Macho attitudes in law enforcement can increase chronic and potentially fatal...
Law enforcement officers are consistently exposed to the worst of society, making the profession one of the most demanding and mentally taxing careers. They are expected to make life and death...
View ArticlePhiladelphia police to fire 13 officers over offensive, racist social media...
The Philadelphia Police Department plans to dismiss 13 officers over a series of racist and inflammatory comments they shared on Facebook. The city's police commissioner, Richard Ross, announced at a...
View ArticlePolice investigating incident caught on camera of black man handcuffed in his...
Video of an African American man being handcuffed and detained by a white police officer in his own home has led to a full review by the Raleigh, N.C., police department.The incident took place after...
View ArticleMaryland governor 'offended and disgusted' county banned police...
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Sunday expressed "disgust" over a county official's decision to prohibit a police department from showcasing a wooden flag featuring a thin blue line, saying that...
View ArticleOver 100 police officers have died from COVID-19, FOP says
More than 100 police officers in the U.S. have died from COVID-19 after fighting the virus on the front lines, according to a report from the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) obtained by The Hill via...
View ArticleDangers of unfettered access to personally identifiable information
In July, U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas and her family were attacked in the comfort of their own home. The attack left her 20-year-old son dead and her husband, also an attorney, critically...
View ArticlePartnerships between police officers and former prisoners promote safety and...
At a time of wrenching division, police officers and those returning from prison share unexpected commonalities that can bring us together. On the surface, these two groups would seem dissimilar, but a...
View ArticleFrench minister suspends Paris police officers over beating of Black man
Police officers in Paris were suspended this week after they were recorded punching a Black man and beating him using a truncheon without apparent cause, The Associated Press reported...
View ArticleAnti-police brutality protestors, police clash in Paris
Anti-police brutality protesters clashed with police in Paris on Saturday following the police beating of a Black man, Reuters reported. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin this week ordered the...
View ArticleIowa using federal COVID-19 funding to pay police officers: report
The Iowa state government led by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) is using $10 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay the salaries of state police officers, according to an analysis by The Associated...
View ArticleUnnamed law enforcement banned under the new NDAA
In the wake of the widespread protests over the summer, which were sparked by George Floyd’s death at the hands of police, anonymous federal officers were deployed across the country, including in...
View ArticleNJ police union wins dispute over demand that town know if officers went to...
A New Jersey police union on Tuesday announced that it had won a dispute over a town’s demand that local police officers identify if they participated in the violent Jan. 6 pro-Trump riot at the...
View ArticlePolice reform negotiations enter crucial stretch
GOP negotiators on police reform say if there’s going to be a deal, it’ll happen this month.Democrats and Republicans missed an informal deadline to reach an agreement by May 25, the one-year...
View ArticleShame on NY Pride: Exclusion is not what we march for
Forty-nine years ago, I rode in the second Gay Pride parade (as it was then called) in Boston’s history. Then, and on several occasions since, I joined parades anticipating some manifestation of...
View ArticleBritish officer found guilty in death of former soccer star
A British officer has been found guilty in the 2016 death of former soccer star Dalian Atkinson.A jury found Constable Benjamin Monk guilty of manslaughter after he kicked Atkinson in the head and used...
View ArticleSheriffs say they won't help cover potential mandate staffing shortages...
Two suburban sheriffs said they would not send their deputies to Chicago to help with potential staffing shortages amid a feud between the mayor and a police union surrounding vaccine mandates.Kane...
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