Independence police chief Adam Dustman is on “requested leave” from the department, the City of Independence confirmed in a ...

When Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara took over the department in 2022, he says it was like walking into a funeral parlor. "People weren't even talking to each other," he says. "A lot of ...

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The San Francisco Police Department is down more than 600 officers, almost 30 percent of its allotment. Phoenix needs about 500 more officers to be fully staffed. The D.C. police force is smaller ...

The U.S. set another grim record last year as the number of people killed by police continued its steady increase, according to a new report released Wednesday by Mapping Police Violence.

The Minneapolis police had responded to a call that a man had tried to use a fake $20 bill at a corner store. All in the midst of a pandemic in which Black people have died at more than twice the ...