By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press (12/01)
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state lawmakers and activists are setting an ambitious agenda for police reform in the upcoming legislative session,
Category: Policies & Practices
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press (12/01)
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House and Senate voted Tuesday to approve a compromise bill backers say would increase police accountability — including,
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press (11/22)
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Although authorities have been encouraging people to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus,
Associated Press (11/24)
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council approved the city’s 2021 budget with reductions to the police budget, though not as much as activists sought amid mass demonstrations against police brutality over the summer.
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press (11/21)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voters in communities across the country approved measures on Election Day toughening civilian oversight of law enforcement agencies,
Associated Press (11/19)
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has brought in a consulting firm to conduct a “top to bottom review” of the city’s police department,
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press (11/19)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California organizations encompassing both police chiefs and rank-and-file officers proposed legislation Thursday in the wake of recent civil unrest that they said would raise standards for police recruiting and training while increasing diversity.
By DON BABWIN Associated Press (11/19)
CHICAGO (AP) — Activists who protested in Chicago over George Floyd’s death and the killing by police of other Blacks across the U.S.
Associated Press (11/12)
BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s mayor said Thursday he’ll file a proposal with the City Council to create a new independent police oversight agency.
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press (11/06)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The fatal police shooting of an unarmed Black man who ran onto a highway during a mental health crisis was justified,
Associated Press (11/11)
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department has received hundreds of complaints against its officers since late May, when demonstrations broke out in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis,
Associated Press (11/10)
NEW YORK (AP) — Mental health workers will replace police officers in responding to some 911 calls next year in New York City,
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press (11/04)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s district attorney vowed Wednesday to make his own decision about whether to charge two young officers in the shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr.
Associated Press (11/02)
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s highest court on Monday found that a lower court was wrong to grant immunity from prosecution to three sheriff’s deputies facing murder charges in a stun gun death dating to July 2017.
Associated Press (10/28)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday signed more than a dozen criminal justice and police reform laws,
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press (10/22)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A second person who served on the Breonna Taylor grand jury is criticizing Kentucky’s attorney general for the way the proceedings were conducted.
Associated Press (10/20)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A high-ranking deputy to the Minneapolis’ police chief said he was demoted after he was quoted in a newspaper story referring to white officers as “white boys,” which led to a backlash within the department.
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press (10/20)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it has put $3 million toward the creation of a national center that will provide training and assistance to help law enforcement agencies prevent the use of excessive force,
Associated Press (10/19)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A taskforce charged with examining Pittsburgh’s policing policies in the wake of protests over police brutality that erupted in the city and across the country this summer has issued a report recommending dozens of reforms including practicing de-escalation,
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press (10/13)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Days after police and members of an unruly crowd were injured following the Los Angeles Lakers’