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123 stories published since 2008

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
St. Louis’ Private Police Forces Make Security a Luxury of the Rich

by Jeremy Kohler

September 8, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
DOJ Charges Defendants With Harassing and Spying On Chinese Americans for Beijing

by Sebastian Rotella

March 17, 2022, 3:10 pm EDT
Years Before a Police Union Leader Was Raided by the FBI, Local Investigators Didn’t Pursue Allegations Against Him

by Jake Pearson

December 14, 2021, 5:00 am EST
Judge Says NYPD Illegally Withheld Footage in Police Shootings

by Eric Umansky

November 23, 2021, 1:15 pm EST
Police Watchdog Calls for Full Access to Body Cam Footage. The NYPD Says No.

by Eric Umansky

November 8, 2021, 1:00 pm EST
A Union Scandal Landed Hundreds of NYPD Officers on a Secret Watchlist. That Hasn’t Stopped Some From Jeopardizing Cases.

by Jake Pearson

October 22, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
This State’s Legislators Want to Overhaul the System That Lets Law Enforcement Keep People’s Money

by Shannon Dooling and Saurabh Datar, WBUR

August 30, 2021, 6:00 am EDT
Massachusetts Police Can Easily Seize Your Money. The DA of One County Makes It Nearly Impossible to Get It Back.

by Saurabh Datar and Shannon Dooling, WBUR

August 18, 2021, 5:15 am EDT
“Have You Ever in Your Life Attended a Meeting of the Ku Klux Klan?”

by Carli Brosseau

May 27, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
How NYPD’s Vice Unit Got Prostitution Policing All Wrong

by Stephen Engelberg

May 3, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
“This Is War”: Inside the Secret Chat Where Far-Right Extremists Devised Their Post-Capitol Plans

by Logan Jaffe and Jack Gillum

January 28, 2021, 11:27 am EST
New York City Paid an NBA Star Millions After an NYPD Officer Broke His Leg. The Officer Paid Little Price.

by Mike Hayes for ProPublica

January 12, 2021, 5:00 am EST
Domestic Terrorism: A More Urgent Threat, but Weaker Laws

by Sebastian Rotella

January 7, 2021, 11:30 pm EST
“Nobody” Hurt, “Just a Perp,” Say Officers After NYPD Shot and Killed Man in His Own Home

by Eric Umansky

January 4, 2021, 2:38 pm EST
Alaska Requires DNA Be Collected From People Arrested for Violent Crimes. Many Police Have Ignored That.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

December 31, 2020, 11:00 am EST
Police Say Seizing Property Without Trial Helps Keep Crime Down. A New Study Shows They’re Wrong.

Ian MacDougall

December 14, 2020, 2:33 pm EST
The Obama Justice Department Had a Plan to Hold Police Accountable for Abuses. The Trump DOJ Has Undermined It.

by Robert Faturechi

September 29, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
What Can Mayors Do When the Police Stop Doing Their Jobs?

by Alec MacGillis

September 3, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The NYPD Is Withholding Evidence From Investigations Into Police Abuse

by Eric Umansky and Mollie Simon

August 17, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The NYPD Isn’t Giving Critical Bodycam Footage to Officials Investigating Alleged Abuse

by Eric Umansky

July 3, 2020, 1:38 pm EDT
I Cover Cops as an Investigative Reporter. Here Are Five Ways You Can Start Holding Your Department Accountable.

by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press

June 4, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
The FBI Is Investigating Massive Embezzlement of Border Patrol Union Funds

by A.C. Thompson and Jeff Ernsthausen

February 24, 2020, 3:15 pm EST
Sex Offenders Were Becoming Cops. After Our Stories, Alaska’s Governor Wants That To End.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

January 29, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Alaska’s Law Enforcement Crisis Is a Public Emergency. Here’s How Experts Want to Fix It.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

December 21, 2019, 11:00 am EST
The Village Where Every Cop Has Been Convicted of Domestic Violence

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

July 18, 2019, 11:30 am EDT
Prosecutors Dropping Child Porn Charges After Software Tools Are Questioned

by Jack Gillum

April 3, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
5 Things You Need to Know About Hate Crimes in America

by Rachel Glickhouse

March 22, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
New York City Council Passes Legislation to Help Workers in Private Trash Industry

by Kiera Feldman for ProPublica

February 28, 2019, 4:26 pm EST
Agency Policing Tent City for Immigrant Kids Lacks Experience Investigating Sex Crimes Involving Children

by Topher Sanders and Michael Grabell

December 14, 2018, 2:20 pm EST
FBI Moves to Fix Critical Flaw in Its Crime Reporting System

by Mark Greenblatt and Mark Fahey, Newsy, Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, and Emily Harris, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting

December 6, 2018, 7:00 pm EST
Nearly All the Officers in Charge of an Indiana Police Department Have Been Disciplined — Including the Chief Who Keeps Promoting Them

by Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, and Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune

November 15, 2018, 8:15 pm EST
When It Comes to Rape, Just Because a Case Is Cleared Doesn’t Mean It’s Solved

by Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, Mark Greenblatt and Mark Fahey, Newsy, and Emily Harris, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting

November 15, 2018, 10:00 am EST
Diversion Programs Say They Offer a Path Away From Court, but Critics Say the Tolls Are Hefty

by Rebecca Burns for ProPublica Illinois

November 13, 2018, 5:00 am EST
When Public Records Aren’t Public

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

August 3, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
In New York, Crime Falls Along With Police Stops

by Joe Sexton

January 16, 2018, 3:26 pm EST
Chicago Police Win Big When Appealing Discipline

by Jennifer Smith Richards, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica

December 14, 2017, 6:00 am EST
Why America Fails at Gathering Hate Crime Statistics

by Ken Schwencke

December 4, 2017, 8:00 am EST