By SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press/Report for America (08/03)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s police department will implement stricter policies aimed at limiting the use of deadly force as protests against police brutality continue,
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America (08/04)
DENVER (AP) — The interim chief of a suburban Denver police department has become the first woman to permanently lead the agency that’s looking to regain public trust following a tumultuous year since the death of Elijah McClain,
Associated Press (07/30)
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has halted a civil rights organization’s plan to publish a database of New York City police disciplinary records,
Associate Press (08/02)
CHICAGO (AP) — Gun violence continued to plague Chicago, with eight people killed, including a 9-year-old boy, and at least 19 other people wounded so far this weekend,
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America (08/02)
The Portland Police Bureau declared an unlawful assembly Saturday night when people gathered outside a police precinct in Oregon’s largest city and threw bottles towards officers,
By SAM METZ AP/Report for America (08/02)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada took its first steps toward joining the growing number of state Legislatures throughout the United States that have revisited laws governing police conduct in light of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis,
By JIM SALTER and AARON MORRISON Associated Press (07/31)
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — After a third review failed to uncover enough evidence to charge the officer who fatally shot Black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson,
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press (07/31)
DENVER (AP) — School districts nationwide are working to remove police officers from campuses, but some Black and Indigenous educational leaders are resisting the push prompted by the national reckoning over racial injustice and police brutality.
By ED WHITE Associated Press (07/29)
DETROIT (AP) — Federal agents being sent to Detroit by the Trump administration will help local authorities fight violent crime and won’t interfere with protests against racism or excessive force by police,
Associated Press (07/29)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida couple regrets ever taking in a disturbed teenager in the months before he was accused of the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Associated Press (07/28)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — More than 100 police agencies are withdrawing from agreements to send personnel to bolster security at next month’s Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee,
Associated Press (07/28)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors said Tuesday they may revisit the issue of audio-visual coverage of the trials of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd.
Associated Press (07/29)
CHICAGO (AP) — A high-ranking member of the Chicago Police Department who was promoted earlier this month was found dead after he apparently shot himself in a station on the city’s West Side,
By ANDREW SELSKY and ARON RANEN Associated Press (07/28)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayors of Portland, Oregon, and five other major U.S.
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press (07/28)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles officials announced Monday a major expansion of the city’s community policing program that prioritizes building relationships between officers and residents in an effort to reduce crime amid a nationwide reckoning on racial injustice and police brutality.
Associated Press (07/27)
WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — Community leaders say local law enforcement in Texas did not protect protesters from opposing groups after weekend rallies turned violent.
Associated Press (07/28)
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say 303 department vehicles have been vandalized since George Floyd’s May 25 death,
Associated Press (07/27)
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi police officer says fast-thinking bystanders helped save a woman who passed out behind the wheel of a moving car.
Associated Press (07/26)
NEW YORK (AP) — Days after a federal judge paused the public release of New York City police disciplinary records,
Associated Press (07/26)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A protest in Oakland, California, in support of racial justice and police reform turned violent when a small group of demonstrators wearing helmets and goggles and carrying large signs that doubled as shields set fire to a courthouse,