Five years ago, thanks to a federal program that distributes surplus military equipment to local police, Bridgeport acquired a heavily armored vehicle capable of withstanding a mine blast. Other ...

SEATTLE — Police pursuits should be rare and limited to violent criminals who pose an imminent threat, according to a new study published this week. The research by the Police Executive Research Forum ...

Several California police unions have come out against a recent WalletHub study that concluded the state was the best place to be a police officer, with critics citing low morale among the rank and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A long-awaited analysis of the Chicago Police Department’s staffing and deployment calls for the hiring of hundreds more officers ...

DALLAS — Five municipalities in the Back Mountain are the latest in Luzerne County to explore the possibility of a regional police department. The municipalities of Dallas Borough, Dallas Twp., ...

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the security and privacy of reproductive health apps have sparked concerns, researchers wrote in a new study. The study began out of concern that law ...

Racial slurs, sexually explicit language and homophobic comments six Greenwood officers shared among each other were at the heart of a police department investigation last year. But whether those ...

Leechburg officials are moving forward with efforts to regionalize their police force with West Leechburg and Parks Township. A regional police study was completed in December, and it recommended ...

Researchers from Drexel University and the University of Washington have found that American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) people face a disproportionate risk of being killed by police in areas on ...

ATLANTA — Following what experts call a “significant” increase in police chases that leave hundreds of people dead and many more injured each year, a new study is urging law enforcement agencies ...