The study, conducted by social scientists from the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Pennsylvania blamed “systemic factors” for the disparity, not the actions of individual ...

The same police action can be a policy violation in one city and standard procedure in another. And most Americans don't know which rules apply where.

The Cleveland Police Department marked a major benchmark with its consent decree after independent monitors found that 97% of the division’s level one and level two uses of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Safety officials announced Thursday that the Cleveland police department reached a significant benchmark in its reform efforts, with independent monitors finding cops are using force ...

A three-pronged research project seeks to empower communities, policymakers, and law enforcement agencies by improving access to and understanding of police use-of-force rules.

Black people were nearly 11 times as likely to experience force as white people by Nassau and Suffolk police between 2021 and 2024, a Newsday analysis found. Newsday investigative reporter Payton ...

An independent review has been launched into allegations of "excessive force" used by Aurora police during an anti-ICE student walkout at a high school earlier this week. More protests are expected ...

In this file image made July 6, 2016, from video captured by a camera in the squad car of St. Anthony Police officer Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer, left, is shown after shooting into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did the agents' own actions create the dangers they faced? These are exactly the questions use of force policies exist to help ...