law enforcement

Supreme Court Continues To Deliver Decisions This Week Ahead Its Summer Break

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Supreme Court weighs whether law enforcement can be held accountable for raid on wrong house

5:00am April 29, 2025

It's not easy to bring such cases. That's because the federal government is generally immune from being sued, except in certain circumstances set out by Congress.

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A 3-year legal saga over an inmate's death has its final day in court

6:00am April 12, 2025

NPR first reported on the case of Charles Givens, a disabled inmate at Virginia's Marion Correctional Treatment Center, in 2023. Four corrections officers were accused of beating him to death and a fifth accused of negligence. Givens' sister, Kymberly Hobbs, sued the five men.

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Fearing the worst, schools deploy armed police to thwart gun violence

5:00am September 11, 2024

Armed officers on campus could speed police response to gun violence. But there is scant research to support this strategy, and studies about racial bias raise other concerns about police in schools.

Winston-Salem police will not renew gunshot detection system

1:08pm August 06, 2024

by David Ford

ShotSpotter, a technology that detects gunshots and alerts law enforcement, was launched in Winston-Salem in August of 2021.

He has a badge and a gun — and he investigates school truancy

7:44am July 31, 2024

by Dylan Peers McCoy

When students miss lots of school without an excuse, it’s known as truancy — and in Madison County, Ind., it can lead to a visit from truancy investigator Mitch Carroll.

Exploring how a President Harris might handle criminal justice issues

7:30pm July 26, 2024

by Martin Kaste

Republicans are attacking Kamala Harris for being soft on crime. But her record as a district attorney and California attorney general isn't so simple.

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As sideshows gain popularity, police try a range of tactics to stop them in their tracks

5:07pm June 26, 2024

by Martin Kaste

Illegal "sideshows," also known as "street takeovers," have spread since the pandemic. When police try to break them up, they often face defiant crowds

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FILE - The White House is visible through the fence at the North Lawn in Washington, on June 16, 2016. A driver died Saturday night, May 4, 2024 after crashing a vehicle into a gate at the White House, authorities said.

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Driver dies after crashing into White House perimeter gate, Secret Service says

4:54am May 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

A driver died after a vehicle crashed into a gate at the White House Saturday night, but the fatal collision is being investigated "only as a traffic crash", law enforcement authorities said.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump attends a news conference with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on April 12, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump may get another chance to be president. He's planning an aggressive second term

5:11pm April 30, 2024

by Stephen Fowler

In a new interview with TIME Magazine, Trump promises to prosecute President Biden, unleash the National Guard on immigrants and says it's "irrelevant" if he's comfortable criminalizing abortions.

Tulalip Tribes Police arrest a suspect from another Indian tribe on drug charges. One charge — possession of drug paraphernalia — wouldn't apply to non-Native suspects in Washington state

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Indian courts can't prosecute non-Indian drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem

5:09am February 20, 2024

by Martin Kaste

As the fentanyl crisis ravages Native American communities, some of their leaders want Indian police and courts to go after non-tribal dealers. But they can't without getting permission from Congress.