The Los Angeles Police Department’s own rulebook shows cops face tight limits — and scrutiny — when firing “non-lethal” ...

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Police are often called upon to handle dangerous situations and react in a split second. Today, they have more tools at their disposal to deal with unruly people. There is ...

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U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall granted a contempt motion by attorneys for Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles that called ...

A serious interaction with law enforcement can have deadly consequences. In 2024, there were 32 fatal incidents of police shootings in Pennsylvania. The first was Jan. 7, when Christopher Lee Shepherd ...

The civilian less lethal and self-defense weapons market offers significant opportunities driven by rising urban safety ...

Arguing that the 1st Amendment "demands better," a federal judge barred federal agents from targeting reporters and nonviolent protesters with crowd control weapons. Lawyers for the city of Los ...

FIRST ON FOX: A company that sells self-defense weapons brought a lawsuit on Wednesday against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration, alleging that California, a state heavy on gun ...

As the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet intensified in June, a nurse in Portland, Oregon, left work one midafternoon and drove to a nearby detention facility to voice his opposition. Federal ...

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