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Omaha police officer Jeffrey Vaughn stepped onto the shoulder of Interstate 80 near Gretna on a mild June 2020 day.

Data analyzed by Flatwater Free Press shows that Omaha police side with formal citizen complaints nearly 20% of time, but never if those complaints are regarding alleged police bias or discrimination.

The head of an advisory committee on behavioral health care asks Gov. Jim Pillen to abandon a proposed $15 million cut for mental health services.

His brother Michael Good Shield, 60 — some 20 years Bear Heels’ senior — told officers that “if he didn’t kick him, [Bear Heels] would probably have killed him,” court documents read.

The new national mental health crisis hotline 988 launched last summer. Mental health experts discuss how its working and what lies ahead.

JUNE 2022: A federal judge has determined the punishment for a Rosebud man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Mino...

Inside the self-reinforcing ecosystem of paid experts who advise and train officers, then absolve those accused of killings.

‘That’s my child’: Family, community members rally for Zachary Bear Heels © KETV rally for zachary bear heels The family of Zachary Bear Heels gathered for a silent walk and rally on Saturday, four years after his death. Bear Heels died at the Bucky’s at 60th and Center after Omaha police used a stun gun on him 12 times and punched him in the head in June of 2017. Sign up for our Newsletters Officials said he died of excited delirium, physical struggle, physical restraint and use of...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The family of a mentally ill Oklahoma man who died in a struggle...

State lawmakers on Wednesday gave first-round approval to a bill increasing annual training requirements for law enforcement officers and requiring agencies to adopt policies on use of force in order to earn accreditation. Omaha Sen. Steve Lathrop said he would continue to work with rural senators who raised concerns the bill (LB51) imposed training requirements smaller law enforcement agencies may find overly burdensome. An amended version of the bill, the result of two days of hearings last s...