Public records reviewed by Maine Morning Star show routine traffic stops have resulted in immigration arrests across Maine. (Photo by gorodenkoff/ Getty Images; Text via Kennebec County Sheriff's ...

Austin police called ICE after an administrative warrant; a Honduran mother and US-born child were detained, raising ...

HOUSTON – Houston City Council Member Letitia Plummer is pushing to revise Houston Police Department policy on when officers contact federal immigration authorities, a proposal she says would give ...

Houston City Council Member Letitia Plummer has drafted a proposal that would allow police officers to decide whether or not to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during traffic stops.

In analyzing the traffic stop of Sandra Bland in Waller County, Laurin asserts that “the real outrage is that the fateful stop illustrates just how much discretion police have under the law and how ...

In our October 2013 policy white paper on police body cameras, we struggled with how to ensure that the cameras would serve as an effective oversight mechanism for police while not unduly invading ...

Whether to pursue a suspect, and how to do so, is at the discretion of the officer responding, police say. A man suspected of assaulting at least one woman and approaching two others led every ...

The North Pole City Council advanced an ordinance Monday night that would give police officers more discretion when deciding whether to impound vehicles. Currently, North Pole’s municipal code ...

The Fourth Amendment protects us from being stopped, searched, or detained by police without good reason. But over the years, courts have dramatically weakened those protections when it comes to cars ...

The State comptroller estimates there are hundreds of thousands of PBA cards in circulation in New Jersey. “They should just do away with it. It makes the police officer’s job harder when they are ...

The U.S. Constitution protects citizens against unreasonable searches. Yet Americans have long tolerated law enforcement intrusions into their vehicles they would never permit in their homes. While ...