POLICE

The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks is suing the mayor and interim police chief, saying his firing violated his constitutional rights and the city code

The police department in Aurora, Colorado, is apologizing for officers handcuffing an entire family, including a 6-year-old girl, after mistaking their vehicle as stolen.

Police in suburban Denver have apologized after a group of Black girls was detained and at least two handcuffed during a weekend investigation of a stolen car

Three people were arrested after police spent nearly five hours breaking up a party at a residence in Jackson Township Sunday, the local police department said. On Sunday, at around 8:30 p.m., officers responded to a residence located on Mill Pond Road in the Whispering Hill neighborhood on the report of a suspicious incident. When they arrived, officers spoke with…

As more states are enacting requirements for people to wear masks to curb a surge of coronavirus cases, they’re facing resistance from the police expected to enforce those orders

Police body-worn cameras have been touted as tools for transparency and accountability. But police reform activists say current laws make it difficult for the public to obtain body camera video. NBC10 Investigative reporter Claudia Vargas finds out how the public can see what police officers do before and after an encounter.

Experts say collective bargaining agreements between officer unions and cities can stand in the way of accountability

Authorities say a New Jersey shopping mall store employee was spat at and struck with a belt after asking two customers to pull up their masks earlier this month. Toms River police say a man and woman entered Zumiez, a store in the Ocean County mall that sells skateboards, footwear and clothing, shortly after 3 p.m. July 9. Police said…

Protesters with signs called to defund the police and asked PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro to direct an investigation into the Allentown incident. NBC10’s Drew Smith reports.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday refused to answer a question about police violence against Black people, instead pointing out that white people are also sometimes victims of police violence. “And so are white people, so are white people,” Trump said in an interview with CBS’s Catherine Herridge when asked why Black Americans are still dying at the hands of law...

Police in the D.C. area and around the world are testing a new kind of electronic lasso designed to take down a suspect without hurting them.  It’s called a BolaWrap and looks a little like something Wonder Woman or Spider-Man might have dreamed up. A handheld device that looks like a Taser shoots cord as far as 25 feet...

Attorneys representing more than 100 people involved in protests in Philadelphia are filing lawsuits against city leaders and police officers. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the details.

Authorities in suburban Seattle have identified a police officer shot and killed after a brief vehicle pursuit

A viral video of a police officer repeatedly punching a man in Wildwood, New Jersey, over the weekend, has sparked an investigation.

A viral video of an officer repeatedly punching a man outside a pizza shop in Wildwood sparked an investigation.

An investigation is underway after a video showing an Allentown police officer kneeling on a man went viral and sparked outrage. NBC10’s Deanna Durante has the story.

‘We were kids. Why would you have a gun in a kid’s face?’

Protestors gathered outside New York’s Schenectady Police Department Monday after video surfaced of an officer kneeling on a man’s neck earlier in the day. Yugeshwar Gaindarpersaud says officers punched him in the stomach and bruised him on his own property.

Florida police involved in an incident in which a woman was hit by an officer, apparently at Miami International Airport, were “relieved of duty,” the director of Miami-Dade police said Wednesday.

Each year, hundreds of people die after encounters with the police.