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Officers Maggie Murphy and Michael Perry help extinguish flames from the passenger’s clothing.

Police departments across the country are reviewing the behavior of dozens of officers who were in Washington on the day of the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol

From his early days growing up in a New Jersey hamlet, Brian Sicknick wanted to be a police officer

Police unions nationwide have largely supported President Donald Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police brutality and accusations of systemic racism.

The police chief of a Milwaukee suburb that has seen protests and unrest since an officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Black teenager says he sees no reason why the officer should be fired

Footage released by the LAPD shows an officer rescuing a man from a burning car before the vehicle burst into flames.

The Wendy’s location where Rayshard Brooks, a Black man, was shot and killed by police Friday in Atlanta was set on fire Saturday night after a day of peaceful protests.

Detective Christopher Mitchell says being a Black man and a police officer has been tough lately.

Minneapolis police have for years required officers to intervene when they see colleagues using unreasonable force. But that didn’t save George Floyd and experts say such rules will always run up against police culture and fear of being branded a “rat.”

An Ohio-based restaurant chain’s decision to close several locations after a group of employees refused to fulfill an order for law enforcement officers has been met with both praise and criticism from customers.

Increasing numbers of police officers and civilian law enforcement staff are getting sick as the number of coronavirus cases explodes across the U.S. And the growing tally raises questions about how laws can and should be enforced during the pandemic, and about how departments will hold up as the virus spreads among the ranks of those whose work puts them...

A golden retriever leaped into the waters off Long Island during a morning walk over the weekend and, after a furious swim, returned with a drowning fawn in its mouth, its owner says.

A man accused of shooting six Philadelphia police officers during a standoff that lasted more than seven hours has surrendered to police.

A Florida City Police Department corporal was arrested Friday on charges of official misconduct for allegedly lying during the arrest of a suspected drug dealer.

Strict government testing of Gulf fishing waters may mean that, despite the oil spill, the seafood from that area may be among the safest you can eat.

Machine gun fire answers rock-throwing protesters. Motorcycle-riding Revolutionary Guard volunteers chase after demonstrators. Plainclothes security forces grab, beat and drag a man off the street to an uncertain fate. As Iran restores the internet after a weeklong government-imposed shutdown, new videos purport to show the demonstrations over gasoline prices rising and the security-force crackdown that followed. The videos offer only...

Former Ormond Beach officer Vincent Champion tells the Orlando Sentinel the experience left him confused and angry while Universal officials said in a statement guests could have confused him for an actual police officer.

A police officer was fatally shot and another was wounded while responding to a home invasion on Detroit’s West Side, authorities announced late Wednesday. The officers were searching the home for a suspect when they were shot, Police Chief James Craig said. An 18-year veteran of Detroit Police was shot in the neck with a high-powered rifle, Craig said. The...