Policing

Commissioner Richard Ross apologizes after previously defending police for their handling of the incident.

Arresting officers 'may have gone according to policy, they may have followed the law, but they didn't have to do this,' says legal expert.

The state Attorney General’s office has launched a web ...

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross says the police officers who arrested two black men at a Starbucks in Center City "did absolutely nothing wrong."

Without guidelines or oversight, some officers are using traffic stops to question Hispanics and turn over undocumented immigrants to ICE.

New Jersey officials have released surveillance footage in last month's shooting death of an armed man inside the Panera Bread restaurant, near Princeton University's campus.

The U.S. Supreme Court has again stepped into the bitter public turmoil over police shootings of civilians.

Long before Stephon Clark was shot dead by Sacramento police officers, those who dared to protest police mistreatment of African-Americans became targets.

Justice Department official Lee Loftus told reporters in February the CRS is a "small entity in Justice today."

Louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges Tuesday against two white Baton Rouge police officers in the fatal shooting of a black man outside a convenience store.

Assemblyman John McKeon, D-Essex, has proposed returning to judges the power to require monetary bail amounts for any criminal defendant.

'I think they are talking to a certain audience within the country,' says Congressman Dwight Evans, a Philadelphia Democrat.

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said the new rules were part of an effort to increase “transparency and accountability.”

'I’m not against the NRA, but I’m not for the NRA,' says Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.

Angola prison is the largest maximum security prison in the country. There are over 6,000 men incarcerated there, most of them serving life sentences.