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The bill bars cities and counties from reducing their law enforcement budgets by more than 5% in one year, or cumulatively across five years

The settlement is the largest in the city's history involving a civil rights lawsuit and the Santa Rosa Police Department

A federal jury ruled that the firing of Kansas City Firefighter Jyan Harris, who is Black, was in retaliation for reporting harassment

Chauvin was found guilty on all charges in a verdict read Tuesday afternoon

“Generally speaking, not only is there more preemption [lately], it comes with teeth"

The inspector general's report found more than half of female employees and 87% of Black employees surveyed reported harassment or discrimination

The smell of marijuana will no longer be grounds for police searches

The ACLU of Ohio said some parts of the legislation could have a chilling effect on free speech

A new analysis suggests that Americans who want to make mass shootings less frequent and deadly may want to think beyond gun control legislation

New York will also start automatically expunging criminal records for certain past marijuana-related convictions

"This session we've seen an avalanche of proposals designed to undercut local democracy and erase home rule"

A review found that most of the extreme risk protection orders granted by judges came from cases initiated by police

While DORAs promise to revitalize local business districts hit hard by COVID-19, they also come with unique guidelines for set-up, regulation and local law enforcement