The Police Foundation doesn’t want the police to call drones “drones.” Because of the public’s association with “military-style weapons like the Predator,” the organization’s 311 page report reads, the term “drone” is “a major obstacle to law...
Read moreControversial shootings by police lead to a national outcry and a range of reforms that reduce police killings of suspects by half. Sound like a pie-in-the-sky hope for the future? It is precisely what happened in the 1970s and 1980s...
Read moreHad British authorities and their soldiers exercised de-escalation tactics, would the United States exist today? IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR AN APPROPRIATE way to commemorate our nation’s 242nd birthday, go protest something. Take a knee or engage in...
Read moreSince the Golden State killer was caught, the same family ancestry database has led to more arrests On a rainy morning in April, Curtis Rogers woke up and scrolled through e-mails on his phone—pausing on one from a user of his free...
Read moreThe AZCOPS offices will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day.
Read moreDemocrats and Republicans are polarized in their views about three law enforcement agencies in the thick of Washington’s hottest controversies, a signal that widespread partisanship about the president’s policies has filtered into the...
Read moreTUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) – The opioid crisis is widespread across the U.S. and now Tucson police are training for a program that they hope can change that. Over 42,000 people died from opioid overdoses in 2016, and in Pima County fatal...
Read moreThe workers also want Amazon to stop selling AWS services that support deportations by ICE Workers at Amazon have demanded that their employer stop the sale of facial recognition software and other services to the US government. In a...
Read moreMembers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police wear military fatigues, with thick boots and heavy jackets. On the job, they guard the vast border between India and China, where the mountaintop temperature can drop to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit...
Read moreDuring his time as an army engineer, Brandon Anderson handled intelligence sent back from field soldiers and base commanders, seeing firsthand the impact that data had on governmental decision-making. When he returned to civilian life, Anderson...
Read moreToo often, law enforcement lets itself be hijacked by a biased call to 911 — usually a caller reporting a “suspicious person” who is actually just Black. In response to a spate of well-publicized incidents, many are saying that white people...
Read moreMusicians and athletes are not the only ones who have superfans. Aziyah VanDunk just turned 5 and he loves all things to do with police officers and other first responders. On Saturday the tiny cop-wanna-be received the surprise of his life when...
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