police

Jack McCoy Will Make Everything Okay

A nation turns its lonely eyes to the one TV character we all love — even as we reevaluate how we feel about ‘Law & Order’ and other shows that venerate law enforcement

Fake Cops Fake Arrested Coke Dealer in Fake Heist, Real Cops Say

Three men in the Bronx allegedly tried to hold-up a drug dealer by impersonating the NYPD. It worked perfectly well — until the actual NYPD showed up

The Dangerous, Troublesome Movement to Arm Park Rangers

Park rangers in L.A. are fighting to be armed at all times. It’s another chapter in the story of American policing, which keeps expanding under the guise of solving public safety

The Perils of Tracking Incels with Predictive Policing Tools

A recent study examines how TRAP-18 can be used to identify incel killers before they strike. But some experts say this is just a new spin on a tactic that’s proven to be a dangerous and biased failure