One of the most overblown and poorly thought-out federal policy changes in recent years reduced law enforcement’s access to the 1033 program. Authorized in 1990, this program allowed police to scoop ...

Our names are Heather Keane, Allie Jones, Bridget Cratty, Cal Palmaccio, Liam Owen, Joe Scanlon, and Lila Grimard. We are students at Nashoba Regional High School, where we are working together on a ...

The images of protesters meeting police in the streets of cities across the United States this past week have drawn a stark contrast for some watching the scene unfold on television. Increasingly, ...

The U.S. military has supplied South Carolina law enforcement agencies with a total of $64 million worth of equipment since two controversial programs began in 1990, data show. That equipment, ...

Michigan law enforcement officials want to clear the air on a federal program that provides surplus military equipment and vehicles to local police agencies. Since the killing of George Floyd in ...

Update: The story and the list of military-style gear obtained by area law enforcement agencies was updated at 10:05 a.m. July 20 with additional information from the Raleigh Police Department. As ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) --The University of Maryland Police Department will no longer take part in a program that allows police departments to obtain surplus military equipment for law enforcement use ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The men and women in blue are looking more like men and women in green--and that's no accident. In a special investigation, the ABC11 I-Team found more than $44 million in ...

Police do not need an 18th Century infantry sword to “protect and serve” communities. Nor do they need Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs), grenade launchers, or other weapons of war.

The images of protesters meeting police in the streets of cities across the United States this past week have drawn a stark contrast for some watching the scene unfold on television. Increasingly, ...