Law Enforcement

A State Moves to Establish a Process for Revoking Police Officer Licenses

California is one of just four states without such a system in place. A bill that would change that is awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram

Justice Department Issues New Rules to Monitor Oversight of Police

The changes are meant to help minimize the costs of consent decrees to local jurisdictions and to avoid any conflict of interest among the monitors who oversee the reforms.

  • By Andrea Noble

Congressional Funding Sought to Implement Policy on Body-Worn Cameras

The announcement follows tensions with some local police departments over the authority to release footage recorded during joint operations.

  • By Mariam Baksh

$15,000 Signing Bonuses and $130,000 Salaries for Police Recruits

Pandemic restrictions and other factors, more than the defund the police movement after George Floyd's death, has forced police departments nationwide to refocus on how they reach potential candidates.

  • By Sharon O'Malley

Counties and States Embrace Fentanyl Test Strips in Battle Against Opioids

Arlington County, Virginia announced that it would begin distributing the strips to addiction-prone people leaving the county jail, the latest in a growing number of government agencies to turn to the tests as a way to prevent overdoses.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram

Another State Will Train Police to Draw Blood From Drunk Driving Suspects

Georgia will establish a phlebotomy program to instruct law enforcement officers on how to collect blood samples, the latest in a growing number of states to embrace the practice.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram

Get Police Vaccinated

COMMENTARY | And prison guards, and jail workers, and anyone else charged with protecting the public’s safety.

  • By Eric Reinhart and Amanda Klonsky, The Atlantic

Correctional Officers are Driving the Pandemic in Prisons

New research shows correctional officers are vectors of infection, pushing up Covid-19 rates both inside prisons and in their communities.

  • By Danielle Wallace, The Conversation

Repeat Drunk Drivers in This State Can Now Face Life in Prison

Drunk drivers with previous impaired-driving convictions who kill or injure others will be subjected to increased sentencing guidelines, including the possibility of life in prison, under a new law in New Hampshire.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram

Some 'Most Impressive' Law School Applicants Are Convicted of Serious Crimes

Formerly incarcerated individuals are dissuaded from becoming lawyers because of the 'moral character determination,' but a number of states are slowly changing their policies.

  • By Allen Arthur

States Turn to Recruiting and Retention Bonuses for Police

Florida’s governor was the latest to propose such a perk, as law enforcement agencies across the country struggle to find and keep officers.

  • By Andrea Noble

Federal Loophole Thwarts State Curbs on Police Seizures of Property

Civil asset forfeiture funnels billions of dollars to police and prosecutors.

  • By Aallyah Wright, Stateline
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What One City Hopes to Learn by Pausing Use of Facial Recognition Technology

A ban in Baltimore would restrict the city from purchasing facial recognition technology and temporarily restrict use by city agencies, residents and businesses (but not the police).

  • By Andrea Noble

50% of Americans Think Gun Violence is a ‘Very Big Problem’

But attitudes about gun violence differ widely by race, ethnicity, party affiliation and community, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.

  • By Jean Dimeo

Cops Scramble to Deal With Deadly Road Rage During Pandemic

Police in some areas say they’ve seen road rage incidents spike during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • By Jenni Bergal, Stateline

DOJ to Help Rural and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies Buy Body-Worn Cameras

The $7.65 million competitive grants program will also help agencies with fewer than 50 personnel.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Police Recruitment is Down. How One State is Partnering to Boost the Ranks

Ohio’s Office of Law Enforcement Recruitment is launching a pilot program at two universities that guarantees criminal justice graduates jobs in local law enforcement.

  • By Andrea Noble

What Law Enforcement Leaders Need to Know About Use-of-Force Data

The results of collecting and analyzing data can provide critical information to minimize unnecessary use-of-force incidents, according to the Police Executive Research Forum.

  • By Brent Woodie

The Authoritarian Instincts of Police Unions

COMMENTARY | They condition their members to see themselves as soldiers at war with the public they are meant to serve, and above the laws they are meant to enforce.

  • By Adam Serwer, The Atlantic

Me-OW: One State’s Plan to Demand Justice for Run-Over Cats

A bill in New Hampshire would require residents who hit cats with their cars to report the collisions or face a $1,000 fine, similar to laws in other states.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram

Lifetime Registry for Sex Offenders is Unconstitutional, a State Supreme Court Rules

Calling South Carolina’s law “the most stringent in the country,” the unanimous ruling requires the General Assembly to amend the policy within 12 months.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram