The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police can stop and search a driver based solely on an anonymous 911…
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Apparently the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police, infamous for having shot dead unarmed Oakland resident Oscar Grant on a…
The US Supreme Court has ruled that police may search a home without obtaining a warrant despite the objection of…
The former cyber advisor under President George W. Bush had some harsh words for the United States National Security Agency…
A 13-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday and faces a felony charge for allegedly hitting a Chicago police officer in the…
A record number of Americans were set free in 2013 after being wrongfully convicted of a crime, according to new…
A secret audit conducted for the City of Baltimore found that local speed cameras had alarmingly high error rates, resulting…
The US government’s use of traffic checkpoints to gather drunk and drugged driving information from motorists has come under fire…
Recent misconduct investigations of deputies of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department included rape, smuggling heroin into jail, stealing money from…
During the last few hours of a lengthy tenure atop the New York Police Department tainted by both scandal and…
By Julian Hattem A federal court has tossed out a lawsuit trying to prevent the government from searching laptops, cellphones…
The Los Angeles Police Department has announced plans to ramp up use of a portable tool that checks for drug…
Police in Salinas, California are under fire after the department acquired a heavily armored military vehicle for SWAT team operations.…
When Sheriff John Cooke of Weld County explains in speeches why he is not enforcing the state’s new gun laws,…
The US Senate Intelligence Committee is writing up a report highly critical of the CIA’s past use of torture on…
The sharing of intelligence among American law enforcement agencies in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is…
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN Coming soon to your local sheriff: 18-ton, armor-protected military fighting vehicles with gun turrets and bulletproof glass…
Before long, every move we make may be tracked without our full knowledge. It just seems like we are headed…