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A federal investigation in Miami, Florida is examining several cases against Biscayne Park police officers who are accused of framing innocent people. The investigation took a sharp turn when a police officer admitted he falsified arrest warrants for two Black men at the behest of his police chief.

The police chief in Minneapolis has resigned from her position amid pressures from the city’s mayor. Janeé Harteau’s resignation was made in connection to the shooting death of Justine Damond, formerly known as Justine Ruszczyk, by a police officer who was startled after responding to Damond’s call for help. 

The police department in Dallas is at a critical place as it works to fight crime while also repairing a broken trust with the community. To help these efforts, the city has hired U. Renee Hall as the department’s first female police chief. Hall comes from the Detroit Police Department, where she served for more […]

Kerry Crews, the police chief of Commerce, Texas, has resigned after the controversial arrest of a Black woman last month who claimed she was called a “black bitch.” 

A Texas police chief has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into an arrest of a black beauty pageant contestant/law intern. Carmen S. Ponder, Miss Black Texas USA U.S. Ambassador 2016 and an intern with the Hunt County, Texas, District Attorney’s Office, claims that she was arrested by Police Chief Kerry Crews and called […]

Lynchings were a not-so-well kept secret and core part of American history. For decades, Black people were terrified that they could be taken out of their homes or jail cells by a mob of angry white people in the middle of the night and killed. Perhaps the worst part is that no one would ever […]

San Francisco’s police department has been going through what could be generously referred to as a rough patch. It fell under harsh criticism in 2015 after Mario Woods was shot 2o times while holding a knife and continued into 2016 as it went through multiple police chiefs following the exposure of multiple scandals – one […]

Police have a long history of conflict with communities of color for a very, very long time. It’s not too much of a stretch to assume that this checkered past plays a role in today’s strained relationship between the two. Terrence Cunningham, president of the International Assn. of Chiefs of Police, took the opportunity to apologize. 

Last night, twelve police officers were shot and five of those were killed after a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Dallas. The officers were killed by sniper fire around 9PM on Thursday night. Police Chief David Brown and Mayor Mike Rawlings held a press conference to discuss the shootings.

Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn came up with a four-point plan to prevent citizens from falling victim to gun violence. But there was one major problem, if not being shot were truly that simple, someone would’ve figured this out a long time ago. 

From USA Today: Embattled Ferguson, Mo., Police Chief Thomas Jackson, whose department received scathing criticism from the Justice Department for racially biased policing, offered his resignation Wednesday to the Ferguson City Council, according to a Missouri state senator and media reports. Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, who represents the city, learned about the possible resignation from a […]

  A Nashville police chief is garnering praise after pinning a letter in support of protesters calling for an end to police brutality. Steve Anderson posted the below message originally on the Metro Government of Nashville & Davidson County website on Friday.