This study guide is intended to help activists understand the police and craft strategies to abolish them. The guide examines the role police play in modern society and how they came to serve this ...

A Slate Belt township that hasn’t had its own police force in almost 30 years is going to study what its law enforcement options are. Upper Mount Bethel Township supervisors voted Monday to ask the ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Police pursuits should be rare and limited to violent criminals who pose an imminent threat, according to a new study published this week. The research by the Police Executive Research Forum ...

More than half of all police killings in the U.S. are misclassified or unreported in official government statistics, according to a new study. Researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and ...

Artificial intelligence is already revolutionizing law enforcement, which has implemented advanced technology in their investigations, but "society has a moral obligation to mitigate the detrimental ...

A new study of over 30 years worth of medical data reveals the number of deaths at the hands of police officers in the U.S. is more than double the amount that’s been widely reported. The Institute ...

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 communicate in a friendlier, more respectful way to white drivers than Black drivers during routine traffic stops, and these routine interactions can erode police-community trust, a ...

Five years ago, thanks to a federal program that distributes surplus military equipment to local police, Bridgeport acquired a heavily armored vehicle capable of withstanding a mine blast. Other ...