Use of Force & Oversight

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (49+ words) Source: Original reporting via Courthouse News Service Get the latest legal & regulatory intelligence in United States Related developments in United States US Court: ICE Agent Gregory Morgan Jr. Jurisdiction Disputed in Assault Case Ninth Circuit: Idaho Logging Project Road Mileage…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (528+ words) A lieutenant with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office has been terminated following an internal affairs investigation that was initiated soon after he received a traffic citation this summer. Jayme Gonzales, spokesperson with BCSO, confirmed in a Thursday afternoon email to…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (304+ words) BEMIDJI — The Bemidji Police Department deescalated a situation involving an armed individual on Thursday evening. According to a release from Bemidji Police Captain David LaZella, at approximately 6:11 p.m. on Oct. 8, an officer observed an adult female openly armed with a…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (377+ words) The San Francisco Public Defender's Office is filing police brutality complaints against three officers in response to what the office called a violent arrest last year. The public defender's office said the arrest of Kevon Gibson resulted in him needing…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (726+ words) Thursday, October 8, 2026 East Lansing mayor Erik Altmann, along with council members Chuck Grigsby and Mark Meadows, listen to members of the community speak at the East Lansing City Council meeting in East Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. East Lansing City…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (273+ words) Four Boynton Beach Police officers who shot a man armed with a machete in a public park last year were legally justified in their use of deadly force, a State Attorney’s Office review concluded. Shortly before 11 a.m. April 5, 2025, Edenson Jules,…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (885+ words) A Raleigh police detective's night at a Wake Forest restaurant ended with a trail of alleged assaults, an encounter along a busy highway, six criminal charges and the loss of his job before the next morning was over. Wake Forest…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (243+ words) Charleston Police Department patrol officer Stephen Chavis was fired in late September and now faces a criminal misconduct in office charge. CHARLESTON — A city of Charleston police officer has been criminally charged with misconduct in office three weeks after he…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (134+ words) WILX EAST LANSING, Mich. (News 10) - City Council adopted a standalone de-escalation policy and a revised use-of-force policy for the East Lansing Police Department. The policies are intended to help officers stabilize and resolve situations and avoid or lessen force. The…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (376+ words) PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Public Safety is reviewing an officer’s use of force after a Downtown arrest Monday that left a 31-year-old man hospitalized, according to his family. The incident happened near Fifth Avenue and Wood Street, a busy Downtown intersection outside…...