SEATTLE — For weeks, the nation has been reliving George Floyd’s death in a Minneapolis courtroom. As the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin continues, the region grapples with another police ...

In the span of two weeks, three scenes unfolded that captured the new face of law enforcement in America. In Memphis, National Guard troops and federal agents arrived under the banner of the Trump ...

A National Guard unit patrols the National Mall on Aug. 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Credit - Andrew Leyden—Getty Images There is a long history of using the military to police American cities. After ...

Three former Memphis police officers were acquitted in the killing of Tyre Nichols by an all-white jury from outside of Memphis. Policing was designed to enforce racial and social hierarchies and is, ...

Memoirists and scholars explore the issue at every level, from the origins of the war on crime to what comes after “broken windows.” By Sam Adler-Bell Sam Adler-Bell is a co-host of the podcast “Know ...

I have been a close observer of American policing for most of my life. During my 30-year career in law enforcement, I served as a patrol officer, detective, trainer, and from 1972 to 1993 the chief of ...

Predictive analytics and new surveillance technologies are already transforming policing, helping prioritize who police target, where they patrol, and how they investigate. But police practices will ...

Two women walk past National Guardsmen seated on a bench outside a shop during rioting in Detroit, Mich., July 27 1967. Credit - UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images In the span of two weeks, three ...