A State Police trooper has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging background check problems were ignored for State Police academy applications to boost diversity. Members of the State Police academy's ...

A temporary solution to a massive backlog of gun background checks was offered to Maryland State Police and made its way all the way to the governor's office, but it stopped there.As many as 30 ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — A background investigator erroneously failed to check a would-be trooper's mental health history, allowing him to be hired for the Virginia State Police the year before he sexually ...

SPRINGFIELD – Police agencies in Illinois will soon be required to do more thorough background checks on prospective officers. The measure signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday came in response to the ...

MUNCIE, Ind. — A federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court last Monday names the city of Muncie, Muncie Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #87 and City Councilwoman At-Large Nora ...

Former Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy defended the department’s longtime practice of running criminal background checks on speakers at Police Board public meetings, raising safety ...