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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A national civil rights attorney is pushing for new legislation following a fatal police shooting in Hartford earlier this ...

In a forceful order affirming the public’s right to government records, the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that Anton’s Law, the state’s historic police transparency measure, requires law ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...