Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is asking the Department of Justice to end federal oversight of the city's police department more ...

And the law states that "the Mayor shall provide" police services "as the President may deem necessary and appropriate." In that situation, the president can control MPD for only 48 hours.

Broken bones. Eye trauma. Brain injuries. How America’s sketchy “less-lethal” weapons industry exports its insidious brand of violence around the world.

The protests on July 25 provide a window into the damage crowd control weapons can inflict and raise broader questions about whether these weapons contribute to an escalation of violence.

With revised crowd control policies and a new chief in place, Seattle has filed to formally end more than a decade of federal oversight of its police force. Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the ...

Information obtained by NPR shows that military police tried to secure a non-lethal ‘heat ray’ to deploy against protesters near the White House in June. The request for the Active Denial ...

But on June 15, the Seattle City Council voted unanimously to take away non-lethal chemical and projectile methods police have been using for crowd control, and Durkan will allow it to take effect.

The Los Angeles Police Department says it’ll begin retraining thousands of officers in crowd-control tactics and new rules for using less-lethal weapons adopted following protests in 2020 that ...

Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) executive director, reacts to shooting near Kansas City Chiefs parade.

Mayor Jenny Durkan has asked a federal judge to prevent a new City Council ordinance banning Seattle police from using most “crowd-control weapons” from taking effect later this month, saying ...

Officials at the Los Angeles Police Department said Monday that despite violent demonstrations, local police can handle whatever protesters throw at them and that additional federal help is ...