Police

Security staff patrol the grounds of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after reports of a bomb threat at the facility on February 4th, 2019.

Researchers say knowing where fatal police interactions occur can help community leaders target programs aimed at reducing those deaths.

A new study finds that people who watch body camera footage attribute less blame to police officers involved in incidents than if those same officers were caught on dash cams.

The ruling is an important step forward for the First Amendment's "right to record," which has become increasingly valuable at a time when images of police brutality often go viral.

Pacific Standard spoke with Camille Fassett, a researcher with Lucy Parsons Labs, about the OpenOversight program—a public database indexing law enforcement officers by name, photo, incidents, and more.

In his last act as attorney general, Jeff Sessions severely limited the Department of Justice's oversight of police departments in places like Elkhart, Indiana.

ProtestErs react after Turkish anti-riot police used tear gas against women's rights activists marching to protest against gender violence in Istanbul.

Police fire tear gas and use water cannons to disperse Sinhala extremist monks from Bodu Bala Sena on November 19th, 2018, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

A climate activist is arrested after spray-painting on the gates outside the Houses of Parliament on November 14th, 2018, in London, England.

On November 7th, 2018, a police officer lets a member of the public out of a crime scene near "Billy Fury Way," where a teenager was stabbed the previous evening in London, England.

Tear gas envelops Marseille football supporters during clashes with French security officials on a street in Marseille, France, on October 25th, 2018, ahead of a match with Italian club Lazio.

A team of researchers mapped the per capita 311 calls for nuisance complaints within gentrifying neighborhoods to find out how the influx of new residents affects racially charged calls to the police.

Policemen block an exit in Cologne's main railway station, where a man took a hostage in the early afternoon on October 15th, 2018, at Cologne Central Station in Cologne, Germany.

President Trump on Monday echoed arguments from his campaign, but his information seems outdated.

On Botham Shem Jean and the American obsession with criminalizing dead black people.

A riot policeman throws a sound grenade during clashes against protestors demonstrating against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua, on September 23rd, 2018.

A demonstrator holds an American flag emblazoned with the names of victims who were fatally wounded by police officers.

A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a study on the militarization of police to a look at Ohio Governor John Kasich's expansion of medicaid coverage.

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New research finds it does reduce public support for law enforcement.

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

William Gross will become the top cop in a department that's struggling to modernize and overcome accusations of entrenched racial bias.

A state Senate bill, which would significantly restrict police's use deadly force, faces stiff opposition from law enforcement organizations.

A conversation with professor Frank Baumgartner, who led a research team that analyzed every North Carolina police stop since 2002.