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Faced with angry, violent protesters after George Floyd’s death, Minneapolis city leaders made the unprecedented decision to abandon a police station. It marked not only the further erosion of the department’s relationship with the community, but perhaps the beginning of a shift in American policing.

The shooting raises questions and concerns about the number of rounds officers fired at the gunman

Police dog bites can cause severe injuries but there has never been any legislation proposed or passed in California to regulate K-9s. In the Bay Area, San Jose police lead the pack with the most number of dog bites.

Advocacy organizations are continuing to seek answers in the death of Yan Li

LOS ANGELES — The frantic 911 calls started coming in late Thursday morning from a Burlington clothing store in North Hollywood. Multiple callers said a man was threatening people inside the shop, either with a bicycle lock or a gun. At least one caller reported that shots had been fired. Los Angele

Police are trained to kill or arrest any shooters before taking other actions, including helping victims. But that approach can have serious drawbacks.

An officer’s bullet killed Valentina Orellana-Peralta, a 14-year-old trying on clothes in a dressing room nearby.

Not only did Santa Monica police lose control of public order during a chaotic day of looting last May, according to new information that has surfaced since Los Angeles published a detailed expose of the debacle, the oceanside city has made a considerable mess of the aftermath, too. Documents obtained via public records requests and new interviews reveal that Santa Monica hired two seasoned veterans of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, now working as private consultants, to conduc...

Who decides when there are helicopters? Experts weigh in on National Guard monitoring protests April Glaser and Cyrus Farivar © Provided by NBC News It was not lost on many Americans — including President-elect Joe Biden — that after a violent mob of President Donald Trumps supporters broke into the Capitol in Washington, D.C., the delayed use of National Guard troops was far different than it was during the Black Lives Matter protests last year. In late May, governors cal...