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The Oakland Police Department remains under federal oversight 15 years after settling a civil rights case against it. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

In Oakland, more data hasn’t meant less racial disparity during police stops

For more than 15 years, Oakland's police department has been under federal oversight following a police abuse and racial profiling scandal.

8 years ago

The Camden County Police mobile command sets up on Broadway near Mount Vernon Street in Camden, where two detectives were shot. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Authorities release photos of persons of interest in shooting of 2 Camden police detectives

The officers were sitting in their vehicle at a red light in Camden when two gunmen allegedly opened fire, wounding them in what authorities are calling an ambush attack.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announces the formation of a federal, state and local task force to reduce gun violence.
Politics & Policy

Pa. attorney general targets straw purchases, gun violence in Philly

More cooperation from Pennsylvania and the U.S. will help disrupt the flow of guns to those prohibited from owning them, attorney general says.

8 years ago

This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows police officer Jaison Potts, who was shot in the face Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, while helping fellow SWAT officers serve a warrant at a house in Philadelphia. A man who authorities say shot at the officers was critically wounded in the shootout early Monday. A woman at the home was also wounded. Officials say the person named in the warrant was not in the residence and remains at large. (Philadelphia Police Department via AP)
Community

Police commissioner calls deadly shootout ‘absolute tragedy’

A Philadelphia police officer was shot in the face and critically injured while helping fellow SWAT officers serve a warrant at a city home, authorities said Monday.

8 years ago

California Highway Patrol Sgt. Jaimi Kenyon blows into a alcohol breathalyzer during a demonstration of devices used to test drivers suspected of impaired driving May 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers and police are hoping new devices will be developed to effectively test for marijuana use by drivers. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

The pot breathalyzer is here. Maybe

With few accurate roadside tools to detect pot impairment, police have to rely largely on field sobriety tests developed to fight drunk driving or old-fashioned observation.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philadelphia police settle with feds over treatment of deaf

The department will pay a total of $97,500 and adopt Americans with Disabilities Act compliant policies.

8 years ago

Police officers use a mirror to see inside a Trader Joe's store in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday. Police believe a man involved in the standoff with officers shot a young female and his grandmother before firing at officers during a pursuit, then crashing outside the supermarket and running inside the store. (Christian Dunlop/AP)
NPR
Community

One dead, shooting suspect in custody after police standoff at LA Trader Joe’s

Police identified the suspect as a man about 28 years old, who surrendered three hours after barricading himself inside the store where other people had been trapped.

8 years ago

In this Dec. 4, 2014, file photo protesters rally in New York's Foley Square against a state grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner. (Jason DeCrow/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

NYPD officer faces police charges in Eric Garner’s chokehold death

The officials had been waiting to see whether federal prosecutors would bring criminal charges but decided to move forward.

8 years ago

A new mural at 29th and Ridge Avenue honors Sergeant Robert Wilson III who lost his life in the line of duty. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

New mural honors slain Philly policeman along Strawberry Mansion beat

The mural honors slain police Sgt. Robert Wilson III.

8 years ago

A screengrab of a cellphone video of the arrest of a Philly teen after Zoo security called the police earlier this month (Facebook)
Community

Following arrest of black teen at Philly Zoo, staff rules under review

Video of the incident went viral. It was seen as another example of the over-policing of black youths and the misuse of law enforcement by white people.

8 years ago

New York City police are giving the Justice Department a deadline to announce criminal charges in the 2014 death of Eric Garner. Garner's death spurred protests, including by two men who wore medical masks reading
NPR
Courts & Law

NYPD will pursue internal charges against officers in Eric Garner’s death

Four years after Eric Garner was put in a chokehold by a police officer and died, NYPD says it will pursue disciplinary actions against officers involved in the case.

8 years ago

Members of the Chicago Police Department interact with an angry crowd at the scene of a police involved shooting in Chicago, on July 14. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Community

Man killed by Chicago police ran away, reached for waist

Footage from body cameras and surveillance cameras shows that a man who was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer was armed with what appears to be a handgun.

8 years ago



Pedestrians walk outside the closed Spruce St. Starbucks store on May 29, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

When calling the po-po is a no-no

8 years ago

This June 1, 2018, file photo, shows a housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

About 2,600 inmates transferring from Graterford to new Pa. prison

The first phase of transfers began just after 9 a.m. Wednesday.

8 years ago

In 2011, immigration advocates protested outside the Essex County Correctional Facility, which has one of the most lucrative contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the country. (Mel Evans/AP Photo )
WNYC
NewsWorks Tonight
Money

Under Trump, Democratic New Jersey counties cash in on detaining immigrants

From January 2015 to March 2018 the amount of ICE money sent to Bergen, Essex and Hudson Counties increased 46 percent, amounting to more than $150 million.

8 years ago

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