The agreement came about after the Justice Department sued Portland over what it alleged was a habit of unconstitutional use of force by police against people with mental illness.

The U.S. Justice Department has canceled hundreds of ongoing grants that funded everything from mental healthcare for police officers to support programs for victims of crime and sexual assault ...

The U.S. Justice Department has removed a database tracking misconduct by federal law enforcement, a list proposed by Republican President Donald Trump during his first term and formally created ...

The Justice Department and the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey have opened an investigation into the Trenton Police Department and the City of Trenton that will focus on the ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has opened a civil rights investigation into the city of Lexington and the Lexington Police Department.

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson signed on Wednesday, Nov. 30 a resolution formally authorizing the addition of fifty officers to the city's police department.

A 36-year-old police officer who was a mother to a young daughter and four-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department has been shot and killed while on duty in Chicago, police said.

The U.S. Department of Justice concludes in a study that the Baltimore Police Department routinely violated citizens' constitutional rights and describes the relationship between the community and ...

WORCESTER ― Worcester police use excessive force and engage in “outrageous” sexual contact with women while undercover, a two-year civil investigation released Monday by the U.S. Department ...

The Trump administration is dismissing investigations into several major US police departments, as well as consent decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis reached following the fatal shooting of ...

A 36-year-old police officer who was a mother to a young daughter and four-year veteran of the Chicago Police has been shot and killed while on duty in Chicago.