Police

Politics

Point-Counterpoint: Libertarians on Arizona's Immigration Bill

Matt Welch | 5.7.2010 9:56 AM

Politics

The Failure of Surveillance Cameras

When it comes to preventing and solving crimes, cameras are about as useful as a pet rock.

Steve Chapman | 5.6.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Arrest Everybody

Arizona encourages police to emulate "the toughest sheriff in America."

Jacob Sullum | 5.5.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

If You're Going to Arizona, Be Sure to Have a Passport in Your Car

Jacob Sullum | 5.4.2010 5:09 PM

Policy

Isn't Bloomberg Proud of His Pot Crackdown?

Jacob Sullum | 5.3.2010 11:33 AM

Policy

Does Arizona's Law Make Every Government Employee an Immigration Agent?

Jacob Sullum | 4.30.2010 1:58 PM

Policy

Reason Writers on the Intertubes: Radley Balko Discusses Police Brutality on Freedom Watch

Reason Staff | 4.30.2010 9:56 AM

Policy

How Many More Are Innocent?

America's 250th DNA exoneration raises questions about how often we send the wrong person to prison.

Radley Balko | 4.29.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

A Different Kind of Arizona Sheriff

Jesse Walker | 4.29.2010 1:59 PM

Policy

If I Lived in Arizona, They Could Seize My Car

Matt Welch | 4.27.2010 4:18 PM

Politics

"What would Arizona's revered libertarian icon, Barry Goldwater, say?"

Damon Root | 4.27.2010 2:14 PM

Policy

Watching the Detectives

A nebulous "right" to videotape on-duty cops isn't enough. The right needs to be enforced.

Radley Balko | 4.26.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

Recruiting Tool

Radley Balko | 4.19.2010 12:14 PM

Politics

Consensus Liberalism Was the Root Cause of Daryl Gates

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.16.2010 2:48 PM

Policy

Reason Staffers on the Tube: Radley Balko Discusses NYPD and "Broken Windows" on Fox News' Freedom Watch

Radley Balko | 4.16.2010 10:40 AM

Policy

10 Rules for Dealing with Police Now Free on YouTube

Radley Balko | 4.9.2010 1:15 PM

Politics

The NoVa Police Blackout

Law enforcement agencies in Northern Virginia say you have no right to know what they're doing

Radley Balko | 4.5.2010 5:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Brings Gun, Pink Marshmallow Fluff to a Snowball Fight

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.2.2010 1:24 PM

Civil Liberties

He Wants To Be Starting Something

Radley Balko | 4.2.2010 1:17 PM

Civil Liberties

Big Brother on Your Trail

Who's tracking your cell phone?

Steve Chapman | 4.1.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

On Flexing Your Rights. Or At Least Humbly Attempting To Hold on to Them.

Radley Balko | 3.29.2010 12:36 PM

Policy

Why Don't More Cops Go to the Videotape?

It's time to equip police cars with video cameras.

Steve Chapman | 3.25.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

San Francisco's War on Fun

Brian Doherty | 3.24.2010 7:47 PM

Policy

The Other Broken Windows Fallacy

The NYPD is accused of under-reporting serious crimes while manufacturing petty ones.

Radley Balko | 3.8.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Judge Jim Gray on The Six Groups That Benefit From Drug Prohibition

Reason Staff | 3.8.2010 1:23 PM

Civil Liberties

In Defense of Willie Nelson

Damon Root | 3.5.2010 9:25 AM

Policy

4.5 SWAT Raids Per Day

Maryland's SWAT transparency bill produces its first disturbing results

Radley Balko | 3.1.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: Killer Cops, Incompetent Teachers, Joe Biden, and Other Public Servants

Jesse Walker | 2.26.2010 8:46 AM

Civil Liberties

MagicJack Gets Smacked! Dials Wrong Number in BoingBoing Suit

Nick Gillespie | 2.25.2010 11:48 AM

Civil Liberties

Fine Teaching Gig You Got Here. Be a Shame If Anything Were To Happen to You.

Radley Balko | 2.23.2010 3:43 PM

Politics

L.A. Medical Marijuana Salesman Who Was Raided Federally Gets Hit With State Charges

Brian Doherty | 2.23.2010 10:08 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: A New Dawn

Jesse Walker | 2.19.2010 8:25 AM

Policy

State Tries to Steal Child Support Money From a National Guardsman Who Was Seven Years Old at the Time the Child in Question Was Born? How "Odd"!

Matt Welch | 2.18.2010 10:27 AM

Policy

Flashbangs Under Fire

It's time to stop using stun grenades during drug raids.

Radley Balko | 2.17.2010 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason.tv: Taco Truck Takedown! Why is the LAPD Harassing Food Carts?

Reason Staff | 2.17.2010 8:52 AM

Policy

Law Enforcement and DWI Roundup

Radley Balko | 2.8.2010 2:16 PM

Policy

How Does the D.C. Establishment Compensate You for Smashing Your Leg with a Diplomatic SUV? By Giving You a Jaywalking Ticket for a Faraway Intersection, Then Accusing You of "Jogging" Into the Vehicle

Matt Welch | 2.4.2010 9:47 PM

Policy

Bad Hoboken Cop Punished With $132,000/Year Vacation

Radley Balko | 1.31.2010 11:13 AM

Policy

D.C. Police Raid Wrong Home, City Refuses to Pay for Damage

Radley Balko | 1.26.2010 3:25 PM

Policy

Recovered Radio History

Jesse Walker | 1.25.2010 4:38 PM

Policy

Hey, If You Aren't Doing Anything Wrong, Then You Have Nothing To Worry About

Radley Balko | 1.12.2010 2:57 PM

Politics

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Peyton Thomas: Blame the Libertarians!

Radley Balko | 1.11.2010 3:28 PM

Policy

The Sheriff Is Coming! The Sheriff Is Coming!

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.6.2010 5:34 PM

Civil Liberties

I'm Just a Simple Lawman

Radley Balko | 1.5.2010 3:39 PM

Policy

The D.C. Snow Job

Social networks, video sharing, and blogs expose Washington, D.C.'s lying police department and their media enablers.

Radley Balko | 1.4.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

Some Good Taser News: Federal Appeals Court Restricts Its Use

Brian Doherty | 12.30.2009 8:45 PM

Policy

The Criminalization of Protest

Police and politicians ignore the First Amendment when we need it the most.

Radley Balko | 12.30.2009 12:00 PM

Policy

Don't Tase Me When I'm Having a Diabetic Seizure, Bro

Matt Welch | 12.30.2009 4:37 AM