When the police received a tip that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev might be hiding out in a Watertown boat, there was obviously some worry: how do you safely check to see if he's there when he's been carrying explosives this whole time? You use a police helicopter's thermal camera, of course.
Recent killings of law enforcement officials are horrible, shocking news. But there's little reason to think that it marks a new trend, despite the media's shark-attack-style coverage.
An inmate in New Jersey managed to shoot three officers early this morning, and details remain unclear, but the incident has already steered the ongoing gun conversation on Twitter today.
The holidays have been rough for the Newtown Police Department, which is why officers from across Connecticut joining forces, so that not a single Newtown officer has to work on Christmas Day.
All 13 officers involved in the killing of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams have been placed on administrative leave while everyone figures this out.
Before everyone got up for work this morning, Lindsay Lohan went to jail. The Liz & Dick star was arrested for allegedly punching a woman in the face at a night club.
Without court orders of any sort, the NYPD has access to "a trove of telephone logs" — and in a somewhat frightening twist, it takes more paperwork to get a thief's cell records than it takes to get the victim's. Here's how it works.
Until this month, the San Francisco Police Department only had four categories for identifying the race of someone arrested: White, black, other, and Chinese.
Here's a new twist on the panopticon: Authorities in southern Maryland are installing cameras to monitor the cameras monitoring auto traffic.
Thanks to a perfect storm of court orders, legislation, and high demand, the Los Angeles Times reports that illegal beer vending has become the industry du jour in an area where addicts are trying to rebuild their lives.
An autopsy report out on Monday calling an Arkansas man's gunshot death while in police custody a suicide, is so unlikely, it's no surprise many people don't believe it.
Sanford police chief Bill Lee has finally been fired for his handling of the Trayvon Martin case three months after going on administrative leave.
Sometimes when you're an officer of the law you have to go above and beyond the call of duty, and if that means having sex with someone you're investigating, well, that's OK for U.K. cops.
It's hard to tell where the truth ends and spin begins with this one, but here we go: An Albany police unit raided a spa owned by the wife of The Albany Times Union's investigative editor for alleged prostitution--a move that might be retribution for his coverage of the police unit's shady purchases.
New York City police officers stopped and questioned more than 200,000 people in the just the first three months of 2012, setting up a record pace for much criticized tactic.
Golf is very important for some people. In Captain Jeff Donahue's case, it seems that shaving a few strokes off of his handicap was worth abusing his police power and busting out a professional golfer-turned-inmate for a few lessons.
Bill Lee Jr., chief of police in Sanford, Florida, where Trayvon Martin was shot, has temporarily stepped down after a no-confidence vote against him.
The head of the East Haven, Conn., police department will step down instead of face firing after four of his officers got arrested by the F.B.I. for harassing Latinos.
According to a new study in Pediatrics, somewhere between 30.2 and 41.4 percent of 8- to 23-year-olds in the U.S. will be arrested before their 23rd birthdays.
News of the little-known Pentagon program that practically gave away $500 Million worth of retired military equipment to local police departments last year prompts the question: What the heck are cops actually doing with tanks and grenade launchers?
If you're looking for ex-Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan Jr., he's currently an inmate at Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility in Centennial, Colo., after being arrested for trying to trade crystal meth for gay sex.
Police in both Philadelphia and Los Angeles have launched late night raids on their cities' Occupy Wall Street protests, following similar patterns used in other cities.
As Facebook has worked more with the police over the years, its official officer guidelines have changed.
Another video of cops spraying seemingly harmless protesters with pepper spray triggers outrage, while a high-powered lobbying firm offers to attack with "negative narratives," for a fee.
The protests against Wall Street and the financial establishment have provoked excessive use of force, protesters claim. Is it part of a broader trend in the U.S.?
Matthieu Aikins in The Atlantic examines the tactics of a former drug-running warlord
Officers are convicted on all federal counts of violating civil rights
Cartoonist Tony Auth shares his take on the scandal gripping Scotland Yard
Police sweat through heat wave under tyranny of America's anti-shorts groupthink
Police departments nation-wide are cracking down on their officers' online behavior
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