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A silhouetted woman holds a phone with the Facebook Messenger app open.

Facebook Cooperated With Law Enforcement in an Abortion Case. Did it Have a Choice?

Meta came under fire last week for providing private Facebook messages to the police in an abortion case. But in many cases, the company's hands are tied when it receives a valid court order.
By Rachyl Jones

Berlin Police Are In Trouble for Doing Push-Ups at the Holocaust Memorial

"The Holocaust memorial is not an adventure playground," Germany's police trade union said.
By Helen Holmes

Former Whitney Board Member Warren Kanders Says His Business Will No Longer Sell Tear Gas

Kanders stepped down from the board of the Whitney in 2019 after protests objecting to his profiting off of the sale of tear gas.
By Helen Holmes
Police must join forces across international borders to take on modern cybercriminals.

Police Around the World Learn to Fight Global-Scale Cybercrime

By Frank J. Cilluffo, Alec Nadeau and Rob Wainwright
Photo taken outside Trump Tower, Saturday, February 25th, 2017

A Brief Chat With New York City’s Counter Terrorism Police About My Photography

By Robert Stribley
ANSWER Coalition protest at the Navy Memorial.

Police and Protesters Battle in the Streets of D.C. On Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day

By Madina Toure
This undated photo provided courtesy of the California State Parks shows the famous Pioneer Cabin Tree in Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Arnold, California. On January 8, 2017, rain storms lashing Northern California in recent days toppled the historic tree that was a major tourist attraction for its hollowed out trunk which cars could drive through. Thought to be more than 1,000 years old, the Pioneer Cabin Tree, a giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, was felled over the weekend, park officials said.

The History of California’s Drive-Through Trees, Meet Italy’s Art Protecting Police

By Alanna Martinez
Rev. Al Sharpton at a National Action Network event.

Sharpton Demands ‘Answer’ From Sessions on Charges Against Cop Who Shot Walter Scott

By Madina Toure
A body camera in use in a Utah town.

Company Making NYPD Body Cameras Has History of Defective Merchandise and Bribery

By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks about the city's Election Day security preparations in front of the NYPD Substation in Times Square.

NYC Braces for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Whatever Else Election Day May Bring

By Madina Toure
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the New York Police Department graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden on December 29, 2014 in New York City.

NYPD Pushes Back on Council Proposal to Limit Use of Nuisance Abatement Law

By Madina Toure
Workers in a tunnel underneath Manhattan at the Second Avenue Subway project site in New York City, in 2014.

Afternoon Bulletin: Teenager Dies in Car Accident, Second Ave Subway Due in December

By Madeleine Streets
Police Commissioner James O'Neill addresses reporters following the NYPD's swearing-in ceremony at the Police Academy in College Point.

Police Commissioner O’Neill Calls on New Yorkers to Help the NYPD Fight Crime

By Madina Toure
Outgoing NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton.

Ex-NYPD Commissioner: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Don’t Understand Stop-And-Frisk

By Madina Toure
Ramarley Graham's mother, Constance Malcolm, holds up one of the letters she sent to the mayor.

Ramarley Graham’s Mother Wants Answers From the City on Unarmed Son’s Death

By Madina Toure
A bill that could change the way N.J. investigates deaths at the hands of police clears a first legislative hurdle.

Bill to Require AG Investigations of Deaths in Police Custody Advances

By JT Aregood
Gov. Christie

Afternoon Bulletin: Christie ‘Flat Out Lied,’ Snoop Dog Fans Hospitalized and More

By Elissa Nunez
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton stands with Mayor Bill de Blasio today.

At a Tumultuous Time, Bill Bratton Says Goodbye to the NYPD

By Jillian Jorgensen
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.

Bill Bratton Resigning as NYPD Commissioner

By Jillian Jorgensen
corpse flower

Afternoon Bulletin: Corpse Flower Blooms, Cuomo at the DNC and More

By Josh Keefe
DUI arrest

A Brief History of the Traffic Stop (Or How the Car Created the Police State)

By Josh Keefe
Police officers salutes the casket of Officer Brent Thompson as it is escorted out of the memorial service in Dallas on July 13, 2016. Officer Thompson and four others were killed July 7 by a gunman during a protest in downtown Dallas.

What We Can Do to Support Our Men and Women in Blue

By Eric Greitens
protests

Mutually Assured Distrust

By The Editors
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the New York Police Department graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden on December 29, 2014 in New York City.

The NYPD Needs a Customer-Service Re-Boot

By Steve Cohen
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