Detroit Files For Bankruptcy
Detroit Files For Bankruptcy The city of Detroit has filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, seeking Chapter 9 protection from creditors and unions owed some $18.5 billion in debt and...
View ArticlePolice Are Learning To Accept Civilian Oversight, But Distrust Lingers
Late last month, during a meeting of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, a shoving match broke out among members of the public — some of them off-duty police officers. The cause of the tension was a...
View ArticlePolice Union President: ‘Officers Aren’t Perfect’ But Deserve Due Process
NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Chuck Canterbury, the national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, about changing law enforcement and the rioting in Baltimore. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: For more, we...
View ArticleStealth Mode? Built-In Monitor? Not All Body Cameras Are Created Equal
Amid the recent pressure on police to wear body cameras, one thing is often overlooked: Not all cameras are created equal. In fact, cameras vary a lot — and the variations — some contentious — can have...
View ArticleIn N.Y., A Fight To Reform Police Force Accused Of Being ‘Rotten’
The Suffolk County Police Department in New York, one of the largest and highest paid in the country, has been under federal scrutiny for years, and it got worse recently when its chief was arrested....
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