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.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

President Trump on Monday echoed arguments from his campaign, but his information seems outdated.

• By Francie Diep

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

• By Hanif Abdurraqib

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.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

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

• By Pacific Standard Staff

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.

• By Tom Jacobs

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

• By Tom Jacobs

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

• By Jack Herrera

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

• By Rebecca Worby

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

• By Tanvi Misra

The perp walk scratches a satisfying itch for retribution, but it also gives alleged assailants the opportunity to co-opt what should be a somber moment for their own self-aggrandizement.

• By James McWilliams

Community trauma remains a major issue in marginalized communities. But there's still little research to show how police cause mental-health issues—or what can be done to lessen the communal anguish.

• By Rosalie Chan

A small town in northern Minnesota is paving the way for police departments in their efforts to process and mitigate huge backlogs of untested rape kits.

• By Ashley Hackett

By bending over backwards for the Protect and Serve Act, Democrats just proved that Trump's law and order mantra may remain his most lasting legacy.

• By Jared Keller

New research argues the answer depends in part on the color of your collar.

• By Tom Jacobs

School officials shouldn't joke about calling the cops on vulnerable children. They should also stop treating non-compliance as criminal.

• By David M. Perry

In a city that has continually pushed for stricter gun laws, the Chicago Police Department has routinely failed to flag people whom it considers mentally unfit to legally carry a gun.

• By Ashley Hackett

On the role that queer people of color play in resisting oppressive policing.

• By Che Gossett, Reina Gossett & A.J. Lewis

Este artículo trata sobre el papel que desempeñan las personas queer de color en la resistencia a la vigilancia policial opresiva.

• By Che Gossett, Reina Gossett & A.J. Lewis

The police chief of Chatham, New York, has a revolutionary strategy for policing the opioid epidemic.

• By Alastair Boone

On the historic role of policing in reinforcing racial inequality and how it has led to black Americans' fear of police.

• By Nikole Hannah-Jones

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