The Cleveland Police Department marked a major benchmark with its consent decree after independent monitors found that 97% of the division’s level one and level two uses of ...

A three-pronged research project seeks to empower communities, policymakers, and law enforcement agencies by improving access to and understanding of police use-of-force rules.

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 ...

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 ...

Reporting like this only happens with your financial support. Donate to WKAR today! A member of East Lansing’s Independent Police Oversight Commission says the police department is blocking the public ...

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 ...

The same police action can be a policy violation in one city and standard procedure in another. And most Americans don't know which rules apply where.

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 ...

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 ...

The Cleveland Monitoring Team, the team criminal justice experts contracted with the city to keep tabs on the Cleveland police department’s progress and behavior, determined in a 120-page use of force ...

Federal immigration agents are governed by many of the same constitutional limits on use of force as local police. But they operate under different policies and face different accountability systems.