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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 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.

The number of police uses of lethal force is on the decline according to a new report from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Researchers with the school’s Cline Center for Advanced ...

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 ...

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 ...

Public opinion on police use of force is shifting. Over the past several decades, Americans have increasingly disapproved of officers’ actions, even when those actions are lawful and follow ...

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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 number of times officers pointed their guns at individuals increased 44% between 2022 and 2024, according to one of the goals unanimously set for Snelling to achieve in 2026.