Victims Were Kids for One-Third of U.S. Police Officers Who Lost Badges for Sexual Misconduct
Officers frequently "use the power of their badge to prey on the vulnerable," finds AP analysis.
Officers frequently "use the power of their badge to prey on the vulnerable," finds AP analysis.
Police unsurprisingly want to punish speech against them.
Police tracked a journalist's phone to investigate his sources, and an anti-cyberbullying law may have given them legal cover to do it.
Lawsuit settlement over city's unwarranted snooping of Muslims temporarily rejected.
The bill sailed through the legislature, still needs governor's signature.
The "minimum amount of force necessary" will be encouraged.
Senate sponsor on removal of conviction requirement: 'They want the money.'
Sex workers and their customers made up 72 percent of arrests in this "underage human trafficking" operation. Human traffickers? One percent.
And confidence in the cops has recovered from last year's 22-year low.
A bad state bill would simultaneously decrease police accountability and let them film wherever they want.
Final numbers confirm fewer police killed in 2015 than many previous years.
What Philando Castile's death caught on tape tells us about the future of filmed police encounters.
"Hooking for cheeseburgers isn't normal," says detective from department that pretended to do so.
Officers also say they were retaliated against for speaking up about the situation.
But what about Fourth Amendment cases?
But will the DOJ actually penalize police departments that don't share data by withholding federal grant money?
After the mayor closed off city council vote to the public, chaos ensued.
When retired NYPD cops are accused of abusing the NYPD's disability pension fund, the NYPD investigates. What could go wrong?
Current police contract expires six months into next mayor's term, but is being renegotiated now.
University of New Haven says he's 'potentially politically polarizing.' Well, duh.
Prosecutors drop charges against men arrested in prostitution sting...after costing them their jobs by portraying them as sex traffickers.
The police's culture of silence and lack of accountability feeds Chicago's crime problems.
Behold, 12 things the state of California considers sex trafficking that are totally not
The charges stem not from Ferrer's own actions but because he owned a user-generated ad website where these activities are said to take place.
Prohibited by federal and state law from owning a firearm because of a previous involuntary commitment.
The "jokes" exchanged by a McIntosh County deputy and another officer included targeting black motorists for arrest and racist epithets.
Florida Man arrested, sent to jail over a container attached to his bicycle.
Nearly 100 civil rights groups say the Justice Department needs to withhold grants from police departments that refuse to fork over data.
When her parents found out she had sexted, they were horrified. When they saw the actual pictures, they were confused.
Three U.S. police units facing new, multi-officer sexual-misconduct allegations
SCOTUS will hear oral arguments this week in Manuel v. City of Joliet.
The tasing incident allegedly happened last June, when Deputy Michael Wohlers took a friend's tea and used his taser on her after she tried to get it back.
Even worse: this farce is going to trial.
Efforts to track decertified cops are stymied by police union pressure and local control.
The evidence is in: All police should wear cameras.
Sheriff John Urquhart said Reason's reporting on the issue was not unfair but offers a "unicorn-ish" view of Seattle sex work. "This was not Pretty Woman."
If you think there's a good chance the cops will shoot or beat you, you're less likely to call 911.
Professional clowns fear profiling, vigilantes.
Officials likely abuse access to government info databases on a daily basis.
Sister called police on her brother
Tawan Boyd-scared, confused, and intoxicated-had called police for help. He died three days later.