Jeff Martin and George T. Williams

Search Patterns

Patting down a suspect is serious business and you can never be reminded enough of the hazards of doing it poorly.

De Blasio: No Apology, but Police Have "Valid Issues"

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday he won't apologize for past remarks that antagonized some police officers, but he pledged to address "valid issues" raised by cops and he harshly criticized the rhetoric of the most extreme anti-NYPD protesters as "sick."

Christiana Coleman

Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Bill Barring Use of Secret Grand Juries in Deadly Force Cases

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Tuesday a measure that prohibits secret grand juries to weigh in on cases involving excessive or deadly force by law enforcement, and another affirming the public’s right to take audio or video recordings of police officers.

Triple Jeopardy in Charlotte

The trials of an officer involved in a controversial fatal shooting never seem to end.

Hillary Clinton Campaigns with Mothers of Black Suspects Killed by Police, Ignores Officers Killed in Line of Duty

“They all lost children, which is almost unimaginable, yet they have not been broken or embittered,” Clinton said, adding that they have turned their “mourning into a movement.”

Dwayne Orrick

'Fixing' Police Training

In the wake of last year's anti-police demonstrations, politicians made a lot of promises to "fix" policing and retrain officers to use force more sparingly. Now that some of these programs are being implemented, we are seeing the training may be sacrificing real world common sense about violence in favor of politically correct ideology.