Half of All Killings by Police Are Not Reported to the Federal Government By the States
Even though states are required to submit such data, the feds have yet to punish states that fail to comply.
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LAPD Honors Officers Who Didn't Use Deadly Force, Much to the Police Union's Dismay
"Preservation of Life" award valorizes officers who successfully de-escalated dangerous situations.
Lewd Acts and Prostitution Among Charges for California Cops—If Alleged Victim Gets Out of Florida Jail
"If we don't have a witness," said Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, "we can't prosecute these cases."
Mississippi Police Chief Kills Self Amid Federal Asset Forfeiture Investigation (UPDATED)
Justice Dept. was trying to track down $300,000 missing from fund
Louisiana's New 'Blue Lives Matter' Hate Crime Law Already Being Misused
Man charged with felony enhancement for yelling slurs at police while being arrested.
11 Oakland Cops Disciplined Over Prostitution Scandal Involving Exploited Teen
Four Oakland police officers have been fired and seven others suspended without pay.
Police Chief Chides Union for Neglecting Safety, Boycotting Colin Kaepernick
Cops submit their hours on their timesheets and then the department bills the team, if the cops filled their sheets out correctly.
Police Chase Ends With Cops Killing Suspect on Live TV
Phoenix police cornered a suspected bank robber and fired at least four shots through the front windshield of the suspect's SUV.
New Round of Fearmongering Over Texting and Driving
Fatal accidents down over recent years, and distracted driving makes up a small portion of those.
Reforming Police Unions Necessary to Restore Public Confidence in Law Enforcement, Says New York Times
Police unions protect bad officers from being held accountable for their actions, and local governments have to stop letting that happen.
How Celeste Guap, California Teen at Center of Oakland-Cop Prostitution Scandal, Wound Up in a Florida Jail
Celeste Guap claims she was flown to Florida for drug treatment by California police. Now she's in jail on a $300,000 bond.
NJ Police Union President Writes His Mayor Five Tickets While on His Side Job
Police union backing police chief the mayor is trying to demote.
Justice Dept. Offers Cops Advice on Not Being Jerks Toward Transgender Citizens
Useful training or basic manners?
NYPD Rejects Transparency, Embraces Secrecy of Officer Discipline Records
After decades of making "Personnel Orders" public, NYPD quietly decides they don't have to.
Baltimore Police Deploy Surveillance Tech Designed for the Iraq War
Cameras attached to the bottom of a small plane can capture an area of roughly 30 square miles at any given time, transmitting real-time images to the ground.
Missouri Cop Coerced Drug Treatment Patients Into Becoming Informants, Lawsuit Says
A federal lawsuit accuses a former regional drug task force commander of pressuring patients in drug treatment to become undercover sources.
Dallas Police Will No Longer Wait 72 Hours After Shootings to Interview Officers
A reform-minded police department makes a sensible policy change to increase accountability and transparency.
Newark Police Chase 10-Year-Old Boy with Shotguns Drawn, Then Tell His Mother to File a Report
Chasing an armed robbery suspect with dreadlocks, police honed in on a grade-schooler with short, cropped hair.
A Single Police Officer's Killing Is a Terrible Reason to Bring Back the Death Penalty
The governor of New Mexico uses emotional response to call for new executions.
San Antonio Police Union Rejects Reforms Unless They Get Paid More
San Antonio PD has one of the least accountable contracts in the country and were already set for a 14 percent raise.
Why Gary Johnson Opposes Hate-Crime Laws (and You Should Too)
If I throw a rock through your window, said Johnson, "I should be prosecuted on throwing the rock, not my thoughts that motivated me throwing the rock."
Ex Top Cop: We Need a New Model of Policing
L.E.A.P.'s Neill Franklin reacts to Philando Castillo and Anton Sterling shootings, the deaths of Dallas police officers, and #BlackLivesMatter.
Boston Cops Resist Body Camera Pilot Program; Have to Be Ordered to Participate
Police unions fight any and all efforts at transparency, accountability.
California Asset Forfeiture Reform Heading to Approval
Police will have to get convictions in many cases before taking people's stuff.
NYPD Shooting of Unarmed Akai Gurley Will Cost NYC Over $4.5 Million in Settlements
Gurley was killed in a Brooklyn housing project's stairwell by former NYPD Officer Peter Liang.
Stephen Breyer, Advocate of Pro-Police Judicial Deference, Turns 78 Today
The liberal jurist was born on this day in 1938.
National Guard Activated But Not Deployed As Milwaukee Protests Continued on Sunday Night
Gov. Scott Walker said the National Guard would be available to aid local law enforcement "on request."
Unreasonable Searches Are Unconstitutional—and Common
Justice Dept. report on Baltimore Police shows little respect for the Fourth Amendment.
Conviction Overturned for Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey
A federal judge rules that the then-teenager's murder confession was involuntary and his Constitutional rights were violated.
More Than 1,300 Prostitution Clients Arrests in Latest 'National Johns Suppression Initiative'
The initiative was launched by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, one of America's leading crusaders for the eradication of prostitution.
New Jersey Bill Would Punish Eating, Drinking While Driving
Laws against texting while driving have been shown to be ineffective. So why is this a good idea?
California's Gang Database Is a Privacy-Violating Mess, State Audit Declares
No oversight, no notification, and sometimes no supporting evidence.
Six Weeks Later, L.A. Sheriff's Department Admits They Killed an Innocent Man in Nighttime SWAT Raid
Donnell Thompson, a 27-year old black man, suffered from mental disabilities. He wasn't armed and had not committed a crime.
Minnesota's Longest Serving State Lawmaker Toppled by Somali-American Activist Promising Police Reform
Ilhan Omar came to America as a refugee and likely will be the first Somali-American lawmaker in the nation.
NY Daily News Admits "We Were Wrong" About Stop and Frisk
Editorial board concedes that the heated rhetoric around curtailing unconstitutional stops did not lead to an end of effective policing.
Charging Child Sex-Trafficking Victims With Prostitution Is the Only Way to Save Them, Say California Prosecutors
Without the threat of jail time, victims won't have incentive to testify, prosecutors complain.
California May Finally See Reforms to Police Seizure Rules
Compromise will require convictions before taking citizens' stuff below a value threshold.
About That Vanderbilt University Football Player Caught in a Sex-Trafficking Sting…
If you're looking for yet another example of sexually predatory acts from athletes at Vanderbilt, this isn't it.
Detroit Police Continue War on Dogs
Summer brings two more cases of puppycides in drug war raids that don't even lead to charges.
Video: Watch 3 Chicago Cops Shoot Wildly at Paul O'Neal, Killing Him
Cops clearly violated city policy by opening fire on a fleeing car.
Jailing of Rape Victim Could Spur Criminal-Justice Reform in Texas
Outrage over the handling of a Harris County rape case could lead to reform in the state's witness-detention processes.
Hate Crime Laws Are a Savage Hypocrisy, as Demonstrated by New "Blue Lives Matter" Laws
If police are entitled to hate crime law protections as an identity group, who isn't?
