Cops

New research suggests a culture of bias is a bigger problem than individual racist officers.

• By Tom Jacobs

1983's Policing a Class Society argued that the police has always protected the interests of the upper classes.

• By Elizabeth King

At a police academy, future officers learn to test drivers' intoxication levels by testing the legal limit themselves.

• By John Stillman

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Can a former police officer effect greater reforms from outside the force?

• By John Lingan

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Deputies with a strong sense of purpose and supportive supervisors are immune from media-driven drops in motivation.

• By Tom Jacobs

Yet another study finds areas with higher rates of gun ownership experience higher rates of homicide.

• By Francie Diep

Even if the police don’t kill me, a lifetime of preparing for them to just might.

• By Ezekiel Kweku

What accounts for the number of killings by cops in the United States (over 100 just this past March)? Blame gun culture.

• By Jay Livingston