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Byline: MARCUS GEE; Staff In the cause of maintaining public order, we give police officers extraordinary powers. We authorize them to make arrests, carry firearms and use force when necessary. [...]

Commissioner Keechant Sewell has decided Jeffrey Maddrey should be punished for freeing a retired officer arrested after chasing three boys while armed with a gun. Commissioner Keechant Sewell has proposed [...]

In 2022, Commissioner Keechant Sewell declined to discipline more than 300 New York officers who an independent agency said had perpetrated misconduct. Commissioner Keechant Sewell of the New York Police [...]

Byline: Michael DiVittorio Jan. 13A Leetsdale police office is suspended and another resigned. The officer's suspension was unanimously approved at this week's council meeting. Council President Patricia Lee and police [...]

Byline: Meryl Kornfield Two Indiana officers were suspended after a stunning courtroom revelation that police thought a potential town council candidate was anti-police and arrested him, stopping him from running [...]

Byline: Jake Allen, Indianapolis Star, USA TODAY NETWORK INDIANAPOLIS - Multiple police officers were put on leave after a man died while police were trying to detain him Monday when [...]

Byline: Timothy Bella Anjanette Young was getting ready for bed after a long day at her job as a social worker when police used a battering ram to smash the [...]

Byline: John Bacon, USA TODAY The U.S. Capitol Police have recommended six officers for disciplinary action stemming from their actions during the riot Jan. 6 at the Capitol. No officers [...]

Byline: Martin Weil and Amy B Wang WASHINGTON - Disciplinary actions have been recommended against U.S. Capitol Police officers identified in six complaints made after the Jan. 6 insurrection, the [...]

None of the officers, or details about the recommended penalties, were identified. Criminal charges will not be filed against any of the officers. WASHINGTON -- Capitol Police investigators have recommended [...]

Byline: Martin Weil WASHINGTON - Disciplinary actions have been recommended against U.S. Capitol Police officers identified in six complaints made after the Jan. 6 insurrection, the U.S. Capitol Police said [...]

Byline: Peter Hermann and Michael Brice-Saddler Legislation proposed by the D.C. Council chairman would give Washington residents a greater say in police procedures governing the conduct of officers and would [...]

Byline: Tawnya Panizzi Jul. 11A Pittsburgh police officer is on administrative leave after an incident Saturday in which the officer's weapon discharged during a pursuit in the city's South Side. [...]

Maya Wiley, who was chairwoman of the board from mid-2016 to mid-2017, has been criticized for not being more aggressive in pursuing discipline against officers. 70% to 12% In 2012, [...]

Byline: Martin Weil, Timothy Bella and Allison Klein Two people were killed and eight others were injured Friday night in Virginia Beach, in multiple incidents, including a physical fight that [...]

Byline: Mike DeBonis and Tyler Pager WASHINGTON - U.S. Capitol Police suspended an officer Monday after a copy of an infamous antisemitic tract was found near a Capitol Hill security [...]

Byline: Mike DeBonis and Tyler Pager U.S. Capitol Police suspended an officer Monday after a copy of an infamous anti-Semitic tract was found near a Capitol Hill security post Sunday, [...]

Byline: Eric T. Berkman A Johnston police detective could bring a federal Section 1983 suit against the town for disciplining him over comments he made to a newspaper while serving [...]

A federal court ruling moves New York City closer to releasing a vast trove of records regarding police misconduct, a major milestone in a decades-long fight. A federal appeals court [...]

Byline: Tim Craig and KJ Edelman The mother of the 9-year-old Rochester, N.Y., girl who was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police said Wednesday that she repeatedly told an officer that [...]

The department's performance during the rampage at the Capitol has cast a harsh light on an agency that has been unused to public scrutiny. As old as the Capitol itself, [...]

Byline: Ovetta Wiggins The Anne Arundel County, Md., police department has suspended an officer with pay as the agency works with federal authorities to determine what involvement the officer may [...]

Byline: JAMES KELLER, Staff CALGARY -- Lead Alberta's Justice Minister says he supports making disciplinary decisions against police officers public - an issue that he says will be part of [...]

Byline: JAMES KELLER, Staff CALGARY -- Lead Alberta's Justice Minister says he supports making disciplinary decisions against police officers public - an issue that he says will be part of [...]