The core issue many Akron residents have raised for years is not whether every officer-involved shooting was ruled “legal.” ...

Reporters tallied thousands of incidents and read hundreds of police reports documenting the heavy-handed tactics used on ...

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 ...

In a forceful order affirming the public’s right to government records, the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that Anton’s Law, the state’s historic police transparency measure, requires law ...

Santa Fe police officers are using physical force with increasing frequency when responding to calls for service. The number of use-of-force incidents almost tripled between 2020 and 2024, a newly ...

The motorcycle had just started when police pulled up. Marc Merritt was on Grand Avenue in Baldwin in April 2023, helping a friend bump-start a stalled bike outside the now-shuttered Appleton Estate ...

TONIGHT ON WESH TWO. BACK TO OSCEOLA COUNTY. A FORMER KISSIMMEE POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF USING EXCESSIVE FORCE LEARNED HIS SENTENCE THIS AFTERNOON. WESH TWO SPENCER TRACY IS LIVE AT THE OSCEOLA ...

Columbus police have a use-of-force policy as part of their division directives. The department last updated the policy in 2023. "It is well established that police officers may use force to effect an ...

A community group said Monday that St. Paul police officers violated department policy during a protest of an ICE operation two weeks ago. Michelle Gross, Communities United Against Police Brutality ...

After an ICE agent fired shots during an arrest in St. Paul, experts explain how federal and local use-of-force rules compare. Federal immigration agents are governed by many of the same ...

These are exactly the questions use of force policies exist to help answer. However, for most law enforcement agencies around the country, those policies can be difficult for the public to access and ...