Edmond Community Policing Board member Jay Alsup resigned from the body after comments that frustrated attendees at a Nov. 20 ...

North Winnebago Street doesn’t look like a high-crime area. The tidy homes in this Rockford, Ill., neighborhood are well cared for. Kids walk to and from nearby Welsh Elementary School. In May, the ...

A protester shouts at St. Louis county police during a protest in Missouri. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read ...

I remember, oh so well, in the early '90s when "Community Policing" became the new buzzword in law enforcement how so many agencies all of a sudden started teaching classes for the subject. As a ...

It’s been nearly 10 months since a fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, ignited a vigorous debate on the need to reform policing practices. But the path to reestablishing community trust in ...

Chittoor district sees a 26% crime rate drop in 2025, attributed to community policing, technology, and focused enforcement.

The public may be demanding softer policing policies, but are officers who embrace such policies actually conducting themselves in ways the public hopes and expects? No, they are not. And there is ...

This excerpt is adapted from Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms, published by The New Press and reprinted here with permission ...

The Police Commission on Wednesday passed a sweeping revision to the San Francisco Police Department’s community policing policy, a major milestone in the SFPD’s journey toward honoring the reform ...

In the wake of fatal police-involved shootings, cities are looking for ways to institute police department reforms. A community policing program in Racine, Wis., calls for police officers to work out ...

Incoming NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill takes the job at a challenging time for American policing. O'Neill is a 33-year-old police veteran who's overseen the department's shift toward a "community ...