All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 29 2021 // A federal jury has awarded two men who live south of Tacoma, Wash., a total of $3.26 million for injuries suffered when they were shot by one of the town of Roy’s two police officers during a drunken joy ride in a...
Sep 24 2021 // A man who was punched and kicked in the head by Georgia police officers during a traffic stop four years ago has filed a lawsuit alleging the stop was unjustified and the officers used excessive force against him.Gwinnett...
Sep 20 2021 // The family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died while being restrained by Tacoma police officers who have since been charged criminally, has filed a federal lawsuit over his death.Attorneys for Ellis’ sister, Monet...
Sep 7 2021 // It was supposed to be a turning point in the coronavirus pandemic for Erin Tokley, a longtime Philadelphia police officer, Baptist minister and 47-year-old father of three. It was supposed to be the day of his vaccine...
Sep 3 2021 // A police captain on the Hawaii island of Kauai has filed a lawsuit alleging his police chief discriminated against him for being Japanese American, including an episode when the chief squinted his eyes, bowed repeatedly...
Aug 26 2021 // The General Assembly finalized a police reform bill on Tuesday designed to get rid of undisciplined officers at North Carolina law enforcement agencies while emphasizing mental health assistance for others.The consensus...
Aug 26 2021 // Police and fire investigators say a fire at a northeast Missouri law firm’s office is being investigated as an arson.The fire was reported early Sunday at the Frick and Cundiff law office in Kirksville. Legal...
Aug 20 2021 // Six Maryland law enforcement officers are facing federal indictment for charges related to schemes to defraud financial institutions and insurance companies.A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging an...
Aug 20 2021 // A man who suffered a compound fracture to his leg when he was hit by a tear gas canister during racial injustice protests last summer has received a $200,000 settlement from the Kansas City, Missouri, police department.The...
Aug 19 2021 // The family of one of the two men fatally shot during a demonstration against police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has filed a federal civil lawsuit against local law enforcement, accusing officers of facilitating Kyle...
Aug 17 2021 // The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, City Council approved a $50,000 payment to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who said he was unjustly attacked by a city police dog last year.The lawsuit was filed by Howard Cones, who said he was...
Aug 11 2021 // Family members of a Navy veteran who died after a Northern California police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes during a mental health crisis filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Antioch, its...
Aug 5 2021 // The Southern California city of Fontana has agreed to pay $1 million to the parents of an unarmed man who police shot to death in February, according to a newspaper report.The agreement comes after Kenisha Kinard and Amond...
Aug 4 2021 // A former Boston Police Department auto repair technician has agreed to plead guilty to a scheme to embezzle more than $260,000 from the department in auto parts and supplies, federal prosecutors said.Bahram Gharony bought...
Aug 3 2021 // The South Dakota Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit to go forward alleging police officers used excessive force when arresting a Sioux Falls woman in 2016.Nichole Boggs sued in Second Circuit Court for injuries she...
Aug 3 2021 // The New Hampshire State Police discovered 189 commercial vehicle violations following a day-long focus on safety. Police said 42 of the violations discovered were so severe that they created a condition where the vehicle...
Aug 2 2021 // Civil rights groups in North Carolina have reached a settlement with the city of Charlotte and its police department in a lawsuit filed last year after officers surrounded and gassed demonstrators protesting the death of...
Jul 27 2021 // Civil rights groups in North Carolina have reached a settlement with the city of Charlotte and its police department in a lawsuit filed last year after officers surrounded and gassed demonstrators protesting the death of...
Jul 26 2021 // U.S. Senator Tim Scott said he’s hopeful an agreement on police reform will be reached but vowed that any final accord wouldn’t “demonize” the police, including allowing individual officers to be...
Jul 19 2021 // A small Delaware town has opted to triple its police department’s liability insurance, noting a rise in civil rights lawsuits.The Dewey Beach Town Council voted recently to increase the coverage from $1 million to $3...