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Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

October 2, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
New Uvalde Records Reveal Details About School Safety Concerns and Shooter’s Behavioral Issues

by Lomi Kriel, and Alex Nguyen and Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune

August 12, 2025, 8:30 pm EDT
Four Years After Cop Was Filmed Slamming Black Woman to the Ground, Louisiana Passes Accountability Law

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

July 23, 2025, 10:15 am EDT

Series

110 stories published since 2008

Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct

by María Inés Zamudio, Isabelle Senechal and Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Invisible Institute

December 4, 2025, 5:00 am EST
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force

by Wendi C. Thomas and Katherine Burgess, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

November 3, 2025, 5:00 am EST
A Year Before Trump’s Crime Rhetoric, Dallas Voted to Increase Police. The City Is Wrestling With the Consequences.

by Rebecca Lopez and Jason Trahan, WFAA

October 14, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

October 2, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
New Uvalde Records Reveal Details About School Safety Concerns and Shooter’s Behavioral Issues

by Lomi Kriel, and Alex Nguyen and Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune

August 12, 2025, 8:30 pm EDT
Four Years After Cop Was Filmed Slamming Black Woman to the Ground, Louisiana Passes Accountability Law

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

July 23, 2025, 10:15 am EDT
Former NYPD Commissioner Accuses Mayor Adams of Running “Criminal Enterprise” and Cites ProPublica Investigation

by Eric Umansky

July 17, 2025, 12:30 pm EDT
Federal Monitor Slams NYPD Unit Whose Aggressive Policing ProPublica Exposed

by Eric Umansky

June 16, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues

by María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute

June 10, 2025, 6:05 pm EDT
Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department

by Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Isabelle Senechal and María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute

May 22, 2025, 5:05 am EDT
Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.

by María Inés Zamudio and Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Invisible Institute

May 22, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
We Detailed Mayor Adams’ Embrace of an Abuse-Ridden NYPD Unit. Now Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Change.

by Eric Umansky

March 31, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
“A Wholly Inaccurate Picture”: Reality Cop Show “The First 48” and the Wrongly Convicted Man

by Jessica Lussenhop, photography by Sarahbeth Maney

March 29, 2025, 8:00 am EDT
Police Across the U.S. Welcomed Cop Show “The First 48.” Then Relationships Soured.

by Jessica Lussenhop

March 29, 2025, 7:55 am EDT
How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses

by Eric Umansky

March 11, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Missouri GOP’s Effort to Take Over St. Louis Police Hearkens Back to Civil War

by Jeremy Kohler

February 27, 2025, 6:00 am EST
In Five Years, Chicago Has Barely Made Progress on Its Court-Ordered Police Reforms. Here’s Why.

by Heather Cherone, WTTW News, and Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, photography by Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica

November 20, 2024, 6:00 am EST
The NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them

by Eric Umansky

September 11, 2024, 12:35 pm EDT
New Louisiana Law Serves as a Warning to Bystanders Who Film Police: Stay Away or Face Arrest

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

July 31, 2024, 4:00 pm EDT
New York Lawmakers Call for Police Commissioner to Be Stripped of Power to Bury Brutality Cases

by Eric Umansky

July 31, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
The NYPD Commissioner Responded to Our Story That Revealed He’s Burying Police Brutality Cases. We Fact-Check Him.

by Eric Umansky

July 3, 2024, 4:35 pm EDT
NYPD Restores Thousands of Missing Records but Removes Case Numbers From Its Discipline Database

by Sergio Hernández

July 3, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
New Yorkers Were Choked, Beaten and Tased by NYPD Officers. The Commissioner Buried Their Cases.

by Eric Umansky

June 27, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Even When a Cop Is Killed With an Illegally Purchased Weapon, the Gun Store’s Name Is Kept Secret

by Vernal Coleman, photography by Sarahbeth Maney

May 14, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Looking Up an NYPD Officer’s Discipline Record? Many Are There One Day, Gone the Next.

by Sergio Hernández

May 9, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Nearly Two Years After Uvalde Massacre, Here Is Where All the Investigations, Personnel Changes Stand

by Lomi Kriel and Lexi Churchill

March 29, 2024, 12:20 pm EDT
St. Louis Police Chief Receives a Third of His Pay From a Local Foundation, Raising Concerns of Divided Loyalties

by Jeremy Kohler

February 20, 2024, 5:00 am EST
Check Your State: Here Are the Active Shooter Training Requirements for Schools and Law Enforcement

by Lexi Churchill and Lomi Kriel

February 8, 2024, 6:00 am EST
Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage

by Umar Farooq

February 2, 2024, 5:00 am EST
21 Bodycam Videos Caught the NYPD Wrongly Arresting Black Kids on Halloween. Why Can’t the Public See the Footage?

by Eric Umansky

January 26, 2024, 10:00 am EST
How Chicago Became an Unlikely Leader in Body-Camera Transparency

by Eric Umansky

January 23, 2024, 5:00 am EST
DOJ Blasts Law Enforcement’s Uvalde Shooting Response in New Report, Calls for Agencies to Prioritize Training

by Lomi Kriel, Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune, and Lexi Churchill

January 18, 2024, 8:02 pm EST
When Alabama Police Kill, Surviving Family Can Fight Years to See Bodycam Footage. There’s No Guarantee They Will.

by Umar Farooq

December 28, 2023, 5:00 am EST
NYPD Will Stop Withholding Body-Camera Footage of Police Shootings From Civilian Investigators

by Eric Umansky

December 19, 2023, 5:00 am EST
Body Cameras Were Sold as a Tool of Police Reform. Ten Years Later, Most of the Footage Is Kept From Public View.

by Umar Farooq

December 18, 2023, 5:00 am EST
Mujeres de Utah intentaron denunciar agresiones sexuales a la policía. Dicen que enfrentaron retrasos y barreras lingüísticas.

por Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, y Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune

December 17, 2023, 8:05 am EST
Utah Women Tried to Report Sexual Assaults to Police. They Say They Faced Delays and Language Barriers.

by Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, and Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune

December 17, 2023, 8:00 am EST
How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras

by Eric Umansky, with additional reporting by Umar Farooq

December 14, 2023, 5:00 am EST
A Retired Detective Says He’s Too Sick to Testify at Murder Trials. Now Those Cases Are Falling Apart.

by Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, and Ryan Krull, Riverfront Times

November 29, 2023, 7:00 am EST
Louisiana Sheriff’s Department Settles Two Use-of-Force Cases, Including One in Which an Autistic Teen Died

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

November 27, 2023, 12:00 pm EST
A Detective Sabotaged His Own Cases Because He Didn’t Like the Prosecutor. The Police Department Did Nothing to Stop Him.

by Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, and Ryan Krull, Riverfront Times

October 10, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
The NYPD Denied Our Request for Body Camera Footage of a “Friendly Fire” Killing. Here’s How We Got It Anyway.

by Mike Hayes for ProPublica

August 29, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
A Chicago Cop Is Accused of Lying Under Oath 44 Times. Now Prosecutors Are Dropping Cases That Relied on His Testimony.

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

August 28, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
NYPD “Friendly Fire” Killed an Officer. Investigators Seemed to Ignore Video of Police Being Commanded to “Stop Shooting.”

by Mike Hayes for ProPublica

August 23, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
ProPublica Partner Sues Mississippi County for Blocking Access to Search Warrants

by Caleb Bedillion, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

May 22, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
Video Showed an Officer Trying to Stop His Partner From Killing a Man. Now We Know Police Investigators Never Even Asked About the Footage.

by Mike Hayes for ProPublica, and Eric Umansky

May 11, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
Another Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Punching Handcuffed Man

by Ken Armstrong

April 14, 2023, 1:30 pm EDT
The Army Increasingly Allows Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes to Leave the Military Rather Than Face Trial

by Vianna Davila, Lexi Churchill and Ren Larson, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Davis Winkie, Military Times

April 10, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
Is It Forensics or Is It Junk Science?

by Sophia Kovatch, Pamela Colloff and Brett Murphy

January 31, 2023, 5:00 am EST
More Than Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder Sparked a Movement, Police Reform Has Stalled. What Happened?

by Jake Pearson

October 24, 2022, 4:10 pm EDT