A Fullterton police officer killed a man in 2024 by firing a bean bag round that pierced the man's chest. The use of force was ruled justified, but the incident raises questions about law ...

CPD has been under federal court oversight for nearly seven years as part of an effort to stop officers from routinely ...

The study, conducted by social scientists from the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Pennsylvania blamed “systemic factors” for the disparity, not the actions of individual ...

Independent federal monitors found 97% of Cleveland police level one and level two use-of-force incidents in 2024 were constitutional, marking a major benchmark nearly 11 years into the consent decree ...

A Massachusetts State Police sergeant is charged with assault after using force during a traffic stop in Springfield.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did the agents' own actions create the dangers they faced? These are exactly the questions use of force policies exist to help ...

Black people were nearly 11 times as likely to experience force as white people by Nassau and Suffolk police between 2021 and 2024, a Newsday analysis found. Newsday investigative reporter Payton ...

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. Five years after the ...

AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- The Kane County State's Attorney's Office has announced an independent review of allegations of "excessive force" used by Aurora police during a student walkout earlier this week ...

In this file image made July 6, 2016, from video captured by a camera in the squad car of St. Anthony Police officer Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer, left, is shown after shooting into ...