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Minneapolis is holding municipal elections on Tuesday, with the post of mayor and city councillors being contested. The poll has been somewhat overshadowed by Question 2 on the ballots, however, which asks citizens to help decide the future of the city’s embattled police department. It proposes replacing the department, which …

Speaking following the sentencing of Couzens, who was handed a rare whole-life prison term, the Met Police accepted a “much bigger and troubling picture” had emerged following the case. In a warning to individuals who might be approached by a plain-clothes officer, the capital’s police force advised people to ask, …

“It’s horrible what you saw. To see people like they did, with horses, running them over, people being strapped, it’s outrageous,” the president said in his first public remarks on the situation on Friday. Tens of thousands of Haitians have attempted to illegally enter the country at the Del Rio …

In a statement on Saturday, the USCP said that while it had originally launched 38 investigations into potential transgressions by the force members who responded to the Capitol riot, the investigators were able to identify officers only in 26 cases.  In 20 of these cases “no wrongdoing was found,” while …

The lawsuit, filed Thursday, claims Trump, conservative strategist Roger Stone and “violent extremist groups” like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers worked in conjunction to try to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory through “through the use of force, intimidation, and threats.” The suit holds nothing back in …

Officer Gunther Hashida was found dead in his home by suicide on July 29, the DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told media outlets on Monday, adding “We are grieving as a Department as our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Hashida’s family and friends.” He died one week before his …

The officers, John Haubert and Francine Martinez of the Aurora Police Department, were arrested on Tuesday for a litany of offenses over a July 23 encounter with suspected trespassers, the city government said. Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson played bodycam footage of the incident during a Tuesday press conference, warning …

Berlin Police announced on Wednesday that it had raided the “homes and places of residence” of the accused, as well as two businesses linked to the suspects. The searches were declared “successful” and authorities are now evaluating the evidence that was collected.  The search warrants were issued after the suspects …

Hennepin County Judge Jamie Anderson mandated the city council and Mayor Jacob Frey this week to hire 730 sworn officers by June 30, 2022 after it was discovered that the projected number of police officers hired by that time, 669, would not meet the city’s stipulations for the amount of …

Scores of police with guns drawn and a SWAT team were seen surrounding an apartment building in Wilmington on Wednesday night, where the shooter is thought to be holed up. The Wilmington Police Department reported that the three injured officers were “responding to a call for service” when they were …