POLICE DEPARTMENT

Virginia’s most populous county is moving ahead this week with its plan to outfit police officers with body-worn cameras

Increasing numbers of police officers and civilian law enforcement staff are getting sick as the number of coronavirus cases explodes across the U.S. And the growing tally raises questions about how laws can and should be enforced during the pandemic, and about how departments will hold up as the virus spreads among the ranks of those whose work puts them...

A 2-year-old girl died from bullets fired into her Kensington home Sunday and an 11-month-old boy is in “very, very, very critical condition” after he was shot Saturday night.

Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr. stepped down just one day after a lawsuit filed by two female police officers alleging sexual harassment was amended to include an accusation that one of the women had an affair with him.

Police have charged a Maryland man with first-degree murder of transgender woman Zoe Spears. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

The chief of a California police department says she left her gun in a restroom and it was immediately stolen and now officials are looking for a man seen in restaurant surveillance video leaving shortly after the weapon vanished.

Starbucks apologized after an employee reportedly asked six police officers to leave or change their location in one of the company’s shops in a Phoenix suburb because another customer reported feeling unsafe. Starbucks said it has “deep respect for the Tempe Police Department” and was apologizing “for any misunderstanding or inappropriate behavior that may have taken place” during the July...

The Metropolitan Police Department’s use of force increased for a second straight year, and new data shows African-Americans are overwhelmingly the target of that force. But Mark Segraves reports the majority of those cases were found to be justified.

Thirteen-year police veteran Evelyn Rivera likes to use a little magic to build connections with her community as a certified magician and clown. Rivera said she’s trying to foster better police-community relations in D.C., sometimes by performing 20 minutes of magic for children before teaching them about her day job as a Metropolitan Police Department officer. News4’s Drew Wilder...

A local high school named after a Confederate general will now be called Washington-Liberty High School.

Thirteen Prince George’s County police officers have come forward, accusing department leadership of discrimination and retaliation. The minority officers say they were punished for reporting other officers’ bad behavior. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins has a closer look at what’s in the lawsuit.

Virginia State Police Officer Steve Mittendorff struggled after his wife’s suicide in 2016, but he is sharing his mental health battle to help other first responders. Doreen Gentzler reports.

Eight-year-old Dakota Matthews of Plainville is on a mission to visit every police department in Massachusetts.

A 17-year-old D.C. girl who died after she was hit by a bullet meant for someone else is saving other people’s lives. Her family said at a vigil that six people received her donated organs.

The U.S. government’s auto safety agency has expanded an investigation into complaints of exhaust fumes inside Ford Explorer SUVs, adding two model years and nearly 400,000 vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday night that the probe now covers more than 1.3 million Explorers from the 2011 through 2017 model years. The agency made the move after finding...

A march for Donald Trump is planned in Berkeley on Saturday, one of dozens planned nationwide to show support for the new president.

When Anne Kirkpatrick took the helm at the scandal-ridden Oakland Police Department, she inherited an agency that the city’s mayor likened to a frat house.

The father of a legally armed black musician who was killed by a Florida police officer is suing the officer and his department.

El espectáculo comenzará a las 8:30 de la noche en una tarima construida en los terrenos aledaños a la Ciudad Deportiva