Some Massachusetts police officers skipped portions of their required annual training, using technology to complete hours-long online courses in just minutes, state authorities told police chiefs last ...

BOSTON - A recently released state audit of the academies responsible for training every police officer in Massachusetts found an "inadequate" training curriculum and shoddy record-keeping. The Office ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In late May, when ...

Some say the program makes good cops better and doesn't reach bad cops. De-escalation training. It's on the tip of the tongue of both police departments and reformers -- the idea that officers can be ...

The relationship between the general public and law enforcement in America has been historically fraught with challenges, leading to repeated calls for police reform. Much of the recommended reform is ...

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It’s taught to police across the country. Officers use it to explain why they shot at someone. Prosecutors, including in Utah, point to it when deciding if a police shooting was legal. It’s called the ...

As Black Lives Matter protests continue to be held throughout the US following the death of George Floyd, many people are evaluating the role of policing in society. Activists have since called for ...

BENEATH THE WRECKAGE. A NEW CLASS OF STATE POLICE CADETS START THEIR TRAINING ON SUNDAY. EARLIER THIS SUMMER. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR GOT AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE INTENSE TRAINING THEY GO THROUGH ...

Until Earl McGhee was hired in 2018, Dodge County, Wisconsin, had never had a Black sheriff’s deputy, so when the county sent him to a police academy at a local technical college, McGhee wasn’t all ...

In response to the high rate at which American police kill civilians, many on the left have taken up the call for defunding the police, or abolishing the police entirely. But some policing experts are ...