The methods that police officers use to detect cannabis-impaired driving lack a scientific basis, reported a new editorial published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Increasing ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — The Chesterfield County Police Department hired an outside company, which provides consulting to law enforcement agencies on use of force, to review and analyze the deadly ...

As part of Obama's Police Data Initiative, researchers and police are studying "predictive analytics" to improve existing officer early warning systems Several high-profile cases of law enforcement ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. Over the past few months, millions of citizens in Hong Kong ...

When criminologist Robin Engel suddenly found herself leading the effort to reform a police department under fire after a white police officer killed an unarmed Black man in July 2015, she looked for ...

Michael Brown was, at best, stopped by police for stealing cigarillos. Sandra Bland for failing to signal a lane change. Freddie Gray for carrying a switchblade. Yet these encounters all ended with ...

Cities across the U.S. have been rocked by nightly protests against police brutality following the May 25 killing of a Black Minneapolis man named George Floyd by a White police officer. And as videos ...

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The police killings of several unarmed black men in recent months have sparked protests nationwide demanding justice, heightening tensions between police departments and communities. In one narrative, ...

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