police reform

Recommendations on police reform could soon be coming from a task force in Prince George’s County. Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports they’re looking at body cameras, hiring, training and the search for a new police chief.

Millions asked a similar question while viewing that searing cellphone video showing George Floyd being killed by a Minneapolis police officer while other cops stood by: “Why aren’t they stopping him?” A new project launched in the Washington, D.C., area aims to prepare police officers to do something that can be at odds with traditional training: Intervene in those...

A new project based in the D.C. area aims to prepare police officers to do something that can be at odds with their traditional training. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Following months of Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others, a police officer in Wolfe City, Texas, has been charged with murder in the shooting death of another Black man, Jonathan Price. What made this case different? LX News talked to Michael Harriot of The Root and the executive director...

Denver’s STAR pilot program recognizes that a mental health worker and a paramedic may be better suited to respond to some 911 calls than police.

A Denver pilot program called STAR, or Support Team Assisted Response, is changing how the city responds to 911 calls by sending mental health workers and paramedics, rather than police, to respond to calls that don’t involve crimes.

Families of loved ones killed and hurt at the hands of Prince George’s County police officers joined local community leaders and civil rights groups Friday to support six police reform demands in the county. Leonard Shand’s sister spoke publicly for the first time since officers were cleared in the shooting death of her brother during a confrontation in Hyattsville,...

Families of loved ones killed and hurt at the hands of Prince George’s County police officers joined local community leaders and civil rights groups to support six police reform demands in the county. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets to protest racial inequality and issues with the criminal justice system. But not everyone realizes one of the most powerful tools in a protester’s arsenal is a vote. It’s hard to get enough votes to change a president, but it’s considerably easier to vote out your local mayor, councilmembers, or...

A Kentucky grand jury has decided not to indict any of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor with homicide or manslaughter, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be additional charges in the future to hold the officers responsible for her death. Attorney Michael Starr Hopkins explains that federal charges could still be possible under a...

Republican candidate Daniel Gade and Democratic Sen. Mark Warner agree police should not be defunded, but they differ widely over what police reforms should look like.

Democrat Mark Warner and Republican Daniel Gade debate how to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.

The city of Louisville agreed to pay Breonna Taylor’s family $12 million and enact police reform, but political consultant Michael Starr Hopkins is pointing out that no admission of fault was mentioned in the agreement and believes that in order to elicit real social change, we need to continue to see similar settlements.

Darrin Porcher, a retired NYPD lieutenant, was among the first responders in Lower Manhattan who rushed to the scene of the Sept. 11 attacks 19 years ago today. He talks about how our country came together after those attacks, as compared to today’s divided America.

Dr. Shamard Charles, the host of “Heart Over Hype” speaks on issues of police brutality, police reform and the impact of COVID-19 on Black communities

Legislation aimed at making it easier to sue police officers for misconduct in Virginia has been revived for a second time and approved by the state House of Delegates

A deadly police-involved shooting in Southeast D.C is the first since the city’s new police reform legislation took effect. News4’s Mark Segraves explains what that means for the investigation, and what the public and family of the victim can expect.

Legislation that called for ending qualified immunity for Virginia police has failed

Author Dwayne Bryant stops by to discuss his book “The Stop: Improving Police & Community Relations” and speaks about surviving an encounter with the police if you’re Black.