Two new books, 'The Gangs of Zion' and 'The Highest Law in the Land,' take very different approaches to convey the hazards of ...

The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County ...

Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski's Friday the 13th frightening Facebook post targeted Vice President Kamala Harris and ...

A motorcyclist broke several ribs and was airlifted to Albany Medical Center after striking an SUV on Peekamoose Road, the ...

So "The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States," a new book by political scientists Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman, is long overdue. It begins with a historical ...

A New Jersey man suffered a sprained ankle and was airlifted for observation following a fall on a trail off state Route 44/U.S. Route 55, the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office ...

A sheriff in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge at a courthouse Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Judge Kevin Mullins was in his district office when he was shot shortly ...

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RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. — A sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot while pursuing a suspect who had fled on foot in south central Kentucky, police said. Russell County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Phipps ...

Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security in advance of Election Day to keep their workers and polling places safe while also ensuring that ballots and voting ...

A Bay Area civil rights activist is claiming police brutality after his arrest was captured on a Hillsborough County deputy's ...

A Florida sheriff has called out parents and students after saying his agency spent nearly $21,000 investigating dozens of hoax school threats posted on social media in less than a day.