Use of Force & Oversight

2+ hour, 31+ min ago   (311+ words) Chief says body cameras can offer more transparency for how officers do their jobs and make ongoing improvements Madison Police Chief John Patterson says his city is long overdue for adopting police body cameras. “It’s such a relief, I have…...

10+ hour, 10+ min ago   (823+ words) A Missouri gas station that sold a record-breaking $893.5 million Powerball ticket last year is back in the headlines after two women allegedly attacked an off-duty police officer working security, and one tried to take his handgun. The confrontation happened around…...

7+ hour, 46+ min ago   (474+ words) Collective knowledge does not mean information known by anyone wearing the same uniform is automatically available to everyone else. The officers must be cooperating in the investigation, and the facts collectively known to them must establish reasonable suspicion or probable…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago   (241+ words) Earlier this week, Rapid City police placed a man in a restraint system called The WRAP, something officers have done dozens of times so far this year. Police placed the man in the back of a cruiser and took him…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (49+ words) Source: Original reporting via Courthouse News Service Get the latest legal & regulatory intelligence in United States Related developments in United States US Court: ICE Agent Gregory Morgan Jr. Jurisdiction Disputed in Assault Case Ninth Circuit: Idaho Logging Project Road Mileage…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (528+ words) A lieutenant with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office has been terminated following an internal affairs investigation that was initiated soon after he received a traffic citation this summer. Jayme Gonzales, spokesperson with BCSO, confirmed in a Thursday afternoon email to…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (304+ words) BEMIDJI — The Bemidji Police Department deescalated a situation involving an armed individual on Thursday evening. According to a release from Bemidji Police Captain David LaZella, at approximately 6:11 p.m. on Oct. 8, an officer observed an adult female openly armed with a…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (377+ words) The San Francisco Public Defender's Office is filing police brutality complaints against three officers in response to what the office called a violent arrest last year. The public defender's office said the arrest of Kevon Gibson resulted in him needing…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (726+ words) Thursday, October 8, 2026 East Lansing mayor Erik Altmann, along with council members Chuck Grigsby and Mark Meadows, listen to members of the community speak at the East Lansing City Council meeting in East Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. East Lansing City…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (273+ words) Four Boynton Beach Police officers who shot a man armed with a machete in a public park last year were legally justified in their use of deadly force, a State Attorney’s Office review concluded. Shortly before 11 a.m. April 5, 2025, Edenson Jules,…...