law enforcement

Police departments across the country are reviewing the behavior of dozens of officers who were in Washington on the day of the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol

Security has been ramped up across the country ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration as threats against the U.S. Capitol and state capitals continue to be a major concern. Charles Marino, CEO of Sentinel Security Solutions, breaks down the steps being taken to ensure a successful transition of power and what it is costing the country.

Capitol police were underprepared and officers were poorly led when protesters breached the U.S. Capitol, says Former FBI Deputy Assistant Director Danny Coulson. He explains to LX News the security measures that should have been in place prior to the Capitol riots such as undercover planning and scenario training.

Voters in communities across the country have approved measures toughening civilian oversight of law enforcement agencies

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.”

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

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

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.

More than three weeks after his disappearance, officials found the keys of missing college student Shane Montgomery.

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...

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

Attorney Gloria Allred said Monday during a press conference that she and Faith Rodgers, who sued R. Kelly, have an appointment with the NYPD, who have asked to meet “in furtherance of their investigation into potential victims of R. Kelly.”