Federal prosecutors say the city's police department was the main focus of a 15-year bribery scheme that also involved the sheriff's office and the state police.
Civil liberty groups and press advocates worry that excessive fees could stifle police oversight.
Officer Joseph Gibson now faces felony assault charges.
Harold Medina made that argument during an internal investigation of a car crash he caused last February.
An Illinois sheriff's deputy with a spotty employment history shot Sonya Massey in the face after responding to her report of a prowler.
Detective Bryan Gillis alleges the star golfer assaulted him. Footage released today does not help his story.
New online database details the shocking extent of intrusive surveillance tech used by American police.
Police forced 44-year-old Teddy Pittman facedown on the road at gunpoint after mistaking him for a fugitive. When they let him go, they slapped him with a traffic ticket.
A new lawsuit alleges that Deputy Benjamin Jacquot, a school resource officer, slammed an 8-year-old's face into a conference room floor, causing bruises and lacerations.
Tayvin Galanakis was arrested last year on suspicion of intoxication, even after a Breathalyzer showed he was sober.
One officer was fired and another was placed on restricted duty this week, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions.
Montgomery doesn’t want people to see a police dog maul a man to death out of fear of the response.
Credit the leaking of body camera footage to the press for helping force the matter.
Now the officer is trying to keep his identity secret under a state law intended to protect crime victims.
The Atlas of Surveillance lets us monitor the agencies that snoop on the public.
The two sheriff's deputies have been disciplined, and the sheriff called the arrest "unacceptable."
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The California State Auditor's Office found that the jails responded poorly to inmate deaths.
The Lonoke County sergeant was already fired for not turning on his body camera during the encounter.
The Justice Department is investigating whether top brass were part of a cover-up.
The deputy's body camera wasn’t turned on when he fatally shot 17-year-old Hunter Brittain.
Family and friends protest and look for answers.
The state has refused to release the video for the past two years, but the Associated Press got its own copy.
State investigators say shooting justified because Andrew Brown Jr. drove toward law enforcement to escape arrest.
Will the public ever see why deputies shot Andrew Brown?
Over the objections of Gov. Larry Hogan, the state’s Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights is tossed out.
After gratuitously terrifying a 6-year-old girl, the officers blamed her mother, who also had done nothing illegal.
Angelo Quinto's family has filed a wrongful death claim.
It's an improvement over the status quo. But time will tell how frequently the feds try to suppress important footage.
With the right freedom of information and use policies, wearable cameras could still be a powerful weapon to increase transparency.
Reason asked writers who have been on the criminal justice beat for years to lay out serious proposals for reforms with a fighting chance of being implemented.
And Sen. Tim Scott (R–S.C.) says policing reform in Congress might not be dead after all.
Efforts to force sunlight into police conduct have been thwarted by noncompliance.
The legislation rolls back regulations that have been shielding bad police from accountability.
Their illegal search was not recorded.
Videos of police abuse haven't stopped police brutality. But they've helped build a consensus for police reform.
From tighter use-of-force rules to eliminating qualified immunity, here are some reforms that could make a real difference.
The officers who shot David McAtee had their body cameras turned off.
The LAPD released body camera footage of Frank Hernandez's use-of-force incident.
Prince George's County had started a pilot program to fit officers with body cameras five years ago, but never set aside the money to expand.
“The suspect was struck several times by the officer's duty weapon.” No, the cop shot him.
Body camera footage captured Aaron Dean fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson without announcing that he was a police officer.
Body camera videos show a woman being tased into compliance after being placed on suicide watch.
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