The Tacoma News Tribune's recent framing of the Lakewood police chief as "ignoring" misconduct complaints is not only misleading, but it also overlooks a critical fact: the chief sought an independent ...

With the election right around the corner, the National Police Accountability Project (NPAP), a non-profit dedicated to ending law enforcement abuse through legal action and educational programming, ...

Seeking accountability in the brutal police beating death of her son, the mother of Tyre Nichols has filed a US$55 million federal lawsuit against the individual officers, the Memphis Police ...

Members of Baltimore’s police oversight body say the city should create an independent office for police accountability and audit how officials have spent city dollars budgeted for those efforts, as ...

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Civil rights attorney Ben Crump praised the Memphis Police Department in a press conference held hours before the release of video footage showing five cops violently beating Tyre Nichols, a ...

On a recent Friday morning, Evandro Carvalho set up a meet-and-greet at a diner on Bowdoin Street, waving the banner of the city Office of Police Accountability and Transparency. He was there to ...

Howard County has two forces overseeing police conduct — the state-mandated Police Accountability Board and a grassroots, community-formed Police Accountability Task Force that aims to hold the ...

For a second year in a row, Washington police accountability advocates have seen their priorities fall flat in Olympia. They entered this year’s session wanting to grant the attorney general stronger ...

The coercive force we let law enforcement use to maintain public order and manage public safety is one of the most important and sacred responsibilities we entrust to our government. Unfortunately, a ...

For many Kenyans, the challenge of reporting police misconduct extends beyond finding the courage to speak out to whether they can pursue accountability without fear of retaliation.More than a decade ...