New bills would expand access to medical marijuana, but the state’s sheriffs’ association promises to fight even such modest legislation.

In April 2018, Herman Bell was paroled after spending 45 years in prison in a case involving the shooting deaths of two police officers. Now, New York police unions and the widow of one of the slain officers are challenging the decision in court.

Jason Van Dyke’s sentence for the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald is approximately half the average sentence for a person convicted of second-degree murder in Cook County, Illinois.

A new coalition of people in the sex trades wants New York to become the first state to fully decriminalize their work.

Claims including sexual assault of a woman with mental illness to lying in reports haunt the Miami Gardens police; payouts in federal lawsuits have cost the city’s taxpayers at least $3.5 million.

Since Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s 2017 election, at least five people have died at the hands of the law enforcement in Mississippi’s capital city.

Senate Bill 1421 requires law enforcement agencies to make public investigative records of officer-involved shootings and uses of force resulting in great bodily harm. But law enforcement unions argue that the law threatens the privacy of their members.

Lexipol, a private for-profit company, has quietly become one of the most powerful voices in law enforcement policymaking in the country.

A former Baltimore Police officer says it’s time for the department to stop wasteful, harmful marijuana arrests, especially after Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s announcement that her office would not prosecute cases of possession.

‘There were explosions everywhere … I had no idea who was in the house.’

Advocates say the case hasn’t been handled fairly and there’s little hope for justice.

In October 2018, Marshall Miles was taken into custody by Sacramento County sheriff‘s deputies outside a convenience store. About 14 hours later, he was dead.

People who view body cam footage of an incident are less likely to attribute blame to a police officer than those who see the same incident through the lens of a dashboard camera.

She is suing the Division of Human Rights for saying it’s not authorized to investigate her complaint.

Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed decriminalization legislation that advocates say would curb the discriminatory policing tactics associated with fare evasion enforcement. Today, the D.C. City Council will decide if it will override her veto.

A new proposal to abolish small police forces seeks to end the cycle of debt and incarceration.

The records raise questions about the department’s compliance with its protest monitoring rules.

Alex Berenson says he’s concerned there’s not enough research into cannabis risks, but his misleading arguments set scientists back.

Cherie Townsend is suing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department after she says they falsely imprisoned her for murder and destroyed her reputation.

The decision also held that the city’s routine storage of DNA profiles from nonconvicted people in a permanent database violates state law.

The president is drawing on two decades of bipartisan support for crackdowns on traffickers to secure support for his agenda at the border.

More states are giving undocumented immigrants driver’s licenses, but many DMVs are sharing their information with ICE.

A ban on dancers under 21 raises questions on the growing role of the state’s Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control in policing clubs.

The officers were part of the department’s Street Crimes Unit, known among residents for its aggressive patrols.

Officer Sheehan Miles of the Trenton Police Department had 43 force encounters between 2012 and 2016, according to a new database.

Advocates say victims are being pressured to sign ‘withdrawal’ forms to quickly close investigations and protect the department from legal liability.

Officers say the language used now is more subtle but still encourages numbers-driven policing.

SB 4 encourages officers to ask for the status of anyone they detain.

Advocates say the city has dragged its feet on legislation meant to ensure transparency on the police practice, and that data released so far—from 2010 to 2016, nearly 82 percent of stops involved Black people—signals that it’s time to end stop-and-frisk entirely.

Attorneys for a Honduran woman are suing over the widespread jailhouse practice of honoring ICE requests to hold incarcerated immigrants for pickup.

A notoriously unreliable roadside drug test administered by Monroe County sheriff’s deputies led to Dasha Fincher being charged with methamphetamine trafficking.

Baton Rouge residents say little has changed after Alton Sterling.

Even though it’s unlikely that they commit sexual assault at higher rates than other ethnic or racial groups, nearly one of every 100 Black men is on a sex offender registry, a rate double that of white men.  

Supporters hope the passage of Prop C may herald a more compassionate—and effective—approach.

The city’s experiment with civil asset forfeiture was supposed to end, but the practices of its parking agency and some in state law enforcement suggest that police may be turning to other forms of property confiscation.

Then he ordered another officer to arrest the man.

In internal documents obtained by The Appeal, the vice unit’s supervisor admits no specific complaints were lodged against Daniels or the club before the police took action.

In Travis County, detectives refused training that would have helped them interview victims of trauma.

In response, a new ‘Freedom Cities’ movement is rising to defend immigrants’ rights.

Local allies of the Trump administration fought challengers over immigration policy.