Russia’s liberal opposition Yabloko party said that one of its election observers lost consciousness while being arrested by police at a St. Petersburg polling station on Saturday, the second day of a tightly controlled parliamentary election. The voting to elect members of the State Duma is Russia’s first parliamentary election since Moscow launched a full-scale […]

Calgary police have charged two adults and a youth in what they say was an extortion scheme that included threats for money and gunfire at a woman’s home, and they are asking the public to help find a man still wanted in the case.Police say the woman started getting demands for money on March 25 […]

A 26-year veteran of the Vancouver Police Department is facing charges of theft, fraud and breach of trust involving millions of dollars in a case the force’s chief is calling “deeply distressing.” Kalwinder Dosanjh, who is well known for his charitable work involving a foundation called Kids Play, was arrested on Thursday in a controlled […]

MIAMI (AP) — A controversial policing tactic that permitted staggering amounts of deadly fentanyl to reach the streets as federal authorities sought to build bigger drug cases is now under investigation by Republicans on the House Oversight Committee. The committee’s chairman, Rep. James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, sent a letter Monday to Attorney General […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles district attorney has backed off felony charges against a police officer who secretly recorded his colleagues making racist remarks after facing criticism the response was too harsh and could deter whistleblowers from coming forward. Los Angeles Police Officer Daniel Flores was charged in July with 16 felonies after […]

The Medicine Hat Police Service has more than tripled the number of body worn cameras it uses, raising the total from 26 to 86. The service said the expansion meets an Alberta government rule that requires all frontline officers to wear the cameras. It also said the change is meant to improve transparency, accountability and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Monday announced a review of a controversial tactic in which federal law enforcement allowed fentanyl to hit the streets to build bigger cases against drug traffickers. The review will examine government policies and wiretap investigations in which the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration may have learned […]

In 2021, Washington lawmakers expanded the state’s power to strip cops of their certification. In an effort to keep officers fired for certain types of misconduct out of law enforcement, they passed a law requiring police agencies across the state to quickly report officer separations and misconduct to the state’s Criminal Justice Training Commission and […]

Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher is set to address city officials and take questions from the public as he provides an update on a scandal at a station in a multicultural neighbourhood in the northern part of the city. Police announced in June that they had dismantled a 16-member patrol unit at the Montreal-Nord station […]

Local residents in a multicultural neighbourhood in Montreal may not be the only ones looking for answers about a scandal at their local police station. The police have shared little public information about the investigation since June 12, when Montreal Police Chief Fady Dagher announced police had disbanded a 16-member patrol unit in Montréal-Nord over […]

Frantz Jean-Jacques remembers feeling hopeful after coming out of a meeting more than a decade ago with the commander of a police station in a multicultural neighbourhood of Montreal. Over a dozen local residents attended, including a number of young men who shared troubling stories about their own interactions with police. They came to denounce […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the agency’s policy gives it broad control over what footage will be made public by specifying any releases must be in its “best interests.” After years of delays, ICE said its field officers nationwide will have body-worn […]