Police Department

A Wisconsin Police Department adopted a stray dog to the task force after it was found and trained to be a therapy dog.

New Haven, Hamden and Hartford Police Departments joined forces to gather bullet-proof vests to donate to Ukraine.

Police departments across the state are changing their recruitment process due to a decrease in applications over the years.

Sheriff’s department officers in one Illinois county are hitting the streets with tablets that can connect people in distress immediately with mental health professionals

The Justice Department is launching a widespread probe into the police force in Phoenix to examine whether officers have been using excessive force and abusing people experiencing homelessness

Denver’s STAR pilot program recognizes that a mental health worker and a paramedic may be better suited to respond to some 911 calls than police.

A Denver pilot program called STAR, or Support Team Assisted Response, is changing how the city responds to 911 calls by sending mental health workers and paramedics, rather than police, to respond to calls that don’t involve crimes.

The Hartford City Council voted to cut $1 million from the police department budget during the vote to adopt the city’s fiscal budget. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and the city council approved the cut in funding on Monday. Bronin initially proposed a $700,000 cut and a separate reallocation of $1 million of the department’s budget to be spent on training…

NBC Connecticut News Anchor Kevin Nathan showed us what it’s like to be a police officer.

Increasing numbers of police officers and civilian law enforcement staff are getting sick as the number of coronavirus cases explodes across the U.S. And the growing tally raises questions about how laws can and should be enforced during the pandemic, and about how departments will hold up as the virus spreads among the ranks of those whose work puts them...

A 2-year-old girl died from bullets fired into her Kensington home Sunday and an 11-month-old boy is in “very, very, very critical condition” after he was shot Saturday night.

New Haven Police Captain Anthony Duff was on his way to the hospital where his first grandchild was born on the night of Monday, Aug. 12 when he saw a man fire a gun at another man.

Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr. stepped down just one day after a lawsuit filed by two female police officers alleging sexual harassment was amended to include an accusation that one of the women had an affair with him.

New Haven Police Captain Anthony Duff was on his way to the hospital where his first grandchild was born when he witnessed a shooting and stepped in.

The chief of a California police department says she left her gun in a restroom and it was immediately stolen and now officials are looking for a man seen in restaurant surveillance video leaving shortly after the weapon vanished.

Starbucks apologized after an employee reportedly asked six police officers to leave or change their location in one of the company’s shops in a Phoenix suburb because another customer reported feeling unsafe. Starbucks said it has “deep respect for the Tempe Police Department” and was apologizing “for any misunderstanding or inappropriate behavior that may have taken place” during the July...

Starbucks apologized after an employee reportedly asked six police officers to leave or change their location in one of the company’s shops in a Phoenix suburb because another customer reported feeling unsafe. Starbucks said it has “deep respect for the Tempe Police Department” and was apologizing “for any misunderstanding or inappropriate behavior that may have taken place” during the July...

Four former Stamford police officers who were working in the department’s Central Hiring Office have been arrested and are accused of violating multiple department rules and regulations including manipulating extra duty assignments.

Protesters marched the streets in New Haven again Thursday, continuing to call for justice after a police-involved shooting that injured a young woman last week.

Following nearly a week of protests that called for officials to release body camera footage after Hamden and Yale police officers opened fire on a car in New Haven last week and injured a 22-year-old woman, state police released footage, but limited video was available from the Hamden officer and no video was available from the Yale officer.