Amid high tensions between urban communities and the officers that police them, the Obama administration on Monday made its first move toward limiting the use of heavy military equipment by local law ...

BURIEN, Wash. (AP) – When prosecutor Dan Satterberg used to visit Washington state’s police academy, the seas would part before him. Recruits would snap to attention, backs to the walls, and allow him ...

Giving police departments military grade equipment does not reduce crime or increase safety according to two independent studies. The studies come in the middle of the ongoing conversation about the ...

BURIEN, Wash. – A campaign is underway in places around the U.S. to "demilitarize" the police and produce officers who think of themselves as protectors of their communities, not members of an ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Civil unrest has led to conversations in the community about what kind of gear police use and the message it sends. On Tuesday, the Columbus City Council Finance Committee held a ...

President Obama is now banning local police from getting certain military surplus equipment. It includes some of those big machines seen controlling crowds in places like Ferguson, Missouri, and even ...

The following is a guest post from Erica Marat of the College of International Security Affairs of the National Defense University. The views expressed here are her own. There was nothing special ...

Giving police departments military grade equipment does not reduce crime or increase safety according to two independent studies. The studies come in the middle of the ongoing conversation about the ...

Sat, 23 May 2015 13:35:50 GMT — A campaign is underway in places around the U.S. to "demilitarize" the police and produce officers who think of themselves as protectors of their communities, not ...