The Capital-Journal sat down with Topeka police chief Chris Vallejo and talked about bodycams. Here's what he said.

The Topeka Police Department (TPD) responded to an early morning car accident on Friday. Just after midnight, officers ...

Topeka City Council meeting, multiple community members and council members spoke up for transparency in police shootings.

Prosecutors have filed a charge against a local man accused of killing a Topekan in 2022. Shawnee County District Attorney ...

Wheeles worked at the Topeka Police Department for 30 years in such positions as patrol officer, narcotics investigator, homicide detective, sergeant in the criminal intelligence unit, lieutenant ...

According to Shawnee Co. District Attorney Mike Kagay, Kayden Smith, 22, of Topeka, was formally charged with murder in the ...

Fearing the worst and hoping for the best, Chris Zubler is asking the community to help bring his son Kaden Zubler back home ...

Police have arrested a man a second time in connection to a 2022 deadly shooting. The Topeka Police Department (TPD) reports that it has arrested 22-year-old Kayden Smith, of ...

Avery Moore is shown in an undated photograph included in a press release announcing Moore’s hiring as a new assistant city ...

Vallejo has sought to connect with residents here since he became Topeka police chief in January after having served since 1994 with the police department in Austin, Texas. Vallejo spoke April 10 ...

Three Topeka Police Department supervisors claim the city and its police chief treats female officers differently than male officers, to the detriment of female officers and the department.

Lead recruiting officers for the Topeka Police Department credit a shift in strategies for their newfound success. Sgt. Matt Cobb, lead instructor for the Topeka Police Department Academy ...