Millions of Americans spent this summer trying to beat the scorching heat at the beach. Next month, the Supreme Court ...

Police departments also began to embrace counterterrorism training, recruit military veterans, and adopt “warrior” mentalities that prioritized combat readiness over community connection. “It ...

When US police flooded the streets around the country to confront protesters two weeks ago, for many it appeared like the army had deployed, with camouflage uniforms and combat gear, heavily armored ...

Rep. Hank Johnson didn't like the Pentagon's surplus military transfer program long before Ferguson, Missouri, turned into a war zone. The Georgia Democrat, a member of the House Armed Services ...

The militarization of police - is it real, or a made up term by cop haters in an effort to discredit the service? Why do officers now look more like special forces than traditional cops? Tactical ...

Officers with assault rifles, backed by a huge armored grenade launcher, square up to a crowd furiously denouncing the killing of a young black neighbor. It is a scene which could have been taken from ...

A decade ago, an encouraging bipartisan consensus was emerging for the need to reform public-safety policies in a way that improved crime-fighting and cost-efficiency and assured that policing better ...

An investigation by CalMatters into all 148 public college and university campuses in California confirms what students and faculty have long experienced: campus police departments have become ...