Akron police are grappling with a public trust problem. Many residents believe some officers use force too often and don’t think the department does enough to avoid it, according to people surveyed ...

San Diego police officers are using force more often in encounters with residents, even as the city’s crime rate declines, according to data obtained by Times of San Diego. As use-of-force reports ...

What stands out in Kevin R. Davis' recent opinion piece about Akron's use-of-force review is not just what it says, but what it refuses to examine. Yes, officers face danger. Nobody serious denies ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a forceful order affirming the public’s right to government records, the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that Anton’s Law, the state’s historic police transparency measure, requires law ...

Reporters tallied thousands of incidents and read hundreds of police reports documenting the heavy-handed tactics used on students. Monitoring security cameras at a Corpus Christi high school. Texas ...

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Use of Force Directive, revised in 2020 and 2025, governs when police officers in New Jersey can use deadly force against citizens. Data from the Attorney General's ...

"On this record, a reasonable jury could conclude that Marks was shot when he neither posed a threat to the officers or the public, nor was he fleeing or ignoring an officer’s commands. On the other ...

These are exactly the questions use of force policies exist to help answer. However, for most law enforcement agencies around the country, those policies can be difficult for the public to access and ...

In a forceful order affirming the public’s right to government records, the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that Anton’s Law, the state’s historic police transparency measure, requires law ...