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.

Advocates say that Sheriff Donnie Harrison is unfit for a fifth term because of such abusive practices as well as his office’s cooperation with ICE.

Advocates say these charges endanger sex workers and urge the police to stop using them.

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins seeks a fourth term as critics blast him for a record that includes poor jail conditions, in-custody suicides, and the deaths of two young people at the hands of his deputies.

More than one dozen sheriffs support Measure 105 that would allow for cooperation with federal authorities even when an immigrant suspect has not been apprehended for any crime.

Dismal police accountability has made communities vulnerable to private vendors.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office stands accused of violating immigrants’ rights and dismissing a shocking number of jail deaths.

Opposition to Operation Stonegarden, however, is spreading; one Arizona county just rejected over $1 million of its funds.

Experts say playing up the risk of sex trafficking fuels anxiety and criminalization.

The Strategic Response Group was created for counter-terrorism but it’s involved in everything from Broken Windows policing to suppressing protest.

A new report details Alabama’s “War on Marijuana” ahead of a key DA election.

If his conviction stands, it could criminalize people who refuse to do things like unlock their phones or garages at police request.

Campus police forces have become more professionalized, but critics say they operate behind a veil of secrecy and often exceed their jurisdiction.

With writer Kelly Hayes.

Established to track anyone convicted of a gun-related offense, the registry has proved to be both racist and ineffective in reducing gun violence.

The women, who were arrested alongside Stormy Daniels in July, allege that they were smeared by arresting officers, but they’re just the latest to raise concerns.

About 51 percent of the people charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana in Allegheny County are Black.

Lawyer seeks end to Halloween restrictions that target people convicted of sex offenses.

A lawsuit brought by a Compton resident detailing an alleged beating by deputies is just one of nearly three dozen federal civil rights lawsuits alleging brutality and racial bias at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.