Local police for years have been charged under civil rights laws for abuses of authority. Now, DOJ is taking a closer look at ...

A new Nevada law that went into effect last month gives police officers the power to confiscate firearms from a person placed ...

A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s injunction blocking Indiana’s widely debated 25-foot police buffer zone law, ...

A new Arkansas law requires sheriffs to cooperate with ICE inside jails. But some agencies, including the state police, are ...

Privacy advocates are pushing for stronger protections. Gov. Murphy signed legislation allowing the creation of mobile IDs in ...

What started as a routine traffic stop quickly escalated into violence and six days of civil unrest known as the Watts Riots ...

Local law enforcement officials want to ease the fear in the immigrant community, saying nothing has changed with local policing despite a new agreement with federal immigration authorities. The new ...

Melba Pearson is a civil rights and criminal law attorney who has worked as a prosecutor and policy expert, and serves as ...

Alan Jackson, the prominent defense attorney who led Karen Read’s defense team during her criminal trials, announced Tuesday ...

Some cities hope that relaxing education hiring standards may solve lingering staffing shortages. Is that a good idea?

A Fulton County grand jury declined to indict former Atlanta police officer Kiran Kimbrough in the death of Johnny Hollman Sr ...

Camden County Sheriff's Sergeant Buck William Aldridge has been indicted on charges of civil rights violations and making ...