Independent federal monitors found 97% of Cleveland police level one and level two use-of-force incidents in 2024 were constitutional, marking a major benchmark nearly 11 years into the consent decree ...

Victoria Lee. Najee Seabrooks. Deborah Terrell. Andrew Washington. And, on Jan. 19, a Newark man, later identified in reports as Wali Bey. These are the names of just five of the victims of at least ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Safety officials announced Thursday that the Cleveland police department reached a significant benchmark in its reform efforts, with independent monitors finding cops are using force ...

Arlington police saw an 11% decrease in the number of times force was used against people from 2024 to 2025. Police in Arlington used force against Black people about twice as many times as the next ...

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Use of Force Directive, revised in 2020 and 2025, governs when police officers in New Jersey can use deadly force against citizens. Data from the Attorney General's ...

Santa Fe police officers are using physical force with increasing frequency when responding to calls for service. The number of use-of-force incidents almost tripled between 2020 and 2024, a newly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Springfield Police Department said a traffic stop on a vehicle registered to a person with several ...

HAMILTON, Ohio (WXIX) - A Hamilton police sergeant’s use of force as he arrested a man on a criminal trespass charge in a city park was “reasonable,” a supervisor’s review shows. Body camera footage ...

These are exactly the questions use of force policies exist to help answer. However, for most law enforcement agencies around the country, those policies can be difficult for the public to access and ...

Public conversations about policing often begin the moment force is used, but they rarely start with the question officers must answer in real time: When is force necessary? Police officers are ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Fullerton police officer killed a man who refused to comply with orders by firing a beanbag round that pierced ...