Ohio Man Dies After Police Leave Him Handcuffed, Facedown
An Ohio man died in police custody on April 18 after being handcuffed and left facedown on the floor of a social club. The officers...
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Apr 222 min read
Will NY Law Protect Officer Who Ran Red Light, Killing Father?
Police Officer Justin Byrnes sent his 2.5-ton police cruiser barreling through an intersection at 88 mph just before he rammed into...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 171 min read
Supreme Court Favors St. Louis Police Officer In Bias Case
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a St. Louis police officer who sued after claiming she was transferred to an undesirable new job...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 161 min read
Man Kills Two NY Law Enforcement Officers In Incident Near Syracuse
Two law enforcement officers were fatally shot while looking for a driver who fled a traffic stop in upstate New York. The shooter was...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 152 min read
Rules Broken In NJ Bust Show Need For Police Misconduct Disclosure
Five plainclothes Newark, N.J., cops were seeking illegal guns in November 2022 when they spotted a man outside his East Orange home with...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 122 min read
More Areas Roll Back Restrictions on High-Speed Police Chases
State lawmakers and local agencies are starting to relax the rules on police vehicular pursuits due to concerns about crime, reports...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 112 min read
More Chicago Police Discipline Cases Go To Arbitrators
After Dexter Reed fired at Chicago police officers during a traffic stop and hit one in the forearm on March 21, police responded by...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 42 min read
Tampa Police Chief To Stay On Job For Three Years After 'Retirement'
Tampa Florida’s police chief is set to retire in six months, but the mayor doesn’t plan on letting him go. The city would allow Lee...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 32 min read
LA Ex-Deputy Fired For Rejecting Deputy Gang, Lawsuit Alleges
Federico Carlo, a former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, alleges that he was wrongfully terminated after refusing to participate in...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 21 min read
Milwaukee PD Seeks Open Source Intelligence Tool At GOP Convention
The Milwaukee Police Department is seeking an “open source intelligence tool” to add to its intelligence gathering arsenal in time for...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 292 min read
Tennessee Police Department Footage Shows Misuse of Force
Austin Hunter Turner died in 2017, on a night his mother, Karen Goodwin, has replayed again and again, trying to make sense of what...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 282 min read
Analysis of Policing: 'We Need More Women in This Profession.'
Only about 12% of police officers are women, according to an analysis by the National Policing Institute. Nearly 50 years ago, the...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 271 min read
Gov Suggests Impeaching Judge Who Oversees New Orleans Police
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry suggested that the federal judge overseeing reforms to the New Orleans police department be impeached for her...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 271 min read
NV City Pays Officer $525K For Suspension Over Social Media Posts
The city of Sparks, Nv., agreed to a $525,000 settlement with a former police officer who filed a federal lawsuit in 2021 accusing the...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 252 min read
Philadelphia Reduces Police Cadet Requirements Amid Staffing Crisis
Faced with gaping vacancies in its police force and concerns about public safety, the Philadelphia Police Department had to think...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 152 min read
Trial Over Teen’s Sexual Abuse by New Orleans Police Officer Delayed
Hours after the Washington Post published an investigation into a New Orleans police officer who sexually abused a teen he met responding...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 152 min read
Amid Personnel Shortage, Police Are Working to Boost Diversity
Amid a nationwide shortage of law enforcement staff, some departments are trying to increase the number of people of color and women as a...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 131 min read
LAPD Looks For Strategies To Get Rid Of Bad Cops
The Los Angeles Police Department has been hiring attorneys to better argue termination cases of cops accused of misconduct, as an...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 122 min read
California Deputy Kills 15-Year-Old Holding Gardening Tool
A sheriff’s deputy in southern California shot and killed a 15-year-old boy who was holding a gardening tool. The San Bernardino county...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 112 min read
Transgender Iowa Protester Fighting For Right To Assemble
The detective’s call came as Tara McGovern was driving to pick up 16-year-old son Atticus from class last fall. McGovern let the call go...
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