CHICAGO – Race and gender have a profound effect on how police interact with civilians, and white officers use force more often and make more arrests, especially when interacting with Black people, ...

2024 saw a 25% increase in reported hate crimes. According to Virginia State Police, 340 hate crime incidents involving 377 ...

Pittsburgh Police Chief Larry Scirotto presented some of the study's findings at a press conference Wednesday. A long-awaited police staffing study has found that Pittsburgh has an adequate number of ...

Lawrence City Hall is pictured in September 2018. City leaders said Tuesday that they saw the recently completed study of the Lawrence Police Department as a first step in a larger process to ...

Police killings of unarmed black Americans negatively affect the mental health of black adults in the states where the fatal incidents occur, according to a study published Thursday. The report, ...

Got a question about life in Philly’s suburbs? Our suburban reporters want to hear from you! Ask us a question or send an idea for a story you think we should cover. A recent study of the Yeadon ...

Police officers stand beside a mural for George Floyd in the Chicago neighborhood of Bronzeville during an anti-police brutality protest. In the last decade, high-profile police killings -- including ...

ST. JOHN — St. John police are hoping a traffic study will show them where patrols are most needed and mitigate community complaints. Following a complaint from a resident that police were not ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The daily psychological stresses that police officers experience in their work put them at significantly higher risk than the general population for a host of long-term physical and ...

In this file photo from Aug. 4, 2020, a Lawrence Police Department patrol vehicle is pictured outside the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. After a study of the Lawrence police ...

Police violence against black people and other people of color is a forefront issue in 2018 America. It’s a source of protests and strong political movements — or utter denial, depending on who you ...