Independent federal monitors found 97% of Cleveland police level one and level two use-of-force incidents in 2024 were constitutional, marking a major benchmark nearly 11 years into the consent decree ...

Victoria Lee. Najee Seabrooks. Deborah Terrell. Andrew Washington. And, on Jan. 19, a Newark man, later identified in reports as Wali Bey. These are the names of just five of the victims of at least ...

The Austin Police Department updates City Council to changes on how the department measures and tracks use of force.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Safety officials announced Thursday that the Cleveland police department reached a significant benchmark in its reform efforts, with independent monitors finding cops are using force ...

Arlington police saw an 11% decrease in the number of times force was used against people from 2024 to 2025. Police in Arlington used force against Black people about twice as many times as the next ...

“We’ve been focusing very heavily on changes in policy, training, and first-line supervision,” Engel said. “We were here to ...

A use of force incident involving a woman’s arrest is drawing attention after a viral video showed an officer punching her ...

Santa Fe police officers are using physical force with increasing frequency when responding to calls for service. The number of use-of-force incidents almost tripled between 2020 and 2024, a newly ...

After an ICE agent fired shots during an arrest in St. Paul, experts explain how federal and local use-of-force rules compare. Federal immigration agents are governed by many of the same ...

Connecticut State Police have moved to a new type of Taser they say could help reduce the need for lethal force, which comes at a time when law enforcement has come under increased scrutiny to resolve ...

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Use of Force Directive, revised in 2020 and 2025, governs when police officers in New Jersey can use deadly force against citizens. Data from the Attorney General's ...