Law enforcement

President Donald Trump and Democratic Nominee for President Joe Biden debate race issues in the United States and the role of law enforcement at the first Presidential Debate in Cleveland, Oh.

Recent shootings of police officers and protests that have left scores of officers injured are stark reminders of the dangers facing law enforcement as the country grapples with police killings of African Americans.

President Donald Trump discussed split-second decisions made by law enforcement saying “they choke, sometimes” and that is what get’s all the attention, but the “tens of thousands of great things they do, nobody covers that.”

The Boston Marathon bombing changed a lot, and not just locally. In Huntsville, Alabama it led the FBI to change how it trains technicians at its Hazardous Devices School, the place bomb squads nationwide go for the certification they are required to renew every three years.

Three members of the Thin Blue Line Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club were killed Saturday during a suspected drunk driving crash in Texas.

Experts say collective bargaining agreements between officer unions and cities can stand in the way of accountability.

Police in the D.C. area and around the world are testing a new kind of electronic lasso designed to take down a suspect without hurting them.  It’s called a BolaWrap and looks a little like something Wonder Woman or Spider-Man might have dreamed up. A handheld device that looks like a Taser shoots cord as far as 25 feet...

Rayshard Brooks, the man who was shot and killed by police last week at an Atlanta, Georgia, drive-through, gave an interview in February about the inequalities of the U.S. criminal justice system. Brooks’ interview was conducted by Reconnect as part of a project about individuals on probation or parole.

While announcing a police reform executive order on Tuesday, President Donald Trump delivered a mixed message that both praised members law enforcement as well as victims of police homicide, touted economic milestones, championed school choice “as the civil rights issue of all time in this country,” and mischaracterized the record of his predecessor.

At a roundtable discussion on law enforcement on Monday, President Donald Trump confirmed that he will not pursue rollbacks to U.S. police funding and praised the job that law enforcement is doing.

The documents detail an intelligence-gathering effort by the United States and Mexican authorities, targeting more than 50 people including journalists, an attorney, and immigration advocates.

The next police commissioner of Philadelphia will be Portland, Oregon, Police Chief Danielle Outlaw. Outlaw, 44, has served as the top-ranking police official for the West Coast city for a little over two years, since October 2017. She was the first black woman to hold the position, according to her biography on the Portland city website. She will also be...

The husband of a woman who vanished in 1981 has been charged with the woman’s murder 38 years later.

A bill originally meant to help law enforcement investigate cold cases of murdered and missing indigenous women that has floundered in Congress for two years may have the missing ingredients to become law — money and muscle. The money comes from an appropriations subcommittee chaired by Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who told The Associated Press that for the first...

The crew of a commercial airliner headed to Boston has reported being targeted by a green laser light.

A former Maryland narcotics officer now wages a different war on the drug problem after losing his daughter to a heroin overdose.

Crowds and runners along the Boston Marathon course will notice something new in the sky this year. Drones with high definition cameras will be flying high above the spectacle as part of new measures to beef up security.

Officials and law enforcement spoke about safety and security precautions for this year’s Boston Marathon on Wednesday morning.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment is expected to sharpen the battle lines in Israel’s already deadlocked political system and could test the loyalty of his right-wing allies, Israeli commentators said Friday. The serious corruption charges announced Thursday appear to have dashed already slim hopes for a unity government following September’s elections, paving the way for an unprecedented repeat vote in...

Ring, the video doorbell company owned by Amazon, has helped law enforcement agencies across the country solve a lot of crimes. But it has also raised concerns about privacy, and critics have been sounding off on social media for months. Tech writers, meanwhile, have wondered if Ring users were getting the full story about the cameras they’d attached to their...