AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's governor and public safety commissioner said they are troubled by the State House police chief's social media posts deriding mask mandates, questioning the results of...

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The police chief in Prescott announced Friday that she is retiring after serving nearly five years in the job but much longer in law enforcement.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The chief of the Maine Capitol Police has apologized for a string of social media posts over several months that promoted discredited theories about the coronavirus pandemic...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was arrested Friday and charged with trying to organize an armed response to pro-President Donald Trump protesters expected at the state Capitol on Sunday,...

RIVERVIEW, Mo. (AP) — Police have identified a man shot to death earlier this week in Riverview.

The shooting was reported just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, television station KMOV reported....

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police in the North Carolina city of Winston-Salem are still investigating a months-old incident in which a white police officer is seen tackling a Black teenage girl....

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities sacked a local police chief and 11 other policemen for failing to protect a Hindu temple that was set on fire and demolished last month by a mob led...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona State University police officer died Thursday after his motorcycle crashed on a Tempe freeway, authorities said.

WOODLYNNE, N.J. (AP) — A southern New Jersey police officer accused of improperly using pepper spray on two teenagers last year pleaded guilty Thursday to simple assault charges and agreed to...

SCHODACK, N.Y. (AP) — Police were investigating a double murder-suicide at an upstate New York home on Thursday.

The three unidentified people were killed at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at a...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man has been charged in Iowa with felony extortion and domestic assault after police say he threatened to shoot a woman if she didn’t give him thousands of dollars....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Guardians of a Rhode Island moped driver who was sent into a coma with a head injury after he crashed while being followed closely by a Providence police cruiser filed a...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — City negotiators Wednesday opened Portland police contract talks by seeking new educational requirements for officers pursuing promotions, greater latitude for city officials...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Thurston County Sheriff’s Office police dog was shot twice after an armed driver led several police agencies on a chase along Interstate-5 Wednesday night.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The man being sought in the killing of three police officers is the person recently found shot to death with a cardboard sign on his chest declaring him guilty, Puerto...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston police officer suspected of taking part in the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol is under investigation, the police chief said Wednesday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All patrol officers in Kansas City are expected to be equipped with body worn cameras by March, police officials said Wednesday.

BOSTON (AP) — A former Boston Police Department clerk forged her supervisors' signatures to boost her overtime pay by nearly $30,000 over a two-year period, federal prosecutors said...

MONTEGUT, La. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies in southeast Louisiana fatally shot a man who was firing a rifle at them, state police said.

Terrebonne Parish sheriff's detectives were sent to a...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Authorities in Delaware are investigating a police shooting that left one person dead.

New Castle County police said officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The family of a man killed by St. Paul police six years ago is suing the department.

The aunt, mother and grandmother of Marcus Golden filed their federal lawsuit just...

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont State Police sergeant who was suspended from his job after allegedly praising the criminal insurgency that entered the U.S. Capitol last week has resigned, an...

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Maryland police officer was suspended on Tuesday over two social media posts, including one showing him wearing what was described as a political T-shirt as he...

DENVER (AP) — An investigation is underway after police shot and killed a man who officers say pointed a gun at them in suburban Denver.

The Denver Post reports Lakewood police were called...

SEATTLE (AP) — The president of Seattle’s rank and file police union says he will not step down, despite growing calls for his resignation after he blamed, in part, the “far left” and Black Lives...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former police chief has been hired to oversee the handling of sexual abuse claims at St. Paul's School, replacing a compliance monitor who resigned in protest.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Councilman Eric Bunch said Tuesday that Police Chief Rick Smith should resign or be fired because “he is not doing the job we need him to do.”

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A Warroad hotel housekeeper who was bitten by a police dog that belonged to an off-duty Duluth officer will receive $50,000 in a settlement agreement.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A judge in Louisiana has rejected a change-of-venue request in a civil lawsuit over the death of Alton Sterling, a Black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A bipartisan bill aimed at increasing police accountability and enacting criminal justice reform received early support from Indiana's legislators, law enforcement leaders and...

PHOENIX (AP) — Two Phoenix police officers fatally shot an armed man as he struggled with a third officer after an unsuccessful traffic stop followed by a foot chase, the Police Department said...

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — A burglary suspect was shot by police during a foot pursuit in Henderson and is now in stable condition, authorities said.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A judge has denied bail for a man who police say was handcuffed when he allegedly shot a western Pennsylvania police officer three times with a gun police didn’t know he had...

Police have identified two people killed last week in a hit-and-run crash in north St. Louis.

The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Friday at an intersection near Interstate 70 when a driver...

MILLERSVILLE, Md. (AP) — A police officer in Maryland was suspended with pay while authorities investigate whether the officer was involved in the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol by supporters...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Prentice “Earl" Sanders, who became San Francisco's first Black police chief after working as a homicide detective on such infamous cases as the 1970s Zebra murders, has died....

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three police officers were killed and a fourth was injured Monday near Puerto Rico’s capital following a carjacking, authorities said.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department is investigating whether any of its staff participated in last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, the department announced Monday.

NEW YORK (AP) — A high-ranking New York Police Department official accused of posting hateful messages online has opted to retire days after the department said it was suspending him without...

SEATTLE (AP) — Pressure built for the head of the Seattle police union to step down, with eight of nine City Council members calling for his resignation Monday following his comments implicating...