When officer Brendan O’Smarty arrived at a San Francisco crime scene, he was always ready to defuse a tense situation because he came with his partner, Bob Geary, a beat patrolman with a feel for the ...

The Detroit Police Department's first woman patrol officer is reflecting on her legacy. Retired Detroit Police Sgt. Shirley Joyner is now 73 years old. She and her daughter Kyra took a walk down ...

San Quentin staff honored fallen Officer Jordan Wingate at a memorial run organized by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.

A jury duty phone scam continues to make the rounds and is now prompting warning from the Department of Justice. It was ...

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Kelin Sissoko, 19, of Richmond, and Kamel Carpenter, 20, of Berkeley, were shot and killed Jan. 10 at an event center on the ...

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Twelve Oakland County communities that contract with the sheriff's office for law enforcement services are scrambling to figure out how they'll cover a roughly 33% rate increase over three years ...

Two months after she was recalled as Oakland mayor, Sheng Thao has reportedly been criminally indicted by a federal grand jury — a blockbuster blow to the struggling Bay Area city already ...

Credit: Roselyn Romero The latest flare-up in the debate about Oakland’s police pursuit policy took place last night at a town hall organized by the city’s Police Commission at the East Bay Church of ...

The Oakland Police Commission held a town hall meeting on changing the city's strict police pursuit policy. Most residents who attended wanted to loosen the rules to chase suspects. The Police ...