

Global policy on drug control is unrealistic, and has taken a harsh toll on millions of the world’s poorest people

The officers put the camera away but accidentally left it turned on.