Police

Policy

Raw Milk Raid on Amish Farmer Highlights Stupid FDA Tactics

Nick Gillespie | 5.16.2011 8:41 AM

Politics

Camera Surveillance and GPS Tracking: Public Yet Private

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2011 1:19 PM

Politics

Sheriffs Kill Innocent Man With Taser

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.12.2011 12:58 PM

Politics

Leviathan's Lawyers

The Office of the Solicitor General has traditionally defended the government. But should it?

Radley Balko | 5.12.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

Reason.tv: Don't Ban DUI Checkpoint Apps!

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 5.11.2011 12:30 PM

Policy

Cop Plays Mock Assassin at High School

Matt Welch | 5.11.2011 7:44 AM

Civil Liberties

Cops Mistakenly Confront a Judge, Her Family at Gunpoint

Radley Balko | 4.27.2011 12:36 PM

Policy

The "War on Cops" That Isn't

Despite what you may have read, it's safer to be a police officer today than it has been in 35 years.

Radley Balko | 4.26.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

The Smell of Privacy

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 5:44 PM

Politics

'We're All Hostages to the Dopiest Person With a Phone'

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 1:54 PM

Civil Liberties

Cops Involved in Questionable Shootings Get Medal-of-Freedomed

Radley Balko | 4.21.2011 3:15 PM

Policy

Watch the Watchmen

It shouldn't be a crime to record the cops.

John Stossel | 4.21.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Sunday Morning Nut-Punch

Radley Balko | 4.17.2011 11:45 AM

Politics

How the Innocent Get Convicted

Radley Balko | 4.14.2011 4:00 PM

Policy

Wet and Wild Teens

Jacob Sullum | 4.8.2011 4:54 PM

Policy

Today in Racism: What Position Did You Play? House Slave!

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.7.2011 2:43 PM

Politics

Federal Pirates Out to Steal Private Silver Coins

Brian Doherty | 4.4.2011 3:25 PM

Policy

The Institute for Justice Takes Aim at Georgia Forfeiture Abuses

Radley Balko | 4.1.2011 1:13 PM

Policy

Underage Drinkers Put on Ice

Radley Balko | 3.28.2011 5:18 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason.tv: Radley Balko on the 3 Worst Cases of Police Abuse in 2011

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 3.28.2011 12:24 PM

Civil Liberties

What Does It Take for a Police Officer To Get Fired?

Radley Balko | 3.28.2011 11:50 AM

Civil Liberties

More Reality Cop Show Shenanigans

Radley Balko | 3.25.2011 5:35 PM

Civil Liberties

Steven Seagal: Lawless Lawman

Radley Balko | 3.23.2011 7:11 PM

Civil Liberties

Bread and Circus. And Chickens. And Tanks.

Radley Balko | 3.23.2011 1:56 PM

Politics

Senators "Ask" Apple to Stop Selling DUI Checkpoint Apps

Brian Doherty | 3.22.2011 10:31 PM

Politics

How Drug Cops Go Bad

We shouldn't be surprised when the police officers we ask to break the laws they enforce turn corrupt.

Radley Balko | 3.21.2011 5:30 PM

Policy

This Week in Innocence

Radley Balko | 3.21.2011 1:15 PM

Government failure

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 3.19.2011 9:25 AM

Policy

Former Police Commissioner Explains Why Cops Lie

Jacob Sullum | 3.18.2011 1:11 PM

Policy

Imagine How Much They'd Spend on Pot Busts If Marijuana Possession Hadn't Been Decriminalized

Jacob Sullum | 3.17.2011 11:32 AM

Politics

No Protection for Police Whistle Blowers, Ct'd…

Radley Balko | 3.14.2011 12:23 PM

Civil Liberties

SWAT Officer Killed By Non-Lethal Flashbang Grenade

Radley Balko | 3.9.2011 12:13 PM

Politics

Who Trains the Watchmen?

Jesse Walker | 3.9.2011 10:05 AM

Politics

Tennessee Cops Posed as a Defense Attorney To Get Suspect To Incriminate Himself

Radley Balko | 3.8.2011 1:24 PM

Politics

Some Ugly Implications of the Manning Prosecution

Brian Doherty | 3.4.2011 2:29 PM

Politics

Student Sues FBI Over GPS in His Car

Brian Doherty | 3.4.2011 1:34 PM

Civil Liberties

An Update on Citizens-Recording-Cops Cases in New Haven

Radley Balko | 3.4.2011 12:37 PM

Politics

BATF Agent Says Guns Deliberately Allowed by BATF to Cross Border Used to Kill Border Patrol Agent

Brian Doherty | 3.4.2011 12:35 PM

Politics

Bell, California, Police Memo Outlines Rules for Motorist Baseball

Radley Balko | 3.1.2011 1:56 PM

Politics

Brian Aitken's Mistake

An outrageous gun prosecution in New Jersey

Radley Balko | 3.1.2011 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

An Interactive "War on Cameras" Map

Radley Balko | 2.28.2011 1:50 PM

Policy

Policing for Profit

Radley Balko | 2.28.2011 10:39 AM

Politics

Short But Sweet

Radley Balko | 2.24.2011 12:21 PM

Civil Liberties

Houston Police Chief: Citizen Recordings of Violent, Thuggish Police Officers May Lead to Violent, Thuggish Behavior Against Police Officers

Radley Balko | 2.24.2011 11:30 AM

Politics

The Mind of a Police Dog

How misconceptions about dogs can lead to abuse of humans

Radley Balko | 2.21.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Police Cameras and Crime

Can a surveillance state make us safer?

Steve Chapman | 2.21.2011 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

He Does Know the Market

Radley Balko | 2.18.2011 3:51 PM

Policy

This Area Is Certified Fourth Amendment-Free

Radley Balko | 2.18.2011 12:08 PM